Manali and a fullmoon

After a few fast passing week ends, planned for movie break with a friend of mine. A short message in the morning conveyed her ailing mother’s aya ditched and hence she can’t make it! Washed off momentary disappointment and completed some left over work to start for City Mall for an early evening show. The mall was bouncing with energy - almost every alternate lady was so fashionable, so gorgeous and so perfect! A few young men cluttered in the ground floor around catty girls jockeying a branded car.  

The smell of popcorn was half a payback and the rest was waiting in hall number 3. While the theater was being cleaned, among the many cine lovers, I stood beside an exuberant pair. They appeared to be on the edge of leaving college. However their dating movements missed sweetness of age, it was more flashy and fleshy. I followed them in the near dark room and moved up the gallery to step into row B and they happened to be just behind me.

…… The make shift world started rolling on the silver screen. The hall loudly sighed to see the dancing Madhuri within the first 15 minutes of the movie. Yes you guessed it correct; it was Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani from Dharma production. The movie was following 6 sigma. No emotional fat. The world was far from reality yet so close. Ranbir and Deepika were fresh in look and balanced in expression. They complimented each other very well. If page 3 is true, must say they are too high on professional commitment. The splash of color across all the song sequences added extra life to the movie. Had a hot coffee during break! The confused two on the row A had papri-chat and steered towards all possibilities of togetherness – as much as Fame Theater could afford.

YJHD was focused on intangible moments of different types of friendship. Nice exploration. The best part of the movie was the moonlight trekking on the snow laid Manali. Mountain lovers would get a push to plan their next trip. Don’t forget Makemytrip, they did a good promotion. The first sequence of hero’s journey with heroine, for a moment reminded me of Raj and Simram of DDLJ. The onscreen chemistry was good enough to bump up energy. It reminded faces of good friends mostly lost in the run of life.

Navigated the overcrowded food court to accelerate and finally stepped out of the air-conditioned mall. The air was sticky. Crossed few lanes and kept walking alone with bunch of friends in mind – front benchers and back benchers. Life keeps moving you lose some in the journey by choice and some by chance. Good movies come forth to remind them once in a while. It has a de-stressing effect!

The little that I could bundle and bounce it back to you is a ball of snow from hills of Manali on the silver screen. If you are wondering why I blogged a movie review, that was just to spice up energy for friends who are locked to situations and unable give life a small break to refuel. Karan Johar and Ayan Mukherji had packaged an energy capsule (for all age J) – go get entertained!