8.45 pm,
October 21- It was a typical day for me as I was fighting with
complex problems of Costing just like most of the CA Final aspirants whose
attempt will fall in the coming November. Suddenly a call from my bro gave me
the news which none of the moviegoer w’d like to hear. Our dear Yash Ji who gave a new meaning to
Romance Genre and for me was the “Doctor
of Relationships” had breathed his last around at around 5.30 pm in
Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai. With the death of Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna, Shammi
Kapoor and now Yashji one can say that romance in Bollywood is officially dead.
According to me
Yashji was an immense source of inspiration, and no one w’d ever fail in his life
if he adopts even some of the qualities of this undisputed “King of Romance”.
Always
follow your heart- I think very few of you might know the fact that Yashji was ought to
pursuit a career in Engineering from London. He came to Mumbai to get his
passport made so that he can go to England, but destiny had something else
written for him. He listened to heart and shared his dream of directing the
films with his brother legendary B.R.Chopra. He made his debut as an assistant
director to his brother B.R. Chopra in his home production “Dhool ke Phool” and rest all is history. It needs a strong heart
and nerves of steel to leave a lavish life, drop a safe option and accept an altogether
different option with lots of uncertainty and high risk of failure. So, to be
successful in life one needs to take the right decision at the right time and
for that, one s’d always follow what his heart says.
Never
contain yourself and aim for higher goals- Yashji
has tasted success with Waqt, but he wants to reach greater heights that too on
his own. So, he took a bold step and founded his own production company “Yash Raj Films” in 1973. He took the loan
from Rakhee and made Daag starring
Rajesh Khanna, Rakhee and Sharmila Tagore which was a Blockbuster. This
production house gave him the platform to experiment with his work and
transform his ideas into reality.
Accept
your failures graciously– There was a time in
80’s when Yashji’s films bombed at box-office one after another. Even the
cult-classics like Silsila and Kala Patthar c’d not bring audiences in the theater. He had two options – one to blame critics and fans for his failure and
another to work hard with new enthusiasm and he chooses later. Even his regular
distributors refused to buy Chandni, but he somehow managed to release it and
it rocked the Box-office. If one wants to achieve high in his life then he s’d
learn to accept his failures and make them an inspiration to do better next
time. Accept the fact that you have lacked somewhere, rectify your mistakes and
give your best shot with full energy.
Never let
the flavor of Success rules you- The best thing about
Yashji was that he was never carried away by the glamor of his success. He was
a very down to earth person. I have seen a lot of people who after getting a
bit of success starts behaving as if they belong to an altogether different
planet. But soon these people are brought to earth after facing a failure in
future. Friend nothing in this world is eternal. So, one s’d keep his feet on the
ground and respect others. If you don’t believe me then follow the example of
Late Rajesh Khanna and Mr. Amitabh Bacchan.
Just
remember the following lines:-
मुझसे पहले कितने शायर आए और आकर चले गए
कुछ आहें भरकर लौट गए कुछ नगमे गाकर चले गए
वह भी एक पल का किस्सा थे मैं भी एक पल का किस्सा हूँ
कल और आयेंगे नगमों की खिलती कलियाँ चुनने वाले
कुछ आहें भरकर लौट गए कुछ नगमे गाकर चले गए
वह भी एक पल का किस्सा थे मैं भी एक पल का किस्सा हूँ
कल और आयेंगे नगमों की खिलती कलियाँ चुनने वाले
मुझसे बेहतर कहने वाले तुमसे बेहतर सुनने वाले
कल कोई मुझको याद करे क्यूं कोई मुझको याद करे
मशरूफ ज़माना मेरे लिए क्यूं वक्त अपना बरबाद करे
मैं पल दो पल का ..
मशरूफ ज़माना मेरे लिए क्यूं वक्त अपना बरबाद करे
मैं पल दो पल का ..
Winners
don’t do different things, but they do things differently-
Have you ever noticed
that the person who gave us the most romantic Jodi of SRK-Kajol never repeated
this super hit Jodi in any of his movies. Similarly, if you want to survive in
this competitive world then you have to consider doing different things because
of the dynamic nature of external environment.
There is
no age of retirement- This man has ruled
the Bollywood for 50 glorious years and even at the time of his death he was
working on his next venture. He proved that age is of no importance unless you
are cheese. The motto of his life was to keep working “JAB TAK HAI JAAN”
“The man who made me fall in love, who made me love love stories,
who gave me the actors I adore most i.e.. Mr. Bacchan and Mr. Shahrukh khan,
who made me love romantic novels, gave songs that will make any girl fall for
you, who gave me all the romantic lines that I w’d deliver to my beloved, who
taught me how to seize the moment, who showed to us that we can say a lot
without even uttering a word from our mouth is no more....
RIP Yashji, the king of romance....whole world will miss u...the ones who were in love, are in love and will fall in love”- Pulkit
RIP Yashji, the king of romance....whole world will miss u...the ones who were in love, are in love and will fall in love”- Pulkit
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nicely you have put across gr8 thought of gr8 personality..:)
ReplyDeleteBrilliant tribute
ReplyDelete@Peace lily- Thx a lot and his death has created a void in the life of cinema lovers
ReplyDelete@Rohit Sharma- It is always a pleasure to be encouraged by young talents like you...
ReplyDeleteHopefully, even with the passing of all these great souls, Romance is thriving with people like SRK, Ranbir, Anurag Basu, Karan Johar, Imtiaz Ali and many, many more.
ReplyDeleteNice tribute. Though it felt strange to read some of your grammar usage. For example, I had no idea that "w'd" means "would"! Is that universally accepted usage or your own literary submission?
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