Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, or ZNMD as it is popularly called was, to put it in one line, as Javed Jaffery would have said - "it's different"! (For some it was almost Deepak Chopra, Robin Sharma with a dash of Katrina, for reasons I couldn't understand)

As its tagline goes, this movie is about seizing the moment, live life, over come your fears et al. Instead of doing the standard review, I thought I'd shed light on some subtle, some untold messages to be taken home from the movie. 

Disclaimer: Readers are advised to take these tongue-in-cheek.

Here you go - 

• Never ever show your girlfriend the gift you got for your mom or sister.

• Never flirt with your best friend’s girlfriend; he’ll not forgive you till he gets his next - Friendship Na Rahegi Dobara.

• Your friend may still accept if you flirt with his girlfriend but never ever mess with his cell phone.

• Close your room’s door before you video chat with your fiancée.

• It’s still fine if you don’t know swimming but learn dancing and driving.

• Always be kiss-ready and ready-to-kiss!

• If hit hard, even tomatoes hurt.

• Love and Sex are beyond any boundaries, especially linguistic boundaries.

• If two of the three friends date one girl, and third one somehow couldn’t – he’ll one day call her a bitch.

• And last but not the least – holidays are a must - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara!
  

Different takes

Culture isn't just about what you wear, it is also about respecting others' choices.

Respect isn't just about how many people salute you, it is also about whether you treat them equally.

Equality isn't just about reservation, it is also about never thinking what caste the other person belongs to.

Freedom isn't just about being able to complain about the system, it is also about making the right choice to have the correct one in place.

Patriotism isn't just about buying the miniature national flag from the street children at the traffic signal, it is also about wondering what you can do so that they don't need to sell them in the first place.

They had more than 200 years to come to where they are now. We have had barely sixty.

Don't pretend to be someone you are not. Don't stand back and wish that things should change. To be a better citizen, start with being a better person. Accept your country the way you accept your mother. The day you leave her for better opportunities, you forfeit all rights to complain.

Jai Hind!

Three

Three is a special number.

It's a complete number. Three dots to make a triangle. Three to determine a circle.

Three makes the holy trinity.

Three primary colours.

Three dimensions.

Three wishes in a fairytale world.

Three is the number of years I've been blogging. And if three is the number of years you've stuck around with me, you are special. Because three is a special number. Thank you.

And if three isn't the number of years you've stuck around, thank you as well. For being here now. For a new journey.

For three is when things begin…

One. Two. Three.