Old world charm

I was watching one of the old Hindi movies a couple of days ago and got to thinking on how movies have always reflected on the pace of life in the society and of course how the good old stuff always brings back the pleasant memories.

While we were growing up, the pace of life was unhurried and everybody seemed to have all the time in the world. And it mirrored in the movies made then. I guess the reason we enjoy them even today because we knew and experienced the lifestyle.

Even though a there was a change from our parent’s generation to ours, it was a slow progression. Maybe that is why we do relate a little with our parent’s reminisces. Our childhood of 2 channel TV shows and our parent’s radio programs weren’t all that different in terms of the feeling and experience.

Since the turn of the century, the world has seen a tremendous change. In the last 7 years we seemed to have zoomed into the future at supersonic speed. Sometimes I feel a generation gap between me and the teens today and I’m still in my 20’s (although only for another 5 months!). So, it is probably going to be much more difficult for our children to relate to our memories.

One day our kids are going to grow up and look back on their childhood and reminisce about their good old days of John Abraham movies, theatres and probably cable TV with only 100 channels J

But what is definitely true is that the old world charm for each generation holds its own magic.
And here is to the ever green and favorite line of parents and grand parents "Hamare zamane mein!”