Meri pyaari Bindu, 2017.

Meri pyaari Bindu is a narrative that showcases the wishful thinking hopeless romantics share waiting for a worthy love. Sometimes people who are only a chapter in the book of your life, end up being the entire book and even if you tear a page out, you won’t be able to crumple it. There will always be memories and emotions attached.

Abhi and Bindu loved each other ever since they first realised what love actually was. Abhi was completely head over heels in love with Bindu. Her smile, her laughter, her craziness and everything about her. He supported her through everything, even when she wanted to be a singer and nobody encouraged her to continue. Abhi always had his heart in his sleeves for Bindu since the first time they heard a song together.

Bindu couldn’t be anymore different from him. Her love was something that couldn’t be contained in a box. She never consciously ran away from the chemistry they shared or the bond they had, she was just walking towards herself. Self absorbed, but in a good way. She had a huge list of things she had to complete and didn’t care about anything else in the world.

When the two hearts crossover again after a few years, a lot has changed. Even though Abhi and Bindu had found love at the right time and they nurtured it pretty well, but sometimes fireworks are hard to contain. This love remains in a space reserved for it. “Ab main sacch mein bhaari hogayi hu” Bindu says as she talks about the weight of her responsibilities that she can not run away from like she used to. After being a wild, free-bird who had no intentions of settling down, we see Bindu who was now a housewife and a mother. She had her own little world and she was as content as she could ever be. Contrary to popular belief, I think we grow the most during these years when we’re independent and carefree. Somewhere there we all felt and understood each word Bindu was saying.

In a world of spotify playlists, social media and physical attraction, this movie makes me feel normal for wanting to live in the nostalgia of mixtapes, letters and emotional connections. “…Kabhi koi gaana itna pasand hai ki khatam hone se darr lagta hai? Kabhi koi gaana pure din hothon se jane ka naam nahi leta aur kabhi koi gaane ki sirf dhun yaad reh jaati hai laakh gunguna lo saala lafz kabhi yaad nahi aate par jo yaad reh jaye bas vo hi umr bhar muskuraane, gungunane k liye kafi hota hai…”

What is love? A feeling? A concept? A consequence of a series of experiences you had? There’s no proper definition for this word but everyone has experienced it atleast once. Call it a phase, but I can guarantee you that you had atleast one person in your life who you were willing to sacrifice everything for, take a chance even if it doesn’t exist. And this movie is for that love.

“…Phir bhi nazarein na tum milaana, dil ka aitbaar nahi…” To all of us who love the ones we never truly lost. Just accepted and moved on. For the sake of those who care for us and most importantly our own.

A must watch movie and my personal favourite. Thank you to Mr. Ayushmaan Khurana and Ms. Parineeti Chopra to play these characters beautifully. Thank you to Mr. Suprotim Sengupta for writing such an amazing story and Mr. Akshay Roy for directing it and of course all the supporting actors and everyone else involved to make this film a classic.