BAWAAL IS BEAUTIFUL




“If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others,

you are going to run out of gas.”

Steve Maraboli

 

A couple of days ago, a friend of mine messaged me saying, that she had just watched the Hindi film ‘Bawaal’ (on Amazon Prime Video) and thoroughly loved it. “Do watch it,” she had strongly suggested. Last night, my wife and I watched this film and, yes, both of us thoroughly loved it, too…

And, just as my friend did, we, too, have started recommending this film to some of our friends...

Incidentally, my wife and I had not kept ourselves informed about this film… Neither had we watched its trailer, promos or any reviews. We just watched this film on the recommendation of our dear friend, and happened to love it.

Today, I watched some reviews of ‘Bawaal’ and read the comments below those reviews, more out of curiosity…

I was surprised at the range of opinions – from unabashed praise to outright rebuke. What amused me the most was how people loved to comment on the reviewer, too!

Bouquets and brickbats are the products of our opinions… And, each one of us has his or her own opinion… on everything under the sun!

If I praise saying, ‘Bawaal is Beautiful’, the fellow next to me may surprise or shock me decrying, “It is silly.”

To each, his own…

“Opinions are the cheapest commodities in this world!” You see, this is an old saying…

And what about this old story?

 

THE THREE DONKEYS




One day, a father and his son loaded goods on the back of their donkey and went to the marketplace to sell them. By the afternoon, they had sold all the goods and were returning home. The son was sitting on the donkey and the father was walking…

Just then, a stranger saw them and shouted, “What a pity! The young man is enjoying the ride and the poor father is made to walk in the hot son.”

Immediately, the son came down and the father went up…

Just a while later, another stranger saw them and yelled, “What a sorry sight! The strong man is enjoying the ride and the poor child is made to walk in the hot son.”

Immediately, they both mounted the donkey.

Barely some distance they had proceeded, another passerby saw them and screamed, “How heartless these humans can be! Look, the poor donkey is made to carry two strong humans!”

Immediately, they both got off the donkey, lifted him up, and carried him all the way home…”

 

“If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you are going to run out of gas.” Steve Maraboli, probably, had not heard the story of ‘The Three Donkeys’. Else, he would have said, “If you fuel your journey on the opinions of others, you will end up carrying a donkey.” Sorry, “you will end up being a donkey.”

I can already hear some voices, “Hey, you have abused an animal.”

Such are opinions…

So, I leave it to you – to watch or not to watch ‘Bawaal’…





Meanwhile, I say, ‘Bawaal is beautiful’…

 

GERALD D’CUNHA

 

Pic’s: 1. Mankumar R. 2. Pixabay

Video: Prime Video India

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