Touchy Feely

Coming to think of it, I had never watched "I Love You" song of Mr. India fully before. I remember watching the movie with a lot of fanfare in a neighbour's house but that was an age where I was 'sensitive' to certain kind of romance - only the subtle and unsaid ones were permitted. So when Gajumaava left a cassette of Hindi songs in my grandmother's place which had "Nahin Nahin Abhi Nahin Abhi Karo Intezaar...", I was baffled by his intentions in putting such a vulgar song in the earshot of his nephews and nieces. It continued till my Engineering first year where I sat through some of the scenes of The Specialist(it was screened in our open-air theatre) with my eyes closed and got laughed at by my friends.

After Sridevi passed away, I watched Mr. India again and fully but it was funny watching the song in a way. I mean, there is Sridevi going bonkers in the rain and doing all sorts of things with an invisible man and look at Anil Kapoor, whenever he's available! For all practical purposes, he can't see her too! He mouths those endearments as if he's addressing his gang of children. I don't know, it felt as if the director thought any more sensuality would be dangerous to everybody's health or something.

Anyway, in the past few days Anu has been down with viral fever and it's Mr. India's other song, the parody one, that has helped me immensely. She was very weak but the sight and sound of this song would put energy into her and I somehow managed to keep her well-fed. Grateful, really.