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  Raanjhanaa, produced by Eros International and directed by Anand. L. Rai released in the year 2013. The film almost instantly won our hearts with its screenplay, Music, storyline and characters. The story carried out beautifully in the Indian town of Benaras captures well, the lives of people living there. The protagonists, Kundan (Dhanush) and Zoya (Sonam K Ahuja) are portrayed with accuracy and beauty. Adding to the overall perfect portrayal were the supporting characters played by Swara Bhaskar, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Kumud Mishra, Abhay Deol and others. We cannot refuse to agree to the fact that we fell in love at first sight with Akram aka Jaspreet Singh played by Abhay Deol. Abhay Deol's perfect portrayal of a political science JNU student had us vouch for him the moment his character was introduced.  The story revolves around a Hindu boy Kundan, head over heels for a Muslim girl Zoya. He falls for her the very moment he sees her reading a 'namaz'  when they...

Very often in the race of life, we cease to live. Schedules and Deadlines often have us not addressing what resides within ourselves. By ‘inside’ I don’t necessarily mean physical health, but something equivalent and not much talked about – Mental Health.   Unlike physical health, healing mental health issues is a tedious process that often robs oneself of peace and confidence. Making a mess out of a fully functioning human being and driving them to the peak of it, leaving no option but suicide. Suicide is never an option, we often preach this to someone whom we know is suffering.   Often while lending our support to such a person we tend to suggest to them what they should and should not do to compose themselves and achieve completeness. We ought to stop doing that and find other ways of lending our support. Suffering is personal, no matter how much we attempt, we can never share the sufferer’s pain. In such a situation let the person be (this does not mean abandoning...