The wrong song

Some things happen by accident. And they trigger us to think.

I had heard the title song of the movie 'Dus' on TV and had been craving to get the full song. I managed to get my hands on a file titled Dus_title_song.mp3.

Ten seconds of playing time and I realised that it wasn't the song I'd been looking for.

Something went beep in my head.

*Alert. Wrong file downloaded. Sayesha, run for your life!*

I wasn't over-reacting. The last time something like this had happened was in my first year at university when, craving for a dose of F.R.I.E.N.D.S to accompany a solitary lunch, I downloaded a file called Friends_new.avi. Well, it turned so that the file did have friends, but… errr… let's just say that the friends in that file were getting a bit more than 'friendly'. Needless to say, I immediately proceeded to lose both my appetite and my song-downloading software.

Ever since, I have been paranoid of the 'wrong-file-name' syndrome.

So when Dus_title_song.mp3 started playing, and did not sound like what I had bargained for, I had to stop it immediately.

I SO did not want the audio version of Friends_new.avi!!!!

By the time I made a dash to stop the song, it was already about ten seconds into the song. And the lyrics went thus:

Who's daaat gurlll… the one that's got it goin' on
Who's daaat gurlll… I really gotta know I really need to know
Who's daaat gurlll… who dat girl who dat girl, where's she from
Who's daaat gurlll… na na na seen her, I gotta meet her!

Yikes.

I was almost about to dismiss it as another nonsensical remix of an oldie with some English words thrown in as garnish, and extended my hand to pause the song, when Sonu Nigam's voice rang through…

Dil kuchh kehta hai, lab kuchh kehte hain…
Behke behke se hum hote hain…
Jo kehna chahe woh keh bhi jaaye...
Aise lamhe toh kam hote hain...

So I paused my pausing action, and listened on.

Pyaar mein koi nayi baat nahin yeh, aisa jo ho jaaye...
Dhoonde nigaahein jab har pal usko, apna dil kho jaaye...

Aankhon mein jo chehra uska thoda sa dhundhlaaye re...
Chham se woh aa jaaye, chham se aa jaaye...
Chham se woh aa jaaye, man pe chhaa jaaye...

(The gist of the song being "Every time the image of her face in my eyes starts to fade, she suddenly turns up at my doorstep!")

"Hmmm… not too bad", I thought.

After having listened to it a few times, the song started growing on me. The fact that my Shaan sang the later part just made it even easier on the ears.

I played it at least thirteen times on loop that night.

'Cos the wrongly downloaded song had forced me to think.

It often happens to me -- if I really really like someone, I often find myself unable to remember how they look like! I have difficulty describing their faces to others, and worse, to myself! And I would wish they could suddenly appear before me, so I could remember how they look like.

So here was a very interesting thought. What if what they said in the song could really happen? What if when we missed someone, they really did turn up suddenly?

Don't we all crave for those moments? When all we want is that person we miss, to be right next to us, even if it is for a very brief moment? It's okay if they have to go away afterwards, we just want to live those special moments with them.

And in the same way, perhaps someone somewhere is craving for our company, craving for us to travel across the miles at the speed of light, and be there with them in a flash. Because they are thinking of us.

What if we really could get there "chham se" when they miss us and we miss them?

Aankhon mein chehra uska thoda sa dhundhlaaye re...
Chham se woh aa jaaye, chham se aa jaaye...

(Of course, guys may wanna refrain from using the sound effect when they turn up. The very thought of a guy turning up "chham se" is extremely disturbing.)

I couldn't stop thinking about it, and how I would react if every time I missed a friend, they just turned up! Or if I turned up at their doorstep when they thought of me.

Sometimes, we just can't suddenly be there, even if the person misses us badly and we miss the person badly. The timing is all wrong, or the distances are just too great, or there are other reasons holding us back.

We just can't, can we?

But what if we could?