Love you Zindagi

Love you Zindagi (Bollywood movie) was on my bucket list since a long time. I love Alia Bhatt. She has great fire in her, I feel, and she will definitely make it big in Bollywood, given her line of projects and the acting she does in all her movies. I also got to know that her godfather, the great Karan Johar, scrutinizes and approves every assignment before she says yes or no to. So, she is safe hands I must say. But still her acting skill and passion can’t be ignored. I watched Highway movie, where I loved her. Others were romcom, romantic movies and this one, Hello Zindagi was a completely offbeat movie which I loved a lot.

Depression, the silent killer all over the world along with an inferiority complex problem is addressed in this movie. Almost every individual goes through the struggle between his own identity and the person others want him to be at some point of his life. We are always taught to aim bigger, dream bigger, and achieve bigger. The small milestones, the small things around us then lose their importance and we lose their sight and hardly appreciate them. We focus on distant things, bigger things and then based on whether we reach there or achieve that feat, we decide our self-worth. 

Exactly this issue is so beautifully handled in this movie. Why is it that always long and strenuous paths to achieve success are validated as good and not smaller and lesser known paths which also might take you to your destination, but maybe after a little longer time. This thought gave me a sense of empowerment and made me feel light. I thought of a friend who was in such a situation and immediately talked it out with her.

D, my dear friend is searching for a job. Obviously, others have great expectations from her and she wants to get into a good company with a good salary and a good standard of living. She tried her luck almost everywhere she could, but she didn’t get a good response. She felt bad, low and her self-worth decreased. She became moody and couldn’t enjoy her life. I suggested her why not start with something from home, where she could work part-time from home, take care of her health, her family’s needs and wishes and be independent. Why was she aiming to be in big companies straight away when she can start with small tasks that come her way, which will keep her busy and happy and keep an eye on the bigger opportunities?

She liked the idea and now is currently working as a consultant/freelancer and has started getting assignments slowly, by word of mouth and by approaching certain companies by herself. This is not bad at all, I think. In the meantime, she can always keep on hunting for jobs, it will be good if she gets one, but not bad at all, if she continues slowly this way. I wish her all the luck.

Small feats are easier to achieve and they give us confidence too. Simple things also bring greater joy. The rising sun, the laugh of a baby, the blooming flowers, the blue skies and ocean. All these natural things are always around us, but we don’t often see them and appreciate their presence. Once we start appreciating the small things in life and what we already have, life won’t be so complex as we often make it.