Much above being a filmmaker, Imtiaz Ali is a storyteller. The man has crafted some of the finest cinemas that live rent-free in our hearts. Recently, an internet user pointed out how Ali is obsessed with the concept of parallel worlds and now we can’t unsee it but discuss it in length.
No tale is glitter if it is crafted by Imtiaz Ali and that’s where the concept of another world comes in. A world that might have a happy ending, a lasting relationship, an unbroken bond, and a story that will never see the doomsday.
Decoding Imtiaz Ali’s obsession with ‘uss paar’
In a video shared by an Instagrammer Parth, visuals of three Imtiaz Ali’s films can be seen weaving through the same idea. One features Amar Singh Chamkila’s track Vida Karo referring to its line “Mainu Vida Karo, Mainu Vida Karo Ji, Maine Jaana Hai Us Paar (Please let me go, my friend. I have to go on the other side)”.
Another song strap features a scene from Rockstar making mentions of the popular line in the movie, “Pata hai… Yahaan se bahut door, ghalat aur sahi ke paar, ek maidan hai, main wahaan milunga tujhe (Do you know, far from here, beyond wrong and right, there is a field.. I will meet you there.)”.
The third visual features a scene from Ali’s Laila Majnu where his protagonist (Qais) dreams of “pahadon ke peeche wala ghar” and that is the very spot where he turns into Majnun from Qais. When these three references weren’t enough, some fans took to the comment section and recalled how Imtiaz’s movie Tamasha also had a similar context. One user wrote, “Tamasha main bhi, Ved goes to his world of stories. Samaj ke uss par”.
This might be a shade of some filmmaking styles like film noir or Cinéma Vérité that Ali would be using in his films but whatever it is, who wouldn’t want to witness this parallel world created by Ali?
Like Rumi said in Rockstar, “When the soul lies down in that grass, The world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, and even the phrase each other. Doesn’t make any sense. Let’s meet ‘Uss paar’.”
