January 9, 2008

Why did we cry?

There are so many emotions we exhibit while watching a movie. Not just at the first viewing, but every time we watch it.
And being a BIG BIG movie fan, i generally display almost all the feelings like being sad, some time sing along, laugh even to the most silly jokes (well, not exactly so silly, but jokes which can be imagined! Yes, the power of imagination is a great gift to mankind!! And i make use of it every now and then.. may be that is the reason why i enjoy the so – called PJs!)

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But there was one thing which i’d never done before, crying while watching a movie. I used to think movies cannot make me cry, until i watched ‘Taare Zameen Par’
It is an awesome movie, one which will always be in my top 5 movies’ list! Hats off to Amir Khan (who has made countless people cry, which is very difficult when it come to films. Making people laugh and cry are the two most difficult things which a movie maker has to do.)

And finally i also cried. I know the same must have happened to many people, almost everyone cried while watching this movie.
But when i try to think in retrospect, i’m just not able to settle on one particular reason why this must have happened.

Majority of the people have confessed that they cried, or at least felt very bad at the time of the song “Maa”. Reason is very evident. There are some more scenes apart from this which make you very sensitive, for example scenes like when the teacher makes the father realized his mistake and when he seer his son actually reading the poster by himself, or when the boy wins the award and hugs his teacher, or when the parents cannot believe that they’re looking at their son’s report card, or when the boy runs to the teacher and he catches him, or many other scenes which i am not considering.


If we notice, there is nothing very special about these scenes.. for instance, a child is bound to cry when he’s separated from his mother, or a father realizing how he’s been neglecting his child’s problem. But this is shown in many ways in our movies. Then why this time so many people are shedding their tears and on top of it, admitting in public that did so!

Just because of the intensity with which Shankar Mahadevan has sung the song? Or because there this funda of “all’s well that ends well”?

We experience similar things every time. We become sad when there is no one around, we cry with joy when something happens unexpectedly well to our loved ones.
Then why have we become so much obsessed with this move? Is it then, because of the simplicity with which it is shown, or something else?

5 comments:

durjoy datta said...

yup...!
cant say i fully agree!
but a lot paople do!
taare zameen pe is now #165 in all time top 250 movies of he world...!!!
nice blog!

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Sanat said...

....It made me cry.. the reasons are countless. me sitting next to my parents watching TZP... it was song maa which made me melt and i literally cried like a child for next 20 min or may be more in my mom’s arms.. i am still not sure what exactly happened to me at that moment.. partly it was because ishaan was parting from his parents.. i was crying to thank god that my parents are not as bad as ishaan's.. they have always stood by me, not just when i was a child as a but even now, irrespective of what mistake i have made..

i recalled my childhood, i realized that even today how much 'dependent' i am on my parents.. i cried coz each and every word of the song was telling my story..

Main Kabhi Batlata Nahin
Par Andhere Se Darta Hoon Main Maa

i AM scared of darkness, not literally but i am afraid of failure, of being lost in this rat race, of being rejected, of being alone...


Yun To Main,Dikhlata Nahin
Teri Parwaah Karta Hoon Main Maa

i was crying because i dont tell my mom very often that i care for her… i cried because i never told my dad that i loved him..
but when shankar sung "tuze sab hai pata... i cried louder..
even when i am writing this i'm crying..

i just hope that they know that i love them.. the impact of words 'meri ma' is such that you are bound to recall your mother's face..

"Bheed Mein Yun Na Chodo Mujhe
Ghar Laut Ke Bhi Aa Naa Paoon Maa" made me correlate the words to my working in mumbai and living there alone while my parents in nasik...

Bhej Na Itna Door Mujkko Tu
Yaad Bhi Tujhko Aa Naa Paoon Maa
Kya Itna Bura Hoon Main Maa

am i that bad? may be i am..


Jab Bhi Kabhi Papa Mujhe
Jo Zor Se Jhoola Jhulate Hain Maa
Meri Nazar Dhoondhe Tujhe
Sochu Yahi Tu Aa Ke Thaamegi Maa

Unse Main Yeh Kehta Nahin
Par Main Seham Jaata Hoon Maa

it has happenned a zillion times with me as a kid that whenever dad used to scold me or hit me (which was very rare) i found refuge in mom's anchal..
i guess it works that way for everyone..


"Chehre Pe Aana Deta Nahin
Dil Hi Dil Mein Ghabraata Hoon Maa"

When my dad expects me to do something which i think i may not be able to do.. i never say it to him but i am afraid.. and i belive my mom knows this..

We never show our parents how much we care.. but the fact remains that we do.. and I think it is necessary to let them know.. maybe i cried for my inability to do so till that moment!

RADhika said...

@ durjoy datta
i know you didn;t agree! :)) But thanx.. :))

@ sanat,
great perspective indeed!