This time I decided to move to a place that has given life and
success to many people...People
come here with dreams... Few Fail… Many SUCCEED and some Die With Their Dreams and they call it "Mumbai Meri Jaan"
On my first day the first person I met was from Bihar...The second person I met introduced himself as an actor. Obviously in the
1hr duration, I understood the fact that it's a land where you find many
Bihari’s and Actors...No hard feeling for Bihari’s as my origin is
also Bihar..!!!
About these young boys who call themselves as actors are actually strugglers who are fighting from
months to years to find a single role in Bollywood or TV serials..!!
We live in country where most of the youngsters run behind cricket.
But, this place tells a different story. These youngsters have only one thing
in mind- to become Bollywood Actors... Everyone
has their own story... a bad story... A sad story but a hope to do
extraordinary... a burning desire to become like Amitabh or Akshay or
others..!!
I know relocation is never easy... It’s always tough to come out
from one's comfort zone and experience something new... Very new. This is not
the first time I challenged my comfort zone... The 10+ years of stay in
Bangalore gives me a tag of "Bangalorean"...
To break the bars, I may hold the Aadhar card and voter ID of different
states... but I call INDIA
as my HOME... To give a new experience,
a new way, a new lesson I desire and
love to relocate...
It's almost a month now... I am familiar with the city... Early
morning when I go out of the apartment, the watchman stands and salutes
(Initially he asked me "aap hero ban ne aaye ho??" And I
couldn't stop my laugh. Later somehow convinced him I work with corporate
company as a resource management professional)... The two beautiful ladies who
walk around the apartment give me a big smile when they cross me... When I run
in park near my apartment, the retired Colonel who runs in park greets me with
loud voice "good morning Bhardwaj" ... When I go to tea stall the chaiwala bhaiya always keeps track of
my time ie "aaj 5 minute late aaye ho.. aaj 5 minute jaldi aaye ho.."
and with a big smile and open heart gives me a glass full of tea.
I have heard a phrase "Delhi Dilwalo ki" but
I would love to say "Mumbai Dilwalo
Ki" Yes, with a month of stay in Mumbai. I feel this place is home outside home..!! This place is for
everyone. When I travel to places like MARINE
DRIVE I see celebrities, rich families smiling and walking… when I look on
streets/footpath I found other few families smiling and sleeping on streets/footpath...
Late evening when I visited to JUHU
BEACH I found the fitness freak
Running on the beach, got motivated to a point... other end I found a sex
worker giving hand job to a guy, I just prayed to God give them a room... YOU READ IT CORRECT... Both were
smiling and happy the way they are. One who signs budget of crores and work in
Bollywood, eats pizza is happy the other who beg few bucks and eats Vada paav
gifted by someone is also happy. THIS
CITY GIVES TO EVERYONE FOR THE WORK THEY DO FOR THE EFFORT THEY PUT...!!!
Lesson
learnt- So far it's short duration with the city of Dreams...but a
learning experience. I travelled a lot in India and also stayed in a city like
Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad but I consider Mumbai is the most expensive city
in the country...I learnt to use public transport i.e. metro, local trains and buses
(to a level started avoiding Uber and Ola)... I never dreamt to be an actor but
to experience something new I am open for few auditions and hope will write my
experience soon…. I would love to explore, what this beautiful
city has kept for me..!!
God Bless "Mumbaikar"
Stay tuned .. upcoming blogs "Why I Run", "Dream Girl" and "RamKrish-Social Services"
