Yesterday I saw this movie U Me n Hum starring Kajol and Ajay Devgan. So, what’s the big deal about watching a movie? Well I also saw another short film of about 30 mins which is a Telgu movie and is revolving around two friends who collect waste and obsolete products from the street. So am I trying to boast that I managed to watch two movies yesterday?
I guess a big NO. Then what’s the fuss about? Read on…..
What moved me is the fact that both the movies were based around the central theme to look beyond oneself. Generally, we are so lost in ourselves that we really don’t want to bother ourselves with problems and sufferings associated with another person, especially if we don’t know that person.
In U me n HUM, they showed that how kajol, Ajay’s wife, suffers from Alzheimer and with the onset of each day, how her situation becomes worse. Poor Ajay feels that it’s too difficult for him to take care of Kajol at home and their child is unsecured in her custody. So he takes her to a private clinic where she can get better treatment. Mind you I am not saying that he doesn’t love her, however, somewhere ‘ME’ becomes bigger than ‘U’ unintentionally. Let me not complicate it, in short a lot of times we feel that though we love a person, it will be difficult for us to take care of him/her due to the disease or age, however, we forget that what that person needs apart from medications is the support of the near and dear ones. It will be difficult to manage the show, however, once we can let our central tendency to think of ourselves aside and think from the other person’s point of view then we shall be able to make some headway in our relations.
Coming to the other movie, two boys who are very good friends and are living in a dilapidated condition, finds a little girl who has no one of her own. One of the boys whose name is Kachra feels that he should not leave the girl alone like how they were left alone in life in filth. He wants her to go to school and live a normal life; however, his friend is skeptic about them being able to manage her living, education and food expenses. Kachra feels that one needs to look beyond the cocoon of self comfort and try to do our best for the happiness of others, often we forge close relations with people we never knew from birth.
I guess a big NO. Then what’s the fuss about? Read on…..
What moved me is the fact that both the movies were based around the central theme to look beyond oneself. Generally, we are so lost in ourselves that we really don’t want to bother ourselves with problems and sufferings associated with another person, especially if we don’t know that person.
In U me n HUM, they showed that how kajol, Ajay’s wife, suffers from Alzheimer and with the onset of each day, how her situation becomes worse. Poor Ajay feels that it’s too difficult for him to take care of Kajol at home and their child is unsecured in her custody. So he takes her to a private clinic where she can get better treatment. Mind you I am not saying that he doesn’t love her, however, somewhere ‘ME’ becomes bigger than ‘U’ unintentionally. Let me not complicate it, in short a lot of times we feel that though we love a person, it will be difficult for us to take care of him/her due to the disease or age, however, we forget that what that person needs apart from medications is the support of the near and dear ones. It will be difficult to manage the show, however, once we can let our central tendency to think of ourselves aside and think from the other person’s point of view then we shall be able to make some headway in our relations.
Coming to the other movie, two boys who are very good friends and are living in a dilapidated condition, finds a little girl who has no one of her own. One of the boys whose name is Kachra feels that he should not leave the girl alone like how they were left alone in life in filth. He wants her to go to school and live a normal life; however, his friend is skeptic about them being able to manage her living, education and food expenses. Kachra feels that one needs to look beyond the cocoon of self comfort and try to do our best for the happiness of others, often we forge close relations with people we never knew from birth.
To be precise, what I learnt from these movies is to look beyond ourselves and constantly increase the diameter of the circle of quality relations in our lives and now onwards, will atleast make an attempt to look beyond myself to help another individual. I guess that’s the least we can do to safeguard humanity on this planet.
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