It was raining cats dogs rats n elephants that day and i don't usually carry an umbrella or a rain coat when am out and why should i? I live in Chennai!! we don't see rain much often here...thankfully i was just few metres away from my video library and i quickly got in.
Every other time i enter the library I'm in such a hurry that i just pick a movie that's got the best cover label.. but this time i had time to kill,I kept running through the shelves to and fro for several minutes, saw many striking movie covers with attractive people on them but decided to test my will and kept telling myself the famous saying 'don't judge a book by its cover'.
Then I see this movie. it read " The Bicycle Thief' the cover was the most boring & dull of the lot; on it sketched was a middle aged man and a small boy, and some italian wordings. I decided to rent the movie just to prove myself i can watch dull movies too, I come out off the library to see clear skies and ride back home.
Back at home I put on the disk thinking why did i have get this old movie based on a bicycle theft (atleast thats what the title clearly suggested) but again i had to prove myself.
But after ninety minutes, I realized what got me glued to the film was not the lead actor losing his bicycle although thats what the story revolved around but a sense of compassion that flows like a smooth sailing river throughout the movie more like a poetry just blows you away. A story that talks about the very basic human nature, that’s is simply why i think i could relate to the film in todays age. The film was simple,very gripping and ageless. I felt really happy to have watched the movie which i later discoverd was a masterpiece; one of the all time top movies.
So next time you're at a video library, dont go by the cover ;)
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