Of the many songs that touched a chord in me, there are few songs which can never be forgotten for the story that it has behind it. Whenever this story has been discussed I have always found myself laughing loudly, ofcourse apart from the stake holders everyone had laughed time and again. I will try to jolt it here with the right essence as much as i can....
There was this girl Padmalochana in our college. Not a beauty, though many boys just fell for her, purely because she was accepted to be a girl with the right assets in the society :):). fair, plump and bit more than 5ft, she made sure she was in the news whenever mouths started to gossip. Had it not been for the college, people would have wondered whether she was any movie star for the amount of cosmetics that rested on her face. Trying to prove her intelligence and authority of words she always fumbled when it came to talking simple language. pumpkin would be the perfect replacement for her head, she never forgot to try and charm men with whom she conversed.
Sathyan was just another normal guy that any college going individual want to relate to. Fair, tall and lean with sharp eyes, he was the jack of most trades that a guy of 20 could be exposed to. Name it, he will know it. He was always simply clad and spoke the languages of the laymen. Down to earth and when it came to matters of fact and truth he rarely lied and denied his ignorance which earned him a lot of mockery and reputation. Nevertheless he struck to his principles. Like any other student, he always aimed for the top and found himself placed just above average or just average.
Sathyan never had any idea about Padmalochana. So was his brotherly friend Kailashnath. Built with a lot of muscles, Kailashnath possessed a bit too much of practical knowledge as he always boasts. True to his name, he held the clan of friends together or rather the clan wanted him to be the leader for he was a good scapegoat :):). He too was simply clad, had too much of hair and a funny mush which disappeared time and again.
It was every one's habit to discuss things and consult Kailashnath, whether it was of great importance or a matter of visiting the rest room. YUP. He was the leader!!!! And leaders are there to guide people rite??!!!!! :):) Neither Sathyan nor Kailashnath had conversed much with Padmalochana. Like any other story there is a 'FIRST' here too. It was on a pleasant day, Sathyan spoke a few general words which ultimately laid the basic foundation of a great epic and knotted this beautiful episode with that epic.
NO NO!!! I am not gonna write about the epic here. I am not sure, If i can talk about it...but rest assured I am talking about a minuscule episode in that epic. Ya minuscule.....
Soon Sathayan and Padmalochana were friends. As it has happened time and again in the history, when two individuals becomes friends, so does individual's best friends come into the circle too....and Kailashnath was no exception. More than Sathyan, Kailashnath became the all time best friend for Padmalochana.
Soon they talked often, walked the hot, humid and sunny evenings when the final hour was over from the department to the college entrance for another hour. Shared the same glass of lemon juice which each of them tasted a little while someone around them gulped down the rest of the glass or maybe the entire content!!!! During the month of march and april, Kailashnath was never comfortable sitting inside the class in that hot temperature. But he never hesitated to order a lemon juice and sit under the asbestos sheet hours together in the famous Krishna Canteen. Soon I&U became we&us, lunch time extended till the end of day and Kailashnath was nowhere to be found with his regular friends.
It was Sathayan, who first identified the changes, for his plans were being trashed and nobody bothered to hear his feelings. He wanted something else to happen, but catastrophe was well within the vicinity. Sathyan neither had the courage to ask Kailashnath, for the respect he had on him nor was he able to get the message going across to Padmalochana. On a cloudy noon, Sathyan took Kailashnath to his home. They had good lunch, it was all fun time. Sathyan was elated as he felt he had some good moments with his best pal after a long long time. He was so much energised, Sathyan decided to entertain Kailashnath with some good music and video in his PC.
Sathyan added some good and latest music of that time in the media player. It was during that time of the year when the hit movie paruttheeveran audio was released. Yuvan had scored the music. Sathayan was much attracted to the "ஐயய்யோ" number. But Kailashnath was sceptical when Sathyan praised the songs. Sometime into the conversation, Sathyan's mobile gave out beautiful music indicating the call was from Padmalochana. More than Sathayan, she wanted to talk to kailashnath......>
As Sathyan handed the phone over to Kailashnath, Sathayan's energy level started to shrink. For the next few mins horror struck Sathyan, for Padmalochana and Kailashnath were being entertained by the same song "ஐயய்யோ" over the phone. Sathyan was shocked and was unable to respond when Kailashnath shot back, "ஐயய்யோ is really a very good song".
"For you guys to be entertained, do u require my PC, my mobile? And she wants my mobile to entertain him?", were the thoughts of Sathyan when Kailashnath hung the call as soon as the track reached its last milli second.
That is why, whenever i hear this song, i cannot forget this incident, nor can i forget the pathetic situation in which Sathyan was, nor can i stop myself from revisiting all the events from this great epic.
DISCLAIMER:
I am not a fool to confess that this is a true story nor am i brilliant enough with no ethics to convince u people that this is a pure work of fiction. If at all u find any resemblance to any character living or dead, that may or may not be co-incidental, and i take no responsibility for it....People who are convinced this is true but not exactly what happened, then it is likely that some portions are modified to suit all audiences.....and that again is maybe!!!!!!!! And people who agree that this is a pure work of fiction....THANKS A LOT!!!!
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