AR: The Taj Mahal of Love Stories
Hi everyone,
Some of my AR friends have asked me to write a post on the eternal love story of AR to convince everyone why AR reign supreme amongst tellywood love stories.
Let's assume for a moment that DMG is like the famous city of Agra in India
What is Agra famous for?
- Taj Mahal
- Mental asylum
So, to us fans of DMG, AR love story is like the Taj Mahal in DMG and the storyline/plot is like the mental asylum of DMG!
Why the comparison between AR and Taj Mahal?
- Both are a beautiful creations of someone who believed in true love
- Both took ages to materialize, went through lots of ups and downs, passed the test of times, opposition, hurdles but in the end, emerged as a memorable relationship just like the Taj.
- Why do people from all over the world visit Agra? Mainly the Taj Mahal! Do you think people watch DMG for its storyline? Yeah right!
- Thanks to the Taj Mahal, other monuments in and around Agra have also become famous tourist hot spots eg: Fatehpur Sikri analogous to other pairs on DMG like RM, AA, AN etc etc but if it were not for the Taj, I doubt these other spots would attract as many tourists.
- Both Taj and AR love story touches our heart and we don't tire from looking at them again and again, do we?
- Both Taj and AR have inspired many artists, photographers, writers, poets and untapped their hidden talents in the field of art.
- Whenever we look at the Taj and AR, our jaws drop and we can only say WAH! WAH! Mashallah!
Last year, the Taj was closed down for renovation after a major terrorist shoot out that damaged the exterior of this eternal monument of love. In order to keep tourism high in Agra, the travel ministry took extra pains and opened some new tourist hot spots (new interns), some even for free for the public. Although their intentions were noble, tourism took a major hit while the Taj was closed for renovation. The mental asylum became a more frequent hotspot rather than these other insipid tourist attractions. The tourism ministry grappled with new ideas and then came up with a brilliant idea; Let's build another monument in the name of love and maybe it will become as famous as the Taj(SR)
With frantic speed, the ministry put all it's efforts with best architects and engineers at work. As a result of this new monument, tourists started trickling back into Agra, in the hope of seeing something spectacular. Unfortunately, most were disappointed, some even appalled at the guts of the tourism ministry to try and duplicate their favorite Taj, one of the seven wonders of the world.
The tourism revenues continued to drop despite their efforts. The city of Agra came together with another brilliant idea to help it's sinking tourism industry. They opened the outside gates of Taj and announced, "THE TAJ IS BACK!"
Tourists rushed back to the city, rejoicing at the prospect of seeing their marble monument of love once again, but little did they realize that the city had tricked them. Yes, they did open the exterior gates, but kept a barrier between the Taj and the tourists. The tourists were instead led into a hallway where numerous old clips, photographs and memories of the Taj were pasted on the walls.
"ENJOY THE GRANDEUR OF THE TAJ!" The sign outside this makeshift hallway flashed in ugly neon lights.
Initially tourists walked into the hallways, hoping to get a glimpse of the original Taj, but were never shown the real Taj- just it's memories and clips in order to pacify these tourists from all over the world. Instead, some were even redirected to the new smaller monument that they had recently erected in a hurry. Some people fell for it, but most rejected this 'me too' imitation of the Taj.
The tourism ministry is hoping that most people would forget the Taj, as its renovation has taken too long. They have been desperately trying to woo tourists into visiting the 'me too'monument but tourists, who have spent a lot of time and money traveling to Agra have rejected their offers time and again.
So, in other words, creatives of DMG (Agra) the ball is in your court:
Open the Taj or in other words reunite AR so that all the loyal fans of this show, or the eager tourists to your city can get their money's worth and even promise to visit this city again and again, or risk losing these tourists forever. After all, there are other beautiful monuments in this country. With time, people will find some other monument to inspire or enthrall them, but Agra will lose its # 1 industry forever. The 'me too' monument will never bring to Agra all the fame and revenues it has so gotten used to thanks to the dream of one shahenshah- Shah Jahan, who is still considered one of the most romantic persons in the history of this country. The public has ignored all his fallacies and weaknesses, just because he built their favorite monument: THE TAJ!