Kisi ne bhi to na dekha nigaah bharke mujhe......

 

I could not stop myself from sharing a song, a ghazal in particular, which I literally heard after several decades-a sense of instant nostalgia and harmony gripped me when I heard the lyrics and music.

The lyrics of this song are so reminiscent of me and my heart...First of all, I would like to post the beautiful lyrics:

"ye arzoo thi ki haskar koi mila hota,
kahi to humse kisi ka dil aashana hota
kisi ne bhi to na dekha nigah bharke mujhe
gaya phira aaj ka din bhi udas karke mujhe

saba bhi layi na koyi payam apno ka
suna rahi hai fasane idhar udhar ke mujhe
gaya phira aaj ka din bhi udas karke mujhe
kisi ne bhi to na dekha nigah bharke mujhe

maf kijiye, jo mai ajnabi hu mehfil me
ke raste nahi malum is nagar ke mujhe
gaya phira aaj ka din bhi udas karke mujhe
kisi ne bhi to na dekha nigah bharke mujhe


wo dard hai ke jise seh saku na keh pau
milega chain to ab jaan se gujarke mujhe
gaya phira aaj ka din bhi udas karke mujhe
kisi ne bhi to na dekha nigah bharke mujhe"

Here is the song link (Due to copyright issues, it is so difficult to embed the youtube link)

The link is here:

(37) Kisi Ne Bhi To Na Dekha Nigah Bhar Ke Mujhe - YouTube

Enjoy with an open heart....

Silence and Music

 This is going to be my first post after a long gap of almost a decade. Well, gaps are important, be it in life or its rhythms... Since I have the time and space, I decided to start my post with MUSIC- something which is my Markaz-e-Hayat (center of life) ...

The Blue Lady broken- Kelly & Cal movie

I recently watched a movie "Kelly & Cal" which was released in 2014 and is based on story of a married mom named Kelly having a short relationship with a disabled teenager named Cal which ultimately does not continue due to social circumstances and choices. The movie was somewhat light-hearted but one particular scene really captivated me and I think its worth sharing about as it struck a deep chord in its whole sensitivity- especially the scene in which we see Cal escaping with his "blue lady" on the wheelchair- for one moment I was reminded of the sculpture Pieta by Michelangelo where the dying Jesus lay in the arms of the weeping Mary..

Read through this lovely piece of dialogue between them when Kelly stops Cal in the scene above.

Cal: "I had unrealistic expectations. i should have never broken down my wall of illusion. You paint a picture of someone that you want to see and the reality never measures up.

i took my blue lady off her pedestal."

Kelly: "okay, i hear what you're saying, all right, and I completely understand you. but, you know, why don't we go get some coffee and we'll continue this conversation? we can go to the diner or something."

[Cal then throws the blue statue down the bridge]

Cal: "See? now we're both broken"

Kelly: "Why do you do that, cal? destroy everything that you make?"

Cal: "I don't know. I was thinking that maybe i'm a buddhist and i'm highlighting the impermanence of things, you know. could be like -- like a hindu, you know. reminding everyone the other half of creation is destruction. brahma and shiva"

The dialogues above were taken from the online script available below:
http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=kelly-and-cal

The moment when both Cal and his blue lady are broken seems to be a divine moment which symbolizes unison- pointing to the deep hindu philosophy of Shiva and Shakti where both coexist...