You know that movie you love? The one that you don’t mind
watching a zillion times? The one that you have a strange connect with? Wake up
Sid was that movie for me. The movie was special for me for various reasons.
I am a writer who came to Mumbai looking for a good opportunity.
Professionally, it was a break from a monotonous routine at a place where the
learning had stopped. Personally, I wanted to live independently and explore a
new city with friends. The love story of my life was also intertwined with this
experience. He was stationed at Mumbai. Whenever I would come to Mumbai, he was
the one who showed me around, much the same way Sid did for Ayesha in Wake up
Sid. Marine Drive, Juhu chowpati, Prithvi theatre, Churchgate-Colaba, Haji Ali
are the areas that my now husband took me to. He was awesome with the camera,
just like Sid. We even have the exact SAME pictures like in the movie – the
feet one and me on Marine Drive. (Come to think of it, maybe I should claim
copyright for the script; it seems to be based on our life :P) The flavour of
Mumbai would not have been the same without those hangouts. Not would our
association have blossomed into a meaningful relationship without that time
spent together.
I watched Wake up Sid again recently, and was reminded of
that period. I was happy, carefree, looking forward to something new,
interested in someone awesome, always had a smile on my face. Not that I am not
all those things now, although the smile may have become a little less
frequent, what with the monotony that work life in Mumbai brings. It reminds me
that relationships are important. They help you get through a life which,
without friends, family and love, would be bland and meaningless. After all, my
childhood would have been much less fun without my mad cap gang; I would have
turned out to be a useless professional had it not been for my mom pestering me
to study and work hard; I know I would have remained in the same job I was in
for some time, had not my friends and hubby encouraged me to come to Mumbai and
look for better opportunities; I KNOW I would have been single and miserable
had I not taken the step to move here. Above all, I would not have changed or
evolved as a person, like I have now, on meeting so many new people, settling
down in life (so to say) by getting married to that awesome person and becoming
the independent and confident version of
myself that I am currently.
What I would definitely recommend to all four of you who are
reading this blog (hi maa :P) is this: watch your favourite movie once every
2-3 months. Remember why you love it. Relive the memories it conjures for you.
Share them with loved ones. Get in the happy state it automatically puts you
in. Not only will you smile more, like I am doing currently, but it will also remind
you of the good things in life – the ones that make it
all worth it. It will add just the zing you need in your days, weeks and
months.
