“Dor is a story about love, loss, friendship, hope and ultimately redemption.
Zeenat, an independent and self-assured young woman, lives in a Kashmiri village where she falls in love with Aamir, who she marries the day before he leaves to take up a job in Saudi Arabia. Far away in rural Rajasthan, Meera bids farewell to her new husband Shankar, who is also on his way to a job in the Middle East. Meera and Zeenat miss their husbands and get to talk to them occasionally on the phone.
The two sets of lives come collapsing down when a horrible piece of news reaches them. Shankar has been killed, and Aamir has been arrested on the charge of murder.
The truth comes out into the open and the two women have a confrontation. Meera feels betrayed, Zeenat helpless. How is the situation resolved? Does Zeenat succeed in her quest to save Aamir’s life? The film builds towards climax where these issues are resolved through a powerful and unexpected ending.”
This was an excerpt from a passage at the back of a DVD of Dor. Dor seems to be a flick made with a lot of soul. I feel it is a flick seen too late by me. The issues raised in Dor are neither unique nor universal. Dor exemplifies the existence of goodness and humanity in commonplace individuals. In the movie, life becomes a journey and destinations are mere milestones. There would be fellow travelers who can be angelic, devilish or indifferent in the course of our journey.
Like Zeenat and Meera, we would also face several mishaps in our journey wherein our faith and resolve would dwindle. These difficulties define our character and willpower. Meera a victim of social evils demonstrated that we have the power to make our own destinies no matter in how unjust and ill-fated circumstances we are. Her friendship with Zeenat gave her a fresh perspective into life and its importance. Dor literally means a long thread signifying an unobserved bond between every individual we stumble upon in our journey. Consciously or unconsciously, we do transform with every encounter we have with anyone during our existence. Meera and Zeenat could have very well made peace with the situation and felt helpless throughout their life. Nevertheless, they set out onto their journeys.
Zeenat’s sole aim was to get the forgiveness letter signed by Meera-Shankar’s widow. Zeenat was determined to find Meera somehow. Meera was literally untraceable except for by a photograph. Zeenat had set forth on a journey to save her husband and therefore finding Meera. The two women finally met after many efforts. Meera-a widow was living a miserable life of slaves. Her in-laws wanted to sell her off for petty monetary gains. Zeenat took Meera out of her exile and gave her a new perspective of life. In the course of their expedition, a lot of self-discovery takes place.
In each of us lies the strength and mettle to change the course of our lives. With all difficulties, we have a set of choices. It is our discretion whether we wish to be mere slaves of fate or desire to paint our lives taking full responsibility of our actions. Dor is a tale of self-discovery wherein every encounter becomes a learning experience for Zeenat and Meera. The movie exemplifies power of fortitude and wisdom. The essence being that our decisions and choices also give us the power to define the course of lives of people connected to us by birth, choice or fate.
Thoughts of free-will & freedom makes us selfish. We become ruthless and indifferent to our opposition. Meera and Zeenat were characters with strong orientation towards being self-reliant and self-directed. Meera became an angel when she decided to forgive Aamir who was partly responsible for her husband’s death. Meera’s response to this situation held the key for Zeenat’s happiness. Zeenat in turn made a resolve to save Meera from social evils. Our determination makes us the person we want to be. We can be as we wish to be. That divine strand-Dor is unseen and spins itself giving an opportunity to every mortal. That Dor was alternatively with Meera as well as Zeenat. We should have the might to listen to the Inner-voice and act on it without being selfish-blinded by our interests.
Each one has to manage several such Strands that silently affect many lives. Great visionaries manage to cope with the realization of such opportunities. In every stroke of luck, life and happiness, there is a Divine Intervention. DOR exhibits only one such situation which gives mere humans the power to pass divine judgments. An individual’s resolution can be a blessing and at times a curse. Let us start counting our blessings with humility and goodness.
DOR can be a story of any of us.
Lets pledge to give such stories a chance by being a good co-passenger in our journey.
We might have to be anyone from the Victim to The Benefiaciary to The Divine Intervener.
World is but a Stage...Keep Acting...........
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