The scenic beauty depicted is from God’s Own Country. Goa is not far from Kerala in terms of nature where the story of Ethan Mascaranez commenced.
I had read the narration of Guzarish and when Usha wanted to watch this movie, I agreed, though in terms of experimentation, I had felt “no more movies”. There was intent.
Depicted well, edited to perfection and sensibility and sensitivity captured to near perfection, I watched and felt that a good theme for a story teller and a good movie for the audiences - Sentiments of love grew as hidden narrations on almost all frames. Sanjay Leela once again has shown his genius in the film making.
More than Guzarsh theme or the film, I enjoyed the scene when the Lawyer was asked to get into the wooden box at the Court room when a magic show was to be conducted – the lawyer was asked to be within the box for 60 seconds and he knocked out of it by punches from within – suffocating in a state of mind of isolation and solitude. If that be the case, Ethan was trying to convince the judge at the court room, this time at his house, that being alone, in isolation even without much pain but in anticipation of the ultimate is very testing and extremely difficult.
Ethan’s story is where he has been on a bed unable to move his legs and hands and almost immobile for more than 12 years, after he met with an accident. His nurse looks after him, and his assistant comes to learn the tricks of the MAGIC, that was Ethan’s profession.
The MAGIC of LIFE is that LIFE itself is a MAGIC.
One needs to understand and appreciate the stories that tell LIFE in various forms.
By learning the MAGIC of life, you tend to soften your approaches and choose paths that are neither pure white of perfection nor black that is filled with thorns and hatred.
Feel the MAGIC of life and that helps you move through the uncertainties that lie ahead in future.
I am reminded of those 100 minutes that preceded with a diagnosis that I had contacted “Transverse Mylettis” – by being within the MRI scanning machine at the Hinduja Hospital. The 60 seconds allotted to the lawyer reminded me of those 100 minutes.
Instead of the 12 odd years that Ethan suffered in the time machine of life, I had passed through more than a month - Un-knowing what was in store for me, hearing from the Neuro physician that I may become a vegetable like Ethan.
Watching Guzarish with Usha was like swimming in the MAGIC pond of my own life – recollecting how and what goes through the mind of Ethan.
Hope comes in various forms and for me on the thirteenth floor at the hospital, it was a dove that sat on the overhanging window pane of my closed room of MAGIC, that I renewed with prayers that life seems to be ahead.
Transformation is part of learning.
I learnt then, that one need not worry much, with prayers that can create MAGIC in life.
I remembered then, what I saw last week at the Karthika Deepam festival at the Thali temple --- when I was handling an earthen lamp, trying to light and fire on the wick using the near by lamp on the boarders of the water pond where reflections were making a MAGIC in the surroundings. The four of the panchaboothas were together that time, but the invisible breeze (air) the fifth of the panchboothas turned my wish down. Determined and praying, I lit more lamps.
Living life with contentment and hope will help engulf love in to the relationships.
Love is the MAGIC that lights the days that challenges with uncertainties.
Guzarish, the request is that we tend to appreciate the natures’ bounties around us, gifted by God, and thank Him and pray for the ultimate to happen, so that we become part of nature, all over, once again.
