JayaHe…Jaya He…..Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya he….
I am sure that every literate Indian is knowledgeable of our National Anthem. Thanks to the continuous efforts of the like of A.R.Rehman and BharathBala Productions who come up with good videos of anthem to promote the same.
It’s a treat to see all the great musicians come together for such a noble cause. It’s at times so touching.
As our national anthem is known to all, the existence of movies is also known to every Indian.
But one would wonder what am I trying to convey here?
It’s something that touched me a lot.
I shall explain.
Indians like me generally can’t live without watching movies. Be it Bollywood or other respective wood’s (be it Molly, Tolly or Kolly!!!), I don’t think there a life without watching movies for any sane Indian. That’s because movies have become such an integral part of the entertainment circle of one’s life that, without that life is unimaginable.
That’s why when all four of us classmates, Suma, Rupa, Rashmi and myself decided to chill out after the MS Semester 1 exams, going for a movie became our obvious choice. So there we were at Fame Lido, a new multiplex near Indira Nagar, to see Sarkar Raj.
We had taken Gold class tickets and were busy settling ourselves down in those extremely cozy cushioned sofas out there at the last row, when the theatre people started screening the regular routine pre-ads. Commenting on the sofa controls, in between giving attention to those ads, time passed by. Suddenly they started playing “Jan Gana Mana”, the A.R.Rehman video of our National Anthem. To my astonishment, the seemingly young generation seated in front of our row, got up. Seeing that even I got up, my friends followed suite. A minute past, the entire theatre was there standing, singing along with the great musicians of the like of Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Bismillah Khan, Jagjit Singh and A.R.Rehman himself.
The moment when A.R.Rehman started singing the last high pitched Jaya He-Jaya He-Jaya-Jaya-Jaya-Jayahe, eyes got watered. I don’t know why. Was this the same Radhee who dint even drop a tear on seeing Tare Zameen Par? I couldn’t believe myself. What was there in that gesture and the anthem as such that made me so emotional? I still don’t know. It was just so impulsive and spontaneous. The pride, the belongingness of being an Indian, I guess that made me emotional. It reminds of all those Olympic award ceremonies, when the national anthem of the winners are played, all their eyes water. The only difference here is that, I am not a winner exactly!!! But even I might become one, who knows?
Another thing that’s worth mentioning here is that the gesture was triggered by the young guys and gals sitting in front of me. Was I seeing the very same so called morally depreciating younger lots? I don’t believe.
These young chaps showed even to the elder generation that they are so deeply rooted, even they respect there country and what a nice way to show that to the whole world.
It was the first experience of this sort in my life. It made me proud, happy and feel good not just as an Indian but as an Individual. Even though the film was not that good as it was expected to be, this small incident made my day.
I was happy that I lived my life KINGSIZE(at least for a day!!)
