Rumi~"Wound is the place where light enters you"Touching Scenes from Indian classic film
ALTER YOUR PERSPECTIVE: "Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment.” – Viktor Frankl
Do Bhiga Zameen was the first film to win the Film fare Best Movie Award and the first Indian film to win the international Prize at Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, India times Movies ranked the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.
Plot Summary: A small Bengali landowner and his young son are in danger when their two-acre farmland where they live is in danger of being taken over by a local zamindar (feudal lord) for failure to pay for mounting debts. They move to Calcutta where the father in hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in the Calcutta and faces many difficulties.
Made in 1953, director Bimal Roy's film Do Bigha Zameen (Two thirds of an acre of land) is considered a gem in Indian movies. The scenes of a village in Bengal and the streets of Calcutta (now Kolkata) in early fifties are so real.
This film has it's heart in the right place. The indivisible nature of the family, all of whose members work towards the fulfilment of a single objective, which is the fabric of Indian society, is the beauty of the film. The most beautiful aspect of the film is the spirit with which on upholding of one's dignity and self esteem in the most perturbing situations. Though, the protagonist, Shambhu Mahto (Balraj Sahni) could have executed his task easily many ways, he opts for the most ethical choice of all - hard work. In all these hardships he does not lose his righteousness which is the moral of the movie.
In this beautiful movie, we get to see the true beauty of human nature. How touchingly the young Kanhaiya (Rattan Kumar) empathise his father. How remarkably the struggles and trials of life facilitate the poor father and his son to establish a benchmark of humility. How the pain of poverty raises their intensity of human love and sacrifice.
"Wound is the place where light enters you." ~Rumi
What matters most is not what our obstacles are, but how we see them. How we react to them. And whether we keep our COMPOSURE.
As Rumi said, “Sell not yourself at little price being so precious in God's eyes."
For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? ~Bible
“Adversity can harden you or it can loosen you up and make you better - if you let it.” -Ryan Holiday
Trials are being tailored for us (according to our faith) to right understanding of God's system. God wants us to grow higher to become like Him - Just to make us feel that joyful state. But we are mostly so indifferent we don't do actions, so prejudicial we don't do righteousness to contribute.
In Bhagwat Gita Lord Krishna said, "Let the man lift himself by Himself."
Divine virtue 'Humility' is the foundation by which Love manifests. Humility optimizes our love; our love becomes real, devoted, and ardent. Values are absolutely essential to govern oneself. It is Nature's Law 'as you sow so shall you reap', hate and love will come back to the source.
"Every bit of hatred that goes out of the heart of a man comes back to him in full force, nothing can stop it; similarly, every impulse of love comes back to him."
-Swami Vivekananda
Saints have repeatedly warned us the consequences of good and bad. But how far we are following in our life !!!!