Amaran
A forever long distance relationship
Indu and Mukund fall in love in college. But their story is rather about their love growing over the miles they are apart. They scrape minutes and hours worth of togetherness now and then, while distance, Mukund’s patriotism, and thousand other men’s love for violence and terrorism keep them apart.
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While the covers might mislead you to believe this story to be about patriotism, I could only see it for what it was — valiant, unwavering, relentless love Indu had for Mukund, and thereby his everything including his devotion to put his life in frontline for his motherland.
Adhu yepdi aduthu nimisham uyiroda iruppangala irukka maatangalanu theriyadha valiyoda ovvoru nimishamum oruthara ippadi nesikka mudiyum ?
Throughout the film I had my eyes and soul soaking in every frame of Sai Pallavi as Indu. She is pure bliss — there is no other word to describe her. I would watch it all over again only for her. Every time she winces in pain worrying about Mukund, my heart stopped. Every time she smiles at him, I was on cloud nine, wishing I were loved like that.
I felt very sad that they and a million other army families never really get to live the marriage where they grow plain old bored of each others daily annoying habits. That was what felt sad. Aren’t those lucky who get to live a life where eventually love becomes a everyday habit, even annoying at times ? Aren’t those lucky whose mornings after still get to skip a heartbeat waking up next to each other ?
Aren’t those lucky who get to live a life where eventually love becomes a everyday habit, even annoying at times ?
The short span of time they spend together was etched all over my mind. Being with people we love oftentimes feel eternal, as if it would be forever, that it feels easy to take it for granted. But does knowing what the future might hold make us love in simple terms ? Would counting the tick of seconds and minutes we have with them help us let go of our egos and differences in its entirety and just be with them ?
I think we only get to choose our love, the love story though, it gets written for us.
I wanted to yell out loud to the world leaders and all those who have taken to violence for their ideals — maybe go get a room and deal with your differences, you can stab each other or fuck yourselves for all I care. Just let simple people live their boring ol’ lives. Let them love, let them live.
At last Indu says,
“I’m forever in a long distance relationship with my love. Idhu sandhoshamana kadhaiya illa sogamana kadhaiya nu lam neenga mudivu pannikonga…”
I think we only get to choose our love, the love story though, it gets written for us. But now that I read it again, why would anyone want it the other way round ?
