There’s no judgment in her tone or demenaour. Earlier in the film, Kaira asks her friend about his DD (“ Dil ka Doctor”), therapist: “Why do you see one? So that you can tell others that you’re gay?” Kaira and her friend are at a shooting location, and she’s taking a break. Directed by Gauri Shinde, Dear Zindagi is about these small moments, the ones we usually don’t share with others, which shame and guilt-trip us, which make us less perfect, make us less… normal. Jehangir Khan (Shahrukh Khan), and talking about her own childhood, opening the cellar in her heart no one else’s been privy to: the shame and guilt of abandonment, of rejection, of not feeling loved. At one point in the movie, Kaira (Alia Bhatt), an up-and-coming cinematographer, is sitting opposite her therapist, Dr. I didn’t expect to revisit that feeling at all, much less while watching a film. But when that moment receded, I felt relieved and calm, as if a part of me had just been set free, had just been accepted. I was very embarrassed, and very surprised, because I was talking about something that had happened one and a half decade ago, but the pain, even after such a long time, felt real and new and physical, stinging deep and not stopping. Those tears were hard and uncontrollable, as if they had lives of their own-some formed a film over my eyes, some fell on my shirt, some hung on my cheeks, some trailed down. “Yeah, I did not,” I said, and started crying-first slowly, and then in spurts. It was an innocuous question, really, which just sat there, not asked with an intention to elicit a reaction. “You didn’t take tiffin to school after eight grade?” She asked, as a matter of fact. But, more importantly, I was tired of being tired. It was a regular March afternoon this year, and I was sitting opposite my therapist, whom I had started seeing recently, because I was tired of my own emotional vacuum, one I had been carrying and hiding for years. “You know, I haven’t really cared for breakfast in a long, long time, because I stopped taking tiffin to school after eight grade.” Lessons that I’d like to share with you today.A still from Dear Zindagi featuring actors Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan. Watching the lighthearted trailers of Dear Zindagi, a cathartic film that encourages you to live your life on your own terms, reminded me of some movies that have taught me some incredibly valuable life lessons. Gauri Shinde’s recently released film, Dear Zindagi Photo Source It’s almost funny how the bits and pieces of inspiration I have picked up from them have helped me look at the bright side, no matter what is happening in my life. Not all were realistic nor did they exactly fit in the inspirational genre, but they were simple, human and connected with me on a much deeper level than I expected. Over the years, several Bollywood movies and their memorable lines have reminded me how life is meant to be lived. You get a chance to learn from everywhere and everyone – your surroundings, your friends, movies, plays, books, etc. All you have to do is be open to learning and you will find wisdom everywhere. It is often said that if you stop learning, you stop living.
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