cliches and romantic movies

now do not get me wrong... im probably one of the biggest connoiseur of romantic movies ever. i can sit for hours together and watch mushy mushy flicks with saccharine sweet endings and cry and also think about the PERFECT love story in the film for hours together.however some cliches which baffle all including me - which defy rules of science , social science , maths and what not ... sometimes are even too much for our simple common senses(if something like that exists) to take. to prove my heights of joblessnes here i go with a list of them which i have not heard of happening in reality (well probably not with the frequency it happens on screen anyways).

1.ROLE OF RAILWAYS:how many of them happen on trains ; the meeting part especially??how come i never have the luck of having a co passenger liken shahid kapoor or surya?apart from being the one of the largest organizations in the country they get to witness all these moments . and seriously i pity them for the last minute delays which usually involve the chains being pulled for the sake of the perect happy ending.

2.AIRPORTS:probably limited to only the climax of the film. if the trains get to witness the start the planes get to witness the end.ridiculous skipping of security cordons,running past rows of gun brandishing guards(yet jaane tu ya jaane na remains one of my most favourite movies people)pleading with the flight crew to stop the plane and what not... they truly pose a test to our senses.

3.SCARVES OR CAPS:all laws of science defied, gravity altogether forgotten.how does the heroine's cap or scarf or dupatta or whatever else go and land striaght on the hero's face?whether from a few feet away or whether they are three floors apart the target is reached at all costs. hmm... once me and my friend padmavathy were going in an auto and her dupatta flew out of the auto and landed on the road. we got a twenty minute lecture from a nearby policeman.so reality is different eh???

4.FAMILY FEUDS :Girl and Boy like each other...break the news to their parents... surprise!!!a fight is just witing to break out, already broken out and running for centuries together or the very sight of each other makes the families opt for long lectures , big fights ,property disputes(girl's uncle wanting to marry her for the "sotthu") engaging their local thug groups and what not - the boy's mom never seems to like the girl or the girl's dad never seems's to like the boy...yawn. that pretty much causes all the madness and mayhem needed for three hours to pass.

5.ROLE OF FRIENDS:Whether helping in all the romantic action to go on smoothly or to give the most useless advice over trivial issues the heroine is always surrounded by a gaggle of giggling girls and the hero, by his own group of trying-to-look-macho men . seemingly enough they don't seem to have lifves or jobs or work of their own to concentrate upon and fulfilling their pal's life ambitions(read romace ambitions) seems to be the only thing going on their lives.

until next time .....

Poorvaja =]