luv in the time of sabbatical

Shai"chal milna kabhe ,phone karna kabhe"
Munna keeps quiet,looks sad,she leaves ,may be going forver
Now munna in the frame looking even more fucked up,then a long take of him going after shai's car passing thr busy traffic(m a sucker for long takes,i luved it),he bangs on the mirror of the car,shai looks surprised,munna doesnt say anything ,he tears a piece of paperr from his diary and hands it over to shai,the paper contains his new address ,shai is bit shocked,munna leaves without saying anything ,shai closes the mirror and a tear flows down herr eye ,she probably realizes now that Munna is in luv with her

in the scene perceding this one ,shai is looking for munna for some time now after he has moved out of his previous home ,she finally tracks him down but he runs away ,she chases him and finally manages to catch him,they sit and talk .he tells her that his brother has been killed by gangsters,shai tells him "itna sab ho gya ,kuch bataya he nahe?",dost nahe samghe kya?"

m bit confused ,y would a grl like shai be interested in munna as in even making him her frnd,she came from usa ,is on a sabbatical ,is an I-banker ,she must be having her circle of frnds ,and even in mumbai she has frnds ,so y would she even puruse a casual frndsship with a munna ,(who is not in any way connected to her social circle),we can unstd that for tracking arun she needs his help ,but even afer that ,she goes out for a movie with him ,then tracks him down even when he is not interested in talking with her ,class barriers are simply too big for both to overcome to puruse a casual frnship,did she even for an iota of second felt smthing for munna ,would she go back to usa and tell her i-banking frnds"i met an interesting dhobi",even her frnds her were making casual fun of her frnship with munna

but atlastwe gotta see a relationship between ppl from two different class in a realistic way in a bollywood movie(if we can call dhobi ghat so),normally its too melodramtic(amir ladki,garib ladka or reverse) but this one was vvv realistic,

Shai is definitely a warm and unstdng person,the way she selects the other glass when her maid brings two types of glasses (one for her ,different one for munna),at that point she didnt know that he knows Arun ,only immediately after that her maid brings Arun's shirt ,so her warmth and concern is definitely not a put on ,she is like that only,the scene is simply superb i.e second scene of their interaction

but m not really convinced,y is she concerned about munna ,y is she tracking him down ,does she really care if his brother died,?

there is also a good scene in which munna asks her "tumhe kaisa laghta hu mein"?,there is moment of awkarwd silence ,then he says "photo mein?",she replies smthing like "mujhe to tum ache laghte ho",munna expression is priceless,

i liked this track the best of all on dhobi ghat,since i ahvent spent more than 2 days in mumbai so i am not in any position to put down my thts my that angle ,but some of skyline shots reminded me similar shots in wong kar wai "chunking express" which was also a story of lonely hearts looking for sm one ,that story had a happy ending atleast for one couple,but here every one goes there own way

i hope some day there is a movie about shai and munna (like characters)as in full length 90 minutes movie ,i would luve to know what happened to them next ,did he ever call her long distance ,did he opn a facebook accout to be in contact with her ?,did she ever miss his company as a frnd?

we never have realistic class (or caste)difference based plot in any of the movies except may be omi and dolly track in omkara ,omi is half brahmin and dark while dolly is brahmin and fair ,there is also a dialogue in movie in which omi says "itne khubsurat ho ke mujh jasie se pyar kar bethe,ya tu to bahut bade lul hein ye bahut badi dayen"?,omi has a deep rooted inferiority complex,he is never able to accept that dolly honesltly loves him and the end as we know is tragic ,

i can remember also jungle fever by spike lee,a black american guy and italian american gal fall in "luv" with each other but later they discover that they had fallen for each other just out of curiousity of the other person being from different race ,not out of genuine luv and affection for each other ,there is a track in split wide open in which laila rouss wanna have sex with rahul bose frm a smiliar angle

so ,,,does luv really conquers all???