Love will Conquer All-An ode

I love, love stories and have been fed on an overdose of “and they lived happily ever-after”. Afterall my generation has experienced Bollywood movies soaked in love, thanks to the great Mr. Yash Chopra. The big canvass of pretty people made even prettier in his movies with the mind-boggling scheme of colours especially the whites and pastels. Else could you think of a movie where Sridevi looked better than Chandni, Rekha looked more mesmerising than Silsila or Juhi Chawla looked more angelic than Darr? The legend just had a penchant for pampering our vision with cinematic delights in whatever he touched by. The effect He created on his audience was spellbinding. He gave us hope, He let us believe that love shall seek us too. He made us laugh, he make us cry and most of all he made us wanting to fall in love. And whatever was left, His music did the rest. Most of His films had such haunting music for every mood that you just can’t imagine live without them. Sometimes His music even helped us to express the unsaid like in my good old college days, the first love letter said, “Jaddu teri nazar, kushboo tera badan” from his then blockbuster “Darr”. And many a times (even today) when I am happy I do whisper (because I have been taught to love thy neighbour), “Terre mere hoothon pe” from the inimitable “Chandni”. Today, when the genius is no more to spell his magic, the heart misses him so much. Because nobody showed us stories about the heart as better as Mr. Yash Chopra did. I often thought that his wife is so lucky to have a man as romantic as him in her life. Today, my heart goes out to her because her loss is irreparable. I silently pray for her and wish the family gets the courage to bear this loss. As for millions of cinegoers back home and world-wide, the loss can never be filled because it is not easy to find someone who can entertain and encourage with amazing love stories of all time. The loss is even more for generations to follow as they will never get to see new movies that’ll “make them fall in love over and over again.”