Perfectly Imperfect - a poetic scene from a Hindi movie (Hamari Adhoori kahaani)

 

A particular scene from the Hindi movie Hamari Adhoori Kahaani (2015) is quite philosophical and poetic and I thought of sharing it. Apart from the melodious soundtrack of this movie, this scene depicts the depth of the heroine (played by actress Vidya Balan) in this movie and how her poetic words instill a new insight and perspective of life in the actor. 

In the scene, the actor is able to sense the incompleteness of his perfectly maintained garden of flowers and yet is unable to decipher the secret to complete the garden. The heroine then steps in and provides him with the key to that query by revealing the absence of dried/decayed leaves that are a natural part of a natural garden. She likens this to the beauty of the moon, which is also beautiful because of the scar or blemish it has....The hero is in awe of the answer which reveals the mystery of life to him, and he understood that the presence of few dried leaves in his flawless garden add to its natural form that is beautiful when naturally expressed...

Indeed, the whole of creation itself reveals that there is no such thing as a perfection, as everything is bound by the cycle of life and death and thus, decay or scars or pain or suffering are part of life that should be embraced and expressed....and their inclusion makes a thing complete and beautiful, not its omission.....

The dialogue can be heard at this link here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKDm2kcBFaM/?igsh=cnZlNHByNm12MHdx

I have typed the Hindi dialogues here (the link already has the English captions)

Hero: "chaalees hazaar phool hai yahaan pe, its stunning, its beautiful, par fir bhi ek kami si lagti hai,  kuch to hai jo nahi hai, tum dekh ke bata sakti ho isme kya kami hai.."

Heroine: "murjhaye huye patton ki kami hai....Jis bageeche me murjhaye hue phool na ho, kuch sukhe patte na ho, vo bageecha bageecha nahi hota..

yeh jagah bahut hi khoobsoorat hai, aur shayad isiliye dil ko choo nahi rahi.....

har khoobsoorat cheez main daag hota hai...chand main bhi daag hai to fir ye bageecha itna bedaag kyu?"

Hero: "kya baat hai, chand hi lafzon mein mere sawaal ka jawaab de diya tumne, saare experts ko maat de di"