There is this moment in Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox where Irrfan Khan’s Saajan Fernandez says a name aloud for the first time. And it reminds one of Jess C. Scott’s famous quote, “When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.” He smiles, savouring the name in his silence for a few long seconds, breathing both nervousness and anticipation and the thrill of opening an unexpected present. “Ila, ” he says finally. ** But this moment will come after a long time. Before that we will hear the beating heart of Mumbai..as we travel with Saajan in throbbing local trains. And will watch Mumbai’s people, masses of them like restless, peckish pigeons, searching for sustenance. Spilling out of train compartments. Frozen behind office desks. Shining shoes. Painting street art. People trapped in walls of silence even in the noise of a rumbling city. Trying to survive. Forgetting to live. Because as Saajan once says profoundly, “You forget things when you have noone to tell them to."
Posted on: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 19:02:22 +0000
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