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Zero subject..too tired...Zero interest..too bored...
Saturday evening..
I send a msg to Rohit and Ab..
"Send me a msg once you guys are all together..and am out of office..one hr later.."
No reply..But..trust my bestest friend..to msg me...
Db..."Call me ! right now !!"

I call...all of them are sitting..having dinner at the wedding reception..
Grrrr !! Missed the free gub and booze !! doston ki baat alag hai !!!!
:)

Db: (excited-and-doesnt-knowing-what-she's-saying voice)
"You know what ? Great news ! guess what it could be ?"

Me: "Yeah..big hi to you too...cheppu maatalli...who's getting married ?"

*Cheppu = Talk, Matalli = My Mom...in Telegu...she hates it when i say that...and I know she does..which she knows..which i know she knows..which she knows i know that she knows..and so on so forth...:D*

Db: :O "huh ? How did you know ?!"

Me: " Woh ChoDh..who's getting married ?"

Db: "Speak to the moron himself !"

Mr.Moron: "hey dude.."

Me : "Ek min..lemme call you..Db roaming pe hai...we dont need to be stupid abt it.."

Mr.Moron a.k.a Mr.Morde : "haan yaar..shaadi kar raha hoon..."

Me : "What ?!!! Shaadi !? What daa..dhokha de diya...you know i love you...who's the unlucky girl ? Arranged..yaa love ?"

Morde: "Her name is P..just do din pehle confirm hua..and arranged-cum-love hai..and lurrrvee ?!! WHAT happened to you,man ?!"

*Loud guffaws..speaker phone so..A "Pyaar andhaa hota hai,rohit" dialogue from surd :D*

Me: "I am heart-broken..kitni raatein saath bitaayin..lab mein..aur end mein dagaa..acccha silla diyaa tuney mere pyaar kaa,rohit.."
:D

Rohit was sufficiently freaked out..I asked him to put P on the phone..Spoke to P..she seemed a nice girl..and a little confused..

I would be too..if surrounded by a bunch of crazy people..and speaking to an even crazier one over the phone..

Tried convincing her to marry me..and ditch rohit..not happening...is what i realised...tough luck ..for her
:(

Spoke to each of the others..a "laughing buddha" Kelya..an inebriated Arun..an over-enthu surd..a madly-in-love Ab (Oi ! Laila kaisi hai,Mr.Majnu ?! :D)..

*It's a remote love affair..she in chennai..he in mumbai..they are 'not sure' if they are in love..Orange/Hutch is not complaining..post paid telephone subscribers in love..is good news...*

And I was there..with them..in pune..having a ball..at shubham's expense..almost..

'Dil Chahta hai'..has a cult following with our generation..and i like it too..parts of it,anyway..

*For me Farhan Akhtar is God-level for his 'Lakshya'..Dil Chahta hai was ok...Lakshya was a whole different cuppa chai..*

but..one scene..which for me..is the most beautiful...in DCH..

Aamir Khan..is in a merc..and looks to his left...
Nostalgia..revisited...when he sees himself, Akshay and Saif..having a normal fun-time outside college..

The scene is fantastic..and profound..
Aamir is in a car..stuck..in a traffic jam..he's dressed to kill..typical work day..
The friends are in casuals...and having a good time..typical college-day..
And the college-kid aamir gives a smirk..which pretty much says more than words could ever get across..
:)

Kya se kya ho gaya..i was perenially penniless..but surrounded by friends..to bail me out..in college...

"Yaar rohit...kuch paise de na..need to go to my uncle's and pick up money..am out..haan haan 5 bucks is enuf...sirf bus ki ticket ke liye..."

Today..i am sitting on a decent pile..and with my friends,a few thousand kilometres away..
Missed out on the first gang-member wedding..
:)
'It happens..sometimes..shit..'

*Waise another scene..the one where aamir closes his eyes..and preity appears..makes me break into peals of laughter,everytime..
Cos..of something my friend said,then..He said it in kannada..and street slang kannada..which is a lot more fun..
A hindi translation..for the kannada-challenged..and...to appeal to a broader mass audience..

"Haan...mein bhi jab aankh bandh karke sochta hoon..toh preity zinta dikhti hai..magar dikhne se mil jaati hai kya ?!!! Nahi na...toh aankhen bandh mat kar..aur gaadi chalaaa...pulisiya pakdega...toh preity zinta ka excuse nahi de sakta..."
:D

For more pics and the complete details on the wedding..here...

For now..a track going on and on..and on...in my head..

katra katra milti hai
katra katra jeene do
zindgi hai, bahne do
pyaasi hoon main pyasi rahne do

Tumne to aakash bichhaya
mere nange pairo main zameen hai
dekhe to tumhaari aarzoo hai
shayad aisi zindagi haseen hai
aarzoo main bahne do
pyaasi hoon main pyaasi rahne do...

I am yet to meet a single person who doesnt wish..that he just sit at a cafe,sip on something and chat with a loved one...and see the world zip by...Wonder why nobody does it...
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