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My dream finally seems to be coming true. For avid movie watchers it must have been many time times wanting to puke when the so called pillars of Bollywood spewed forth the argument that the public gets what it wants to watch. Let me happily announce that the era of mindless masala movie seems to be over. The young are taking over. Ayan Mukerji is different! He even spells his surname differently. And for a 20 something he has created a work of art he might find difficult to live up to. Way to go man and keep going.
Have we not all of us gone through the pangs of taking that one step from adolescence to manhood? The delicate age which forces us to think where life beckons? It’s always confusing for most because we usually never train for what we want to become. We bid for a few things and then we make a choice which seems the best and land up unhappily ever after. The unending conversation of what could have been takes up most of our thoughts and after drink procrastination. The lucky ones find a way and others justify their existence by making excuses.
The journey of Sid goes from ecstasy to disappointment to despair to hope and redemption. A rich man’s son with a seemingly unlimited credit card limit dances his way through bars and clubs and discotheques only to find that his friends have overtaken him in something as mundane as the graduate exams. Dad’s insistence on his working for the family business only aggravates his unsettled mind. The confidence of available money and SUVs doesn’t help him. The obvious reaction of a spoilt kid is not that of humility but angst against everything that’s dear to him. Ego, the destruction of every relationship propels him to leave house.
An unemployed undergraduate, he takes refuge in the house of a recent friend. Konkona Sen lets him in to her house and her life. The lady is a wannabe writer and overcautious in her relationships. Sid tries to continue with his irresponsible ways but soon discovers that two meals a day don’t come in from Dad’s credit card apart from realising that staying with someone also means sharing the chores. From the days of ordering unending pizzas to trying to make a half fried egg, Sid boy gets on to a learning process. A lazy easy going existence changes when his live in friend suggests that his passion for photography might earn him his daily bread.
I have always maintained that the luckiest people are those who can turn their hobbies into professions. Sid’s penchant for photography lets him discover himself. He does and in turn finds the juggled pieces of his life fall into place. Herein lies a lesson for all confused, wayward, undirected, drunk and undecided souls. Ask not what life has in store for you and do exactly what you really really want to do. You may not become rich but you would be really really happy.
