Page 36 - Seniorstoday February 2024 Issue

Films +

All for Love

Where do I begin, to tell the story of how great a love can be, asks
Suguna Sundaram

The month of February has become Paeans and odes to love in Hindi films
synonymous with love, even in India are almost mandatory. The song and
where St Valentine has been the target dance that our films are known for,
of many political factions and agitivists largely encompass love stories and their
trying to oust his day as an alien social progress. At least till the last decade or so…
and cultural habit in our country. But love covering every aspect of love- romantic
will not be quelled so easily. And more love, childhood love, enduring love,
and more people, already wounded by unrequited love, one-sided love, obsessive
Cupid’s arrows, have taken to expressing love, pure love (always minus chemistry),
themselves publicly, especially in this physical love, violent love, forbidden
social media era where, everyone and their love, interracial love, star-crossed love,
uncles, put out everything for the world to international love, love triangles and
see and like and comment on and troll… rectangles, simple love, complex love,
But, I’m digressing. Let’s talk about the tragic love, psychotic love, killer love….
most exhaustively used four letter word And often, the same threads as in films,
across the world - LOVE. seem to run through the love stories of the
Where Do I Begin, To Tell The Story Of film stars.
How Great A Love Can Be? (Love Story -
Andy Williams-1970)
The Hindi film industry is a repository
of possibly the maximum number of love
stories, both – on, and off screen. While
the on screen romances have made a mark Image courtesy: Koimoi
across the decades, they are simply too
many to enumerate. So we’ll take a look at
real love. (Love is Real- John Lennon-1977)

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