Dil Chahta Hai:Remembering varsity Days
Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 6:51 am
Beside excellent execution and awesome performancs by lead characters, the reason Dil Chahta hai became a super hit movie in 2001 was due to theme which I think belongs to everyone who have studied in school/college/university.
Last night(the post was written on Friday) I watched a part of this movie on cable while I was reading paper and switching TV channels around 11.00 PM. I remember how much I had liked this movie when it was released since it always reminded me my university days when I used to have lots of fun with my friends. The reason I liked this movie more that it was about story of 3 male friends and things around them rather about a typical girl(or love) since I spent all 4 years of my engineering with male friends rather with any female friend(*sigh*) so I love it more. 
I did discuss a bit about my university friends here. I often used to get angry at my other group pals , because of them no girl liked to be with us in any assignment and project, my friends were like k Na Khud khaye na Doosro ko khanay dain :p It was not like we were monsters or rascals, we were quite weird unlike other guys of my class and didn’t try to make “an attempt” to get engaged with any of our class fellow. I remember I often used to complain my friends about such colorless life and they always ignored me as if I am whining like a kid but today I realize they were right and my(ours) entire university life passed peacefully without any hassle;no affair, no breakups and no Tamasha and Scandals infront of other university pals at all otherwise mostly I have heard that even closed male and female friends ended up seeing dreams to be together and then breakups in the form of becoming Mamoo or Phuppo of each other kids
I alreay told that we were(still are Masha Allah) group of four friends including me. My other fellows are: Danish,Asim and Rizwan(a.k.a Abbu)[I don’t understand why there is always a Abbu and Chacha in every class or university). We were in same section. We formed our group towards end of 1st semester and then we didn’t see back and our friendship became stronger day by day. Rizwan was the last guy who joined us while Asim and Danish already knew each other before University and they were good at programming.
All of us were very different in nature. I still wonder what was the factor which kept us together not only entire university life but after that as well. We hardly fought in 4 years, maybe once or even none! and today while I was going office and thinking about reason then I found out that it was all because each of us gave space to each other and respected each other opinions. I believe this is something which is essential for every relationship;space and respect otherwise even like minded peopole get bored soon. The other reason I think that there was no girl factor between us so naturally no conflict at all otherwise guys usually fight with each other for a girl otherwise I think there is no such jealousy factor among guys like it’s found among girls(Ahem!)- Guys do appreciate each other!{I know I might get invaded by our respected ladies but heck! I think it’s correct! no offense at all 
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Ok as usual I got distracted. Coming back to the topic, as I said we four used e to have fun together, eating out,going for shopping together. Danish was the only person among us who always used to buy new pair of jeans whenever we went Tariq Rd or Levi outlet. We used to wonder why did he buy so many jeans. I remember Danish gifted me a pair of D&G’s jeans in 2001 when he was in Muscat which I gotrid recently(in 2008!). After shopping we used to have lunch or dinner together at some place. None of us was crazy for cinemas. Infact I never went cinemas like Nishat,Capri etc in my life and most of movies I have watched on VCR /TV or computer.
Agains distracted! sorry friends :/- Khair,beside tafreeh, we used to do combine studies together, just like other students. Rizwan was kind of sleeping partner but he was a good manager in a sense that he used to gather all lecutres,assignments before mid-terms and finals which were always helpful for us. We all always admitted that we could not get out of University if we didn’t have Riz with us because other three could not do this task so well like Rizwan did.
Our combine studies was very different than others. I would say it was studies cum entertainment most of the time. Most of the time we gathered at Danish’s place at Gulberg while for annual Semesters we used to gather at Asim’s place at Anarkali apartment, Water pump FB Area. We used to feel more easy at Asim’s place because his dad’s posting was in Quetta for Pakistan TV(PTV) so we used to do more halla gulla than studies. During prep leaves we used to visit Asim around 10 AM in the morning. I used to live in Nazimabad No.1 at that time and used G-10 minibus to reach from Nazimabad to FB Area. Before studies we used to have nashta of famous Halwa Puri at water pump or sometimes Lassi. Our study session usually started around 11.00 AM. Since we were engineering stydebts so there was less theoritical things thus we used to play music most of the time. Rizwan asusual used to interrupt due to several things which provoked Asim and Danish to say somethin in reply which makes him to get physical with us. Around 1.00 AM Riz started yelling “Bhook lag rahi hey!”[I am hungry!]. Asim was a good cook. We used to buy stuff from market below Anarkali and Asim used to cook for us. I still miss the Karahi and Dam Ka Qeema(Steam Qeema) he made for us. It took 2 hours in all such stuff and then we started studies again which continued till Maghrib. One thing I forgot to mention that Danish was the guy who used to ‘force’ us to offer congregational prayers at University and home as well and I’ll always be thankful of him. So this is how we used to study. I remember that we had to appear in networking paper of Athar Mehboob Sb next day and we were watching The Matrix which was released when were in our final year. By the way matrix was a bit related the the paper we were appearing next day. We three scored 90%+ marks in that paper since Athar sb’s style of teaching was quite awesome that he made networking subject quite interesting for person like me who never liked it at all. Below is the picture which was taken from my ancient Minolta Camera at Asim’s place during one of our so called combine study session.
In case you are wondering who am I among them, well I am the guy in glasses then Danish, Asim(in red shirt) and finally Rizwan in blue shirt. You can see all my teeth are visible since I was laughing like hell when Asim passed a remark about Riz. I was in very very early 20s at that time when this pic was taken and now in very early 30s so I can feel the change in me[not the one Obama has promised!] in a decade
Speaking of male-male friendship which was also main theme of the mentioned movie, I personally think that male are better friends for other male friends. Sometimes they appear as better friends for females than their girl friends. No not due to this lame reason but there are various other factors :-). I have created a quick poll for it. Don’t take it seriously, it’s just for fun. Kesh ,Ayesha and Moti might disagree with me
Categories: Tafreeh, tribute, personal, Nothing last forever
on November 8th, 2008 at 12:57 PM
fantastic post man
i love my friendship and my friends
the reason i love “dil chahta hai” is also same
on November 8th, 2008 at 5:26 PM
daddu, m getting nostalgic
on November 8th, 2008 at 6:03 PM
Being Nostalgic is way better than being Cynical. =)
on November 8th, 2008 at 6:04 PM
I think that males are good friends of males only.they can become friends of females for sometime but not good
some males do pretend that they were never ever interested in females during their university life,but thats not true.nearly impossible thing
so respectable girls should always avoid boys,including ordinary ones no matter how sharif or naik they are
girls may or may not be jealous of each other but they do appreciate other peoples work.
As is said count your age with your friends so…..
on November 8th, 2008 at 6:44 PM
i voted for both, i dont know abt boys, but for me few of my friends who are boys have been great friends
kind of 24/7 there for me, i have a friend-kam-bhaya from Faislabad, we know each other from 9/10 years and i can trust him like anything…
so girls, i didnt have a good experience, when ever i used to share anything they used to share it with other friends, and am a person who likes to keep secrets
i hate leaking them…
so yes.. boys are better friends than girls
and Dil Chahta Hai is mine favt. too ;d
on November 8th, 2008 at 10:10 PM
some males do pretend that they were never ever interested in females during their university life,but thats not true.nearly impossible thing
Doc I agree about pretending but it’s not true that only guys start taking interest, girls do same. Infact they get more sillier at times because most of the guys like to get engaged with gals either for time pass or having bet with other friends and girl starts thinking that the guy was serious with her which is very unfortunate.
And I do understand now why Islam doesn’t allow freely gathering of males and females as it does create lots of confusion and other things as well.
@Ayesha, thanks for favoring me
on November 9th, 2008 at 5:54 AM
Daddu, do you know, even females agree to one thing, males are better friends than females.
on November 9th, 2008 at 7:50 AM
Kumar,well they do know that well that’s why
on November 9th, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Awesome post, ‘dost’!
I luv my frenz and I still reminisce about sweet days of my Uni and hostel.. *miss you*
on November 9th, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Thanks for dropping by Aamir. I believe that having good friends is like blessings and Allah did blessed me with this ‘Naimat’.
on November 9th, 2008 at 2:12 PM
i can see some conversation here between daddu and kumar,who is this daddu by the way
Doc I agree about pretending but it’s not true that only guys start taking interest, girls do same
when the girl is a pretty one then?
on November 9th, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Ahhh the affairs…
i am strongly in support of professionalism when it comes to university setting
too much drama is unhealthy socially, academically and psychologically speaking
mashAllah, true friends are forever
on November 9th, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Doc, to quote someone else you can write something like:
quote:
the statement
endquote
when the girl is a pretty one then
definition of beauty varies from person to person. What is prettier for someone might be dull for other. ANd guys just don’t get interested for beauty only. Sometimes they just need to take interest in women due to inferiority complex or to show off other friends that they are “Cool” and Confident while they are biggest idiots on earth.
i am strongly in support of professionalism when it comes to university setting
yaar what if someone is professional in having affairs?
on November 9th, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Doc, that “Daddu” is me. In life I have got two weird nicks by my friends. This is the 2nd one.
on November 9th, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Ghalib said something very beautiful and rightly said:
Yeh Kahan ki dosti hai keh baney hai dost nashey(advisor)
koi charasaaz hota koi GhamGusar hota
Real friends are those who listen rather giving you lecture all the time and Alhamdolillah I got very very very few but good friends who are like that.
on November 9th, 2008 at 8:43 PM
@Adnan
whats the second weired nick???
on November 10th, 2008 at 3:40 AM
Lovely pic too!
And I love that movie, especially the songs in it. It was shot in Aus right?
And Hi Kumar!
Keshi.
on November 10th, 2008 at 7:21 AM
ik university ka jo tu nay zikar kia aye humnasheen
ik teer meray seenay pay mara kay haye haye!
lovely, tension free old days where we all used to go to friend’s home first before going to our homes
and lol at this “very warm n nostalgic post Addu!” .. how would u pronounce addu in urdu? daal or daal (touen wala)
Univ affairs remain in univ. I think they are the rush of blood rather than any thing else
on November 10th, 2008 at 8:07 AM
Hey Keshi!!!!
Sorry buddy, I was lost and still lost, at my work place, as I have already told you, your blog is classified as “PORN” not PopcORN
@Hina: Adnan -> Addu -> Daddu, the profile pic used by his highness adnan on gtalk is a leaping frog and in Punjabi frog is Daddu, hence the nick, Daddu
By the way, looking at the pic, daddu must be renamed to Kaangri Pehelwan ya single haddi ya skeleton, even I used to be so thin and now I have put on weight and my waist has touched 30 which used to be 28
Nostalgic post
on November 10th, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Kesh, I am glad you liked it.
Waise, I kinda agree with your views about Kesh’s blog:P but still it’s fun to read her.
Kumar, that’s pretty old pic(1999), new one after 30s doesn’t seem so bad at all
and BTW my waist is 34 now :>
@Iunknown: Baja farmaya!
on November 10th, 2008 at 12:34 PM
@adnan.. u r looking very funny in this pic
apko daikh daikh ker hansi a rahi hay . Office main tu bilkul serious hotay hain,
musharraf ki tarah.. lol
on November 10th, 2008 at 12:44 PM
office mey serious? Kab bhai? Never! ab kaam k waqt tu daant nai nikalo ga na aur waise bhe jab tum log thay hamara sath tu mey itna purana nahi huwa thaa.
on November 10th, 2008 at 7:36 PM
daddu! i dont why but i love daddu(S) :S
on November 10th, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Kesh, you didn’t mention which pic is lovely? there are three pics on this post including movie poster
Ayesha, you don’t know why do you like or dislike something eh?
on November 12th, 2008 at 4:05 PM
Fully enjoyed reading it as you hardly share ”your belongings”:)
on November 13th, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Salamalaikum
I’m surprised people are talking so casually about male/female relationship. Brothers, there should be no mixing whatsoever between non-mahram male and female. SubhanAllah, how can you people talk so casually about such a haram thing?
Serious, time pass or for any other purpose, we must fear Allah before approaching a female to talk to her. Whatever happened to the concept of غض النظر (lowering the gaze)? Most women are not in proper hijab so looking at them deliberately is bad enough let alone having a relationship with them.
I agree with sister Hina, respectable girls will always avoid such relationships.
What happened to our values? We have been given the best, the most pure, the most honorable set of morals and we leave them to indulge in such disgusting practices.
بے پردہ کل جو آئیں نظر چند بیبیاں
اکبر زمین میں غیرتِ قومی سے گڑ گیا
پوچھا جو ان سے آپ کا پردہ وہ کیا ہوا
کہنے لگیں کہ عقل پہ مردوں کی پڑ گیا
Bay purdah kal jo aain nazar chand bibiaan
Akbar zameen mein ghairat-e-qaumi se gar gaya
Puchha jo un say aap ka purah who kiya huwa,
Kahnay lageen kay aqal pay mardoun ki par gaya
on January 11th, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Combine Study sessions are so interesting, I always keep one before finals in every semester. Been doing that for the last 2.5 years.
lol @ your nickname