For everyone who's wondering what the title is- they're titles of two of my favourite hindi film songs; 'Nain Parindey' from Lafangey Parindey and 'Naina Thag Lenge' from Omkara. Soulful tracks, both describing eyes as the ultimate vehicle of emotions.... As to why i'm saying all this, well i was listening to them on my phone just a little while back and was struck by their contrast! (odd thing to do, i know!!)
Nevertheless, let me get on with my story. You see, the first track is a rather paradoxical one; Deepika Padukone, tragically blinded in the film, is singing (as in the manner of hindi films) of the beauty, light and hope that eyes give you; where eyes are more like birds, flapping away into a sky of hope, dreams and beauty. In the next track, however, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan very knowledgeably and with a great deal of pain tells us to beware of your very eyes because they would cheat you while you are wide awake.
Funnily enough it got me thinking of how like life these songs were. On one hand you have your dreams. Your mind goes wandering into fantasies it creates every time it can, almost making you deal a double life of sorts; one rooted in reality and the other fluttering in dreams. and while you merrily play along this double life, fate cheats you big time - your hopes are dashed, your wishes made unheard, your dreams unfulfilled.
I've not yet figured out why we're chosen to play a drama where we know only less than half the script. Who writes it? Who's the damned director? Can the character choose, apart from in his haziest thoughts, to alter the story? And what, in essence, is the more important thing in life- the birds or the beguiling charm?
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