Rock On - a few thoughts...

I was watching 'Rock On' for the nth time and still enjoyed it like I did the 1st time. But this time around the movie made me ponder over certain things. Everyone has a past - a life that they lived; some enjoyed it some didn't. People often want to go back to the old times especially the good old times - the times when they were happy, the times when they were surrounded by their loved ones, the times when there were no worries, the times when all they could do was enjoy. Again there are people who want to run away from their past; people who are glad that it is all over; people who had hard times and are now out of it.

While watching the movie when Sakshi delves into Adi's past I was asking myself "Why the hell does she need to do this?" (I mean they had everything they needed). But then Sakshi goes on to say that she wants him to be happy. It all seemed meaningless at that time for Adi as he was leading the life he had chosen and was pretty successful. But then when Adi actually meets his old friends from 'Magic' he seems so much at ease with himself and his friends and they all mix so well that it seemed nothing had ever happened between them. And they were all happy. And this made the whole effort taken by Sakshi worthwhile.

In their lives - barring a few - most people would want to go back to the good old times. Its something people always wanted to do and so it comes to them easily. The moment a football touches the feet, of someone who used to play football, the tricks come back automatically. So is the case with other sports like TT, carrom, badminton etc. How easy it is to go to a old friends home after a very long time and act as if u have always been there, ask aunty for a cup of tea, walk to the fridge and take out a bottle of water. Its so convenient that when three friends get together at someone's place the usual activity (that used to happen when they were in college) takes place without the need for asking. How the lyrics fall in place when one hears an old song which one hadn't heard for long but now one starts humming.

There are lot of such things which brings up the question - why do people move on when they want to hold on longer at the the place they are? It works in different ways. In the movie Adi became successful and so did KD but they let go their passion for music. But Adi never made peace with his past and was unhappy while KD was happy as he had made peace with the past. Similarly Joe and Rob continued their passion and both were not that successful but were happy that they could continue doing what they wanted. But apart from this Joe was overall unhappy while Rob was happy. So what is it that one should do? The answer would be a personal choice. Like in the movie all four of them made a choice and chose to live by their choice until fate brought them back together which made everyone happy. Well life is not a movie...