Bade bade desho mein, aisi choti choti baatein hoti rehti hai...
At Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, you see the top of an empty escalator, followed by AG Jr, as seen coming up the escalator, eyes searching for a toilet sign, listening to 'Yun hi chala chal' (Background music) on his iPod. The camera catches his expression change from anxiety to surprise as he eyes AG Sr. Camera zooms out and pans at AG Sr with a swoosh. AG Sr. is juggling bags with his wife and kids – family banter and chatter is heard (“Arre baba, give me that bag na…”). AG Jr is seen walking up to AG Sr, agape, earphones being casually dropped, the music dulling down, yet at a very basic level – like what you would hear from an earphone…and is heard saying in an excited tone 'Are you AG Sr?' AG Sr smiles, nods. AG Jr unabashedly extends both hands to clasp AG Sr's hands - camera pans to the handshake in slow motion – to capture the essence of this historic and fateful moment. No music for a few seconds. The words are muted, the slow motion continues...with snippets of 'I thought you did a great job making sure SRK underplays in Swades...' fading in and out with Kailash Kher's 'Ooo ooo ooo ooo' piece from 'Yunhi chala chal' and clinking of glasses in the restaurant behind and the sounds of the people in the mall. Photos are taken, business cards are exchanged, while Kailash and Hariharan continue to croon.
They say their goodbyes. Cut to AG Jr walking out of the mall, hands in his pockets, grinning from ear to ear, earphones back in their place, looking at the bright blue sky. Music back to max with Yunhi chala chal…camera pans to the blue sky….music fades out. Blue fades out into the blackness of the screen.
posted by woorkeri wittynathan @ 11:16 am
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