Follow your heart

Hindi movies have time and again proved that its never too late to fall in love.

When I first heard the name of the recently-released film Luv Ka The End,I was quite intrigued. Apart from the unconventional story of a girl trying to seek revenge against her boyfriend,it had a thought-provoking title. After all,can love ever end in our lives? Two people might fall out of love with each other,but that doesnt mean that they will never ever find it again in their lives,irrespective of any age.

As the adage goes,age is just a number. And love can spring upon one at any given time or at any given age. And why not? Loving someone means you are willing to make any kind of sacrifices for them it may sound very filmi,but that is the truth. Everyone wants to be liked by someone who values us for who we are. No matter what the age is and how well one is placed in life,when the time comes,you will feel yourself moving closer to a truly loving relationship. And regardless of our culture,our education,background or economic status,each one of us has the same desires to love,be loved and be happy.

The desire for material things is necessary,but it comes secondary when love is concerned. This is a treasure where intimacy may not count. Finding love,in actuality,is seeking self-acceptance,approval and identity and in case of the not-so-young,it is mainly to find solace in someone else and outlive the fear of being alone. The act of seeking self-worth,however,does not mean getting into a wrong relationship. But this also arises the question that if love is so important to us,then why do we have so many issues and misunderstandings finding it? The reason for this,as I see it,is that we Indians,unlike the West,are not brought up or educated in this fundamental area during our early years. Dating or being seen with the opposite sex is not the in thing even today and is looked down upon still. Live-in relationships are considered unethical.

While there are thousands of films on young love stories,mature love stories have been a mere handful. While Mera Naam Joker had the adolescent Raju Rishi Kapoor infatuated with his teacher Mary Simi Garewal,I feel the best example was Cheeni Kum. After watching this refreshing and absorbing film,I am sure,people fell in love all over again. Many may have wanted to be in the 64-year-old Buddhadev Guptas Amitabh Bachchan and 34-year-old Nina Tabus shoes. Their chemistry was simply breathtaking. It was an unexpectedly mature and unpretentious movie where the characters simply bared their souls to each other. While the film kept the viewers involved,we didnt feel awkward to see love blossom between two people with such a vast difference in age. They seemed perfect for each other. Then there was Pyaar Mein Twist that had two middle-aged single parents,Dimple Kapadia and Rishi Kapoor,falling in love even as their children are to wed. In Dil Chahta Hai,Akshaye Khanna gets infatuated by an older woman,played by Dimple Kapadia.

2009 saw Phir Kabhi,a mature love story,of a widower Mithun Chakraborty who meets his old flame Dimple again after 40 years of marriage to Rati Agnihotri and the two old lovers,who are suffering from loneliness,try to look for solace in each others company. Similarly Joggers Park was a love story of a retired judge and a model played by Victor Banerjee and Perizaad Zorabian respectively and Nishabd was about a free-spirited teenager and a photographer who is the father of her friend. Wake Up Sid had an older Konkona Sen Sharma falling in love with Ranbir Kapoor,a college student.

Ultimately,the fact is that love makes the world go round. So folks go ahead and just follow your heart!

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