MAKING THE MOMENTS COUNT
A big fan of one of our greatest ever film stars, Dev Anand, I have indulged myself by binge watching all his movies during the lockdown. So much so that the monotony of housework never got to me because I had him by my side. I would prop up my phone on the counter next to the kitchen sink while washing the utensils and cooking and enjoy his movies. His films had it all - fun, wit, humour, pain - the classic everlasting songs - the beautiful heroines, graceful and elegant - the subtle love story with delicate emotions - a far cry from what we get to see nowadays. I love the charisma the man possessed, his style which never loses it's charm at least for me. As I gushed about him and the old classic movies to my family I was able to sweep them up into that world albeit for a few moments. At first my boys (17 & 10) laughed at the black and white movies their eyes couldn't adjust to, the simple ways of the past, the simple clothes and the simple emotions but soon enough they se...