Swadesh!

New hindi movie telecast in Pittsford Plaza theatre in lieu of Tsunami fundraising. By the time I went to the theatre, it was so fully packed. Seats were all assigned. I got this J1 ticket, and it was so dark inside. There was a guy with a flash light, I had to wait until he came to me. He helped me find the seat, far left side corner seat, with three college girls seated in the same row. Well, movie had already started. There was this big press conference in which Shah Rukh Khan and other Nasa officials were bombarded with questions about their next satellite invention. Trying to stay focussed and started watching the movie. Movie took me back to India, songs were so soothing, tears were rolling down the cheeks heavily often. Movie brought out a gentle love story, patriotism, passion towards India, and more than all, a sense of belongingness. Those days Shankar used to tell me, "Hey Nalin, we all should remain together. We should never leave each other. You know I feel we can do it." I used to laugh at him. Tonight, feeling the loss of togetherness is all that comes to my mind. Seeing that in the movie brought back nothing but only tears. Very few movies touched me, Life is Beautiful, Payback, Nayakan, and now this. Swades makes me restless; makes me rethink priorities; makes me realize what is important;