Kuwait being hot as fire, my wife insisted on spending quality time at home instead of going out.
So, we sat down to watch Sitare Zameen Par.
Her choice of course. Well, when your wife insists, your only option is to smile... and surrender like it was your own idea.
But this time, little did I know I was signing up for a ‘sentimental’ evening that would rival a Konkani drama climax.
My wife, Esparansa: “I have been reading reviews, this movie will surely make you cry.”
I said, “Great, I already cry when I see the cricket scores and our Goa Assembly sessions.”
She was 100% right.
Midway through, she was pulling tissues & crying into them like a tiatr heroine crying into her hanky during a dramatic breakup scene.
So, I tried to crack a joke to lighten the mood shouting, “Who is cutting onions in our house?!” three separate times.
She shot me a look that said, “Hey, respect the art!... It is Aamir Khan.. he makes one film a year…”
“3 hour film -- One year?” I asked, “What does he do rest of the year?”
“Just watch,” she hushed, “Look deeper. It’s not a tiatr like an aunty crying with her rosary always, and a villain yelling at someone, or always having a wedding or a funeral… or both at once.”
Well, she was so much into Sitare Zameen Par, you would think she directed the film in her past life.
At the end, she was sobbing like she knew each of the ‘Sitaare’ characters personally.
Would I watch such films with her again? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
If I ever do, it would be with a bigger tissue box, and maybe a cashew feni shot for courage.😜🥰
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