Fantastic movie. And for those who haven't caught it yet, I would recommend you get hold of a dvd now. But this post is not about the movie.
Ever since we were 6, I am sure we all have had dreams of what we want to be in our respective lives. Initially, when young and without any idea about how this world works, we all wanted to be cricketers or movie stars. We saw Sachin Tendulkar slash Wasim Akram beyond point for four and we all knew that this is what we wanted to do. And when we saw Ajay Devgan make an entry standing on two motorbikes, we though 'how cool are these movie stars.' But as time went on and we grew up, we slowly started realising that not all these dreams can be fulfilled. Not everyone can be a Sachin Tendulkar or a Shahrukh Khan, how much ever we may want it to happen.
So slowly and gradually, we grew out of the 'I want to be a cricketer or movie star' phase. It was replaced by dreams which adhered to our particular interests and talents. Some wanted to be chartered accountants, some engineers, some doctors and some writers. Noone wanted to slash Wasim Akram beyond point any more. We were happy letting Sachin do it for us.
Yet somehow our dreams remain unfulfilled. How many of us are actually following what our heart wants to do?? I would guess it to be about 30 percent of us and I am being very optimistic here. Because despite growing up and finally realising what we wanted to do with our lives,there was one more realisation that was waiting to hit us like a ton of bricks. We realised that the world doesn't work the way we want it to. That it's a dog eat dog world out there and only the fittest survive. People who can think and make rational deceisions rather than act on their whims and fancies are the one's who are the safest. 'Choose a safe career and make a decent living' has become the motto with which we are going to spend the rest of our lives with. And that motto is right ofcorse.
We have all heard about the Shahrukh Khan's, the Ram Gopal Varma's and the Irfan Pathan's. People who choose to chase their dream rather than succumb to the pressures of having a decent living and triumphed. They inspired us all and yet there remains a story untold here. For every Shahrukh Khan, there are thousands of unknown actors walking on the streets and knocking on the door of every producer in the hope that they too will one day get their big break. Unfortunately for them, that break never comes. So they either pack their bags and leave or they spend the rest of their lives sleeping on a footpath hoping that the people thay have aspired to be, the movie stars, don't run over them with their fancy cars. They might be as talented as the King Khan himself or even more, yet they are destined to spend their life struggling to survive. A bleak but true picture.
The world though remains interested in only hearing stories about how people struggled against all odds and succeeded and remain oblivious to the stories of failures. Besides, let's face it-the story of how a person ran away from home and came to Mumbai to become an actor but then spend the rest of his life in chowks and chawls, struggling to make enough money to eat two square meals a day somehow doesn't make an interesting read. And that's why they tend to remain largely ignored. But the truth is these stories of failure far more exceed the stories of success.
Everyone dreams of living a fairy tale. But only a privilged few manage to dream larger than life and actually end up living that dream. The rest of us like to 'choose a safe a career and make a decent living.' Becaue the thought of failures haunts us. For if you dare to dream and then that dream never comes true, the price you pay is being branded a failure your entire life. And if you choose not to chase that dream then the price you pay is spending the rest of your life imagining what could have been. It's a choice between being a complete failure and struggling to make ends meet or regretting that you could have achieved so much more but yet able to provide a good living for your family. No wonder then that most of us take the easy way out. Choose a safe career and make a decent living.
Ever since we were 6, I am sure we all have had dreams of what we want to be in our respective lives. Initially, when young and without any idea about how this world works, we all wanted to be cricketers or movie stars. We saw Sachin Tendulkar slash Wasim Akram beyond point for four and we all knew that this is what we wanted to do. And when we saw Ajay Devgan make an entry standing on two motorbikes, we though 'how cool are these movie stars.' But as time went on and we grew up, we slowly started realising that not all these dreams can be fulfilled. Not everyone can be a Sachin Tendulkar or a Shahrukh Khan, how much ever we may want it to happen.
So slowly and gradually, we grew out of the 'I want to be a cricketer or movie star' phase. It was replaced by dreams which adhered to our particular interests and talents. Some wanted to be chartered accountants, some engineers, some doctors and some writers. Noone wanted to slash Wasim Akram beyond point any more. We were happy letting Sachin do it for us.
Yet somehow our dreams remain unfulfilled. How many of us are actually following what our heart wants to do?? I would guess it to be about 30 percent of us and I am being very optimistic here. Because despite growing up and finally realising what we wanted to do with our lives,there was one more realisation that was waiting to hit us like a ton of bricks. We realised that the world doesn't work the way we want it to. That it's a dog eat dog world out there and only the fittest survive. People who can think and make rational deceisions rather than act on their whims and fancies are the one's who are the safest. 'Choose a safe career and make a decent living' has become the motto with which we are going to spend the rest of our lives with. And that motto is right ofcorse.
We have all heard about the Shahrukh Khan's, the Ram Gopal Varma's and the Irfan Pathan's. People who choose to chase their dream rather than succumb to the pressures of having a decent living and triumphed. They inspired us all and yet there remains a story untold here. For every Shahrukh Khan, there are thousands of unknown actors walking on the streets and knocking on the door of every producer in the hope that they too will one day get their big break. Unfortunately for them, that break never comes. So they either pack their bags and leave or they spend the rest of their lives sleeping on a footpath hoping that the people thay have aspired to be, the movie stars, don't run over them with their fancy cars. They might be as talented as the King Khan himself or even more, yet they are destined to spend their life struggling to survive. A bleak but true picture.
The world though remains interested in only hearing stories about how people struggled against all odds and succeeded and remain oblivious to the stories of failures. Besides, let's face it-the story of how a person ran away from home and came to Mumbai to become an actor but then spend the rest of his life in chowks and chawls, struggling to make enough money to eat two square meals a day somehow doesn't make an interesting read. And that's why they tend to remain largely ignored. But the truth is these stories of failure far more exceed the stories of success.
Everyone dreams of living a fairy tale. But only a privilged few manage to dream larger than life and actually end up living that dream. The rest of us like to 'choose a safe a career and make a decent living.' Becaue the thought of failures haunts us. For if you dare to dream and then that dream never comes true, the price you pay is being branded a failure your entire life. And if you choose not to chase that dream then the price you pay is spending the rest of your life imagining what could have been. It's a choice between being a complete failure and struggling to make ends meet or regretting that you could have achieved so much more but yet able to provide a good living for your family. No wonder then that most of us take the easy way out. Choose a safe career and make a decent living.
3 comments:
very thoughtful farid, and i am proud to say that i am one of those people still on course towards fulfiling their dreams..
Regarding pre-marital sex, my opinions differ from yours, as i am not particularly a religious person.. in my opinion, if you love someone, it's fine to get intimate with that person.. (having said that, i have never been in a relationship as yet..)
and yes, i totally agree with you on treating college boys like children.. it's really frustrating when you get that kind of treatment and it further diminishes the respect for the authorities...
anyway, very good to see you on the blogger's list.. keep the good work going.. cheers.. :)
very nice one farid!!! i m really inpired by ur thoughts, the administration of most of the colleges r like the same, as u stated n sum of them r even worse..
i dun get their points lyk we r not kidz nemore...
regardin the pre-marital sex, my opinions again coincide with urs tht whether u love sumone or u wanna indulge in only physical relations, this act is totally immoral n unethical...
can't u marry the one u love the most in this world..is it necessary to get laid b4 marriage??
about the confession of a rapist, i juss think tht one in a hundreds thinks lyk tht n is guilty of wht he has done... the rest juss dun think bout it n it is their part of life.. a 'game' which they're fond of playin... these people can no more be considered as humans..they're animals who juss want lust, but nuthin else!!!
carry on farid, m w8in for more frm u!!!
well written.....sumhow dis whole thing completely relates to me coz i m also doing d same thing wat my dream was m not following it but in fact m doing sumthing which is safe nd good to go....but u c dat how d life is....ppl always end up in sumthing which they hv to take up to be on the safer side of life....
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