Just like the scene in this film, the bald-headed uncle who sells perfume, "My ancestors came to Mumbai in 1905 and founded this store. Now it is the fifth generation, and we are all still there." And deep, unable to guess what he has experienced and what he is thinking; the uncle repairing shoes on the roadside, with a thick beard, is full of tools; the uncle with a resolute expression carrying a sack of things; the sixteen who sells snacks in the subway A seven-year-old young man; an old woman with a turban covering her head, an uncle who is standing in front of a soy product stand, and an uncle picking his ears on the side of the road. The life of these people is like this, what you see in their eyes may make you feel sad, that is the expression of people who suffer I think maybe life shouldn't be so heavy. There is also a happy expression here. It is the smile on the face of a mother-in-law who is weaving a bamboo basket with hemp rope. Interspersed with such a smile, it makes you feel that those pains are so real, so real that they seem to meet them as soon as they turn around. happiness.
But here is Mumbai, and in a country ruled by religion and hierarchy, this is where all kinds of things are concentrated. This is both heaven and hell.
So the story of the hero and heroine will make you feel more or less warm, because those are people from two worlds, but they try to understand each other by breaking down the barriers. Sometimes it is harder for the poor to accept the rich than for the rich to accept the poor.
They are different, because they are young people, young people don't care about the ridicule of their sophisticated friends "You are dating a laundryman?" and the advice of the maid's mother-in-law "Don't get too close to that laundryman, he's just smart , he has not received education, he is worthless", the same for the shy big boy, his brother "his parents will not agree, you can only elope", and the hostess who has an affair with him "don't forget What class are you, you can go out for me."
However, the process of experiencing the world of Mumbai together brought them closer and closer. Two people are sitting on the beach, under the sea breeze and the sunset, reminiscing about those photos together. Such a scene is very enviable. I think this is the meaning of being a partner, experiencing the hardships and joys in life together, sharing the various feelings of life, and each other. Agree, that's all.
But what struck me most about this film was the three letters the artist discovered, in video form. From the first video clip of the owner of the video, we can guess his husband's attitude towards her, ignoring her, and you can probably guess that she married a rich man from another city in Mumbai, but she did not Marry someone who loves her.
If the video is about a grudge woman complaining about her life, or how a powerful woman learns about her husband's evil deeds through her own means and reports it to her family, these videos have no charm at all.
But this is a woman with a good heart, her smile is sincere and touching, she is full of compassion and compassion for the world, and she is full of curiosity about new things. Happy and sincerely invited the maid and her daughter to video, talk to them in a loving tone like family, buy birthday cakes in person to celebrate birthdays for the family in front of DV, afraid of killing their beloved animals on the festival of sacrifice, Find excuses like diarrhea. She misses her family, misses her younger brother who went to school, misses the happy days in the past.
"Everything here is fleeting, the sea erases everything, I can share everything with the sea, tell it my secrets, let the secrets slowly sink to the bottom of the sea, and the sea will be well preserved."
Her loneliness and her thoughts make people feel Sadness, her smile is truly heart-wrenching, making people want to meet such a lovely person across time and space, and listen to her heartfelt heartfelt, I think this is also what the artist thinks.
When you find that such a beautiful emotion and soul has disappeared from the world, you can only hold your head and cry.
But this is Mumbai, and sad stories are destined to happen to those pure hearts, and those happy things are interspersed from time to time like musical notes. A dignified brow may be the most appropriate expression to live here.
Life is like the road at the end of the film, with vehicles going their own way and in a chaotic order. If you want to pursue what you want, you have to do your best to cross these orders and open the window.
And after running all the way, maybe you can find the place where you can rest your mind.
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