The Pursuit Of Sadness

I happened to see two very recent and remarkable Indian movies – Rockstar and The Dirty Picture. Apart from the power packed performance by the lead actors what struck me instantly was the emphasis on “sadness” and “chaos” in their respective characters.
Ranbir Kapoor is told that-- to be a real rockstar he must undergo pain in life. Vidya balan is shown all torn apart and lonely. For thousands of years, people have speculated that there’s some correlation between sadness and creativity, so that people who are a little bit miserable are also the most innovative. Aristotle was there first, stating “that all men who have attained excellence in philosophy, in poetry, in art and in politics, even Socrates and Plato, had a melancholic habitus; indeed some suffered even from melancholic disease.” The romantic poets took the veneration of sadness to its logical extreme, and described suffering as a prerequisite for the literary life. As Keats wrote, “Do you not see how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to school intelligence and make it a soul?”

What remains unanswered is each man is suffering and is sad deep within - Why does then creativeness and innovation not embrace them? Why is it that when you take on the road less travelled you ought to have a distressing and a poignant past to support your struggle to showcase your victory eventually. What about those who get lost in the middle and never reach their destination – who tells their story - Is it true that only pain drives creativity? Heartbreaks make u a poet, sorrow an artist and stress an author... why can't we create when we are happy? Why? Are we really happy? What is it that we always keep looking for? “Zindagi jab mayus hoti hai tab hi mehsus hoti hai” but why? I am still thinking.......................