LOVE AAJ KAL.
its been a week since i have seen the movie. but then the effect seems to be more than any other movie in the recent times. perhaps it was the story or the logical - dil logical part which I keep thinking about again and again.
the movie has 2 stories running along from start to finish. one abt jai and meera, the present day couple and about veer n harleen.
the present day couple who just meet some way and then get be a couple, spend good times together, the girl gets an option to go to India ( the story is set some where in london ) and they part ways. its only after they part ways that they realise the liking for each other. and the liking and want for each other increases with time as they get to meet other people in their lives. the girl , meera falls for her boss and the guy, jai meets a girl at a bar, sleeps with her and then hooks up til the time he realises that his heart belongs to meera. she gets married only to realise on the 2nd day of her wedding that she loves him and then tells her husband that her marriage cannot work coz her heart is else where. how they get together after a yr of her divorce and then his growth from his job in london to his dream job in SF and then how things fall apart .. how he comes back to her. typical hindi movie ending.
everything seems so logical and clearly defined. thats how we meet people in life, maybe start liking each other and then by various forces under and beyond our control, we part ways and think thats the most logical thing to do. but the bonding becomes so strong that we continue to miss the person again and again but can do nothing with our lives as we are entangled in other things and cannot go back in time or break free from anything.
the 2nd story about veer and harleen,both in delhi, where the guy starts to follow a girl and then it turns from infatuation to liking and he falls in love with her. just like any road side romeo. the girl tells him not to follow her otherwise she would get into trouble and this would lead to a bad name for her. the guy tried to keep his actions quiet but then cannot control his heart. The girl moves to kolkata and he follows her there only to realise both of them are in love with each other. He then sees her back in Delhi and then finds out she had come for a marriage but then her parents trick her into her engagement. the guy goes to the girl's family but they kick him and put her down. he follows her to kolkata to get her and eventually runs away with her on the day of her wedding.
two interesting stories and so much in common and so much a tale of two different eras. ye, the movie brought back some old memories which are of no use now. i realise how cynical have i become especially aftr the HK incident.
but how many harleen kaur's will get tricked into attending marriages only to realise they have been forcibly engaged. how many family members will go from bashing up , abusing the guy to threatening to kill him ? how many harleen kaur's will listen to their family and not their heart as thats the most logical thot. how many guys will go ahead with nothing to lose to get their harleens.
its the logical - dil logical part of the movie which has me interested. how many people will realise this is how things are after they have been tagged / married to some one else. how much time or what does it take for the guy or girl to realise this is what life is and the person they wanted is not with them any more.
time will tell if there's an answer to these questions.. it really doesnt matter to me any more. with her now, I dont have to worry about all this. :)
