Height of optimism

Hum tum, yug yug se ye geet Milan ke gaate rahe hai….
My roommate was playing this song in the drawing room. I covered my face with bed sheet and desperately tried to get my last nap in the morning but my organizer shouted “Deadline”. You have to be in office by 8 AM. So, I got up at 7 in the morning.
I turned on my geyser and started shaving. In the mean time, Mukesh bhai (great singer yaar) again sang the same line” Hum Tum, yug yug se…”, Some naughty thoughts cropped up in my mind. I thought, what will be the lines if I decide to sing a few romantic songs. For a single guy like me, the song will be”Mei Mei, yug yug se ye geet ….”. The second song also forced me to put my thinking cap. Mukesh ji was singing “Kahi karti hogi wo mera intezaaar…”, How optimistic were the songs used to be? I mean, hero is optimistic about unseen love. Abe kaha hogi, kaisi hogi, all these things are nothing more than the castles in the air that may get blown over even by the slightest nudge.
But this funda of unseen love has been a legacy that our film industry is carrying from its aboriginal era. We have seen various generations following this fantasy, from Manoj Kumar singing “Chaand si mehbooba ho meri…” to Shhhharukh khan singing “Koi Ladki hai, jab wo hasti hai…” come on yaar, how can one allow his senses to believe such a vague desire.
I am no one to comment on the quality of songs. They are top class compositions but the idea of believing in dreams is far beyond my level of understanding. However, rather than nurturing a stupendous feeling of ennui "Dil ko bhelaane ke liye Gaalib khayal accha hai"

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Siddhartha