Most of us, have talked
with our toys in our childhood. Many people talk with their plants, some talk
with the things of their loved ones who have parted forever. It’s really
strange, that there has evolved such a drought of bonding, togetherness or
sympathizing amongst we humans, that many of us find solace in conversing with
non-living things. This emotional bankruptcy has been effectively reflected in
an upcoming movie – My Virgin Diary – a film by a passionate actor-director
Nalin Singh. My Virgin Diary will be released in a couple of months, this year
on major national and international digital platforms. The movie revolves
around a story of four roommates, one of whom, under a strong surreal
influence, used to talk with non living objects.
Talking about the movie
and its protagonist, Nalin Singh said, “Since long, I had a longing to make a
movie portraying my hostel life. I’m Delhi’s Hindu College pass-out. We were
four roommates, Osho’s philosophy had a great impact on our lives, you might
find a lot of Osho in my movie, and I feel that sex is the most misunderstood
term amongst today’s generation.
Osho’s philosophy of
love, sex and spirituality and its influence on the mind of a student, made the
base of Nalin’s movie. Swami Atul Anand, Managing Trustee of Osho World
Foundation says, “Unlike the other advocates of religions, Osho for the first
time gave an acceptance of sex as for other things of life and to make it a
means to rise above it. He gave the path of awareness and loves to transcend
sex through sex.
“Talking to inanimate
objects can be due to suppressed emotions and not having an outlet to share and
let go. Sharing with the non responding beings that we can call inanimate,
feels easier for such people because there will not be any response that they
will have to deal with or respond to” states Swami Atul Anand.
While Nalin Singh of ‘My
Virgin Diary’ says, “The protagonist in my movie locks himself inside a room,
he talks with the glasses, guitar, books, lights and shadows, he feels, they
respond to him, he marries a female mannequin and also celebrates honeymoon
with her, they all help him create his music”.
According to experts,
anthropomorphism or attributing human characteristics to non-living objects is
in our religion but when it becomes obsession in your everyday life, you
seriously need help. Hope, the films like My Virgin Diary would serve a better
purpose of connecting a beating heart to another.
