Baar Baar Dekho: If not, at least look deeper

This movie holds a special place in my life. It was the first movie my girlfriend and I watched 6 years back, and we had a big (and first) disagreement over the core message of the movie.

In plain terms, this movie preaches living in the present. Diya (Katrina Kaif), in one of the pivotal scenes of the movie, says — “I’m your present, standing in front of you. Instead, you’re chasing a future that nobody has seen.”

She has a point. Life is trivial. Death is a reality that can visit us before our goals and dreams. The life in…