Life is a Blockbuster

Rajesh Khanna said this popular dialog in the movie Anand:

बाबू मोशाय... ज़िन्दगी एक रंगमंच है और हम सब इस रंगमंच पर कठपुतलियां हैं, हम सबकी डोर ऊपर वाले के हाथ में है, कब किसकी डोर खिंच जाए, कोई नहीं जानता |

Ever thought about what makes a movie or TV show popular? A touch of unexpected surprise in the story is an essential ingredient to make a movie interesting and popular. If its story and narrative is predictable, it fails to hold our attention. Even in case of a suspense thriller, have you ever experienced how it kills all the fun the moment a friend shares the suspense with you. When we already know what’s going to happen, it is no longer exciting to go through it.

When I carefully ponder over this idea, aha! it gives me a completely fresh way of looking at life. I have been blessed with a very interesting life, that has a blockbuster like suspense at every twist and turn. It is worth living because of its unpredictability.

Suppose I somehow get to know everything that is going to happen to me today, will it still hold interest for me?

Suppose someone predicts my future for the whole lifetime, what will be left there to live?

With this thought, I am no longer apprehensive about the uncertainties of life, as I know the purpose behind them now. Why would I want to know my future? Why do I need to go to an astrologer? It is more interesting to discover it as it happens.

क्यों डरे ज़िन्दगी में क्या होगा कुछ ना होगा तो तजरबा होगा - Javed Akhtar

Recently, Shah Rukh Khan said this in Om Shanti Om:

आज इस बात का भी यकीन हो गया कि हमारी फिल्मों की तरह हमारी जिंदगी में भी एंड में सब ठीक हो जाता है, हैप्पी एंडिंग्स। और अगर ठीक ना हो तो वो एंड नहीं है, पिक्चर अभी बाकी है मेरे दोस्त ।