Today I watched Nazar Andaaz on Netflix - I didn’t know what expectations to have from this movie, but the cast list was hopeful. With Kumood Mishra as the star of the movie, the acting was set. It all came down to the story and that did not disappoint at all.
The movie is about a blind man, he’s decently rich but lives completely alone. For a person to live their entire life without actually seeing anything around them is just unfathomable to me. For them, the important things in life then became people’s nature. Their worlds are suddenly very small and they will focus on things in their immediate surroundings. But for me, losing a limb does not compare to not being able to experience the world. Our eyes are so important in the grand scheme of things. Even if you are in paralysis, the very fact that you can see your surroundings and see the people interacting with you is so important.
A human being’s biggest asset is his brain and the brain takes feedback from everything. But the most important feedback circle is visual and the brain works in tandem with the eyes to work out your surroundings. Your perception of depth, beauty and much more comes from your vision.
I am a right leg above knee handicap. And quite often, whenever I say this to people, I feel like I shouldn’t say it. I don't know what to expect. Is pity the right feedback I'm expecting, is it silence, is it disregard? IDK. But at least I can see their facial expressions and body language and that, quite often, tells me more than I need to know. But for blind people, that visual cue is non-existent. I salute them, I feel even though they are able to walk and do everything their life experience is subdued just because they cannot see.
I started writing this blog because I wanted to focus on a few things - a few quotes that really touched my heart. I will watch this movie again, mostly to focus on that one aspect where the main character goes to visit his teenage years. I have some regrets from my teenage years, and that was mostly due to certain decisions that I’ve taken that changed the course of my life. Of course in retrospect it's easy to assign those individual tasks as the focal point for the changes in our lives, but at that particular moment, these tasks don’t feel as impactful.
It’s important to think ahead on what our actions can have in terms of consequences. Stuff that might not seem as important could have life-changing consequences. And this is true, especially for relationships with people. Those are difficult to replace.
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