Writer | Poet

देखकर ज़माने को मुस्कुरा रहा हूँ मैं
दाद दो, के दुनिया से दिल लगा रहा हूँ मैं

दिन में तो निगाहें थी नींद से भरी, लेकिन
रात भर न जाने क्यों जागता रहा हूँ मैं?

ज़िन्दगी बताती हैं के तेरा नहीं कोई
बस इसी लिए ख़ुद को आज़मा रहा हूँ मैं

ठीक है के दरवाज़ा बंद कर लिया, लेकिन
किस लिए दरीचों से झाँकता रहा हूँ मैं?

खत्म हो गया रिश्ता उस गली से कब का पर
उस गली में ख़ुद को ही ढूँढता रहा हूँ मैं

चीख़ती हुई आहें तो कभी जला सा दिल
अपने आप में बनके क़ाफ़िला रहा हूँ मैं

ग़ौर कर के भी अब के ध्यान में नहीं आया
आईने में जो चेहरा देखता रहा हूँ मैं

हर तरह से वाक़िफ़ तो हूँ 'अभी' मगर फिर भी
ज़िन्दगी से जाने क्यों चौंकता रहा हूँ मैं?

- अभिजीत शेट्टी

Films I Like


01

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.


02

The Apu Trilogy

Three epic Indian Bengali drama films were directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (1959).


03

Pyaasa (1957)

A struggling poet tries to get his work published but fails. He gets unexpected assistance from a prostitute who falls in love with him and his work.


04

Mahanagar (1963)

Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.


05

The Lunchbox (2013)

The delivery system connects a young housewife to an old widower as they build a fantasy world together which grapples with reality.


06

The Pianist (2002)

During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw loses contact with his family and struggles to survive.


07

Luca (2021)

On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human.


08

Haider (2014)

A young man returns home amidst a violent insurgency. He seeks closure regarding his father's disappearance, but the state politics overpowers him.


09

1917 (2019)

Two soldiers, assigned the task of delivering a critical message to another battalion, risk their lives for the job.


10

Udaan (2010)

A liberating story of an expelled 16-year old boy who returns home to his abusive father and an oppressed brother.


11

Paterson (2016)

An observant bus driver loves penning poems which he attempts to publish at his wife request but his fate has a different plan.


12

Papillon (2017)

A young man falsely convicted of murder attempts to escape from the penal colony on Devil's Island by cracking a deal with a fellow inmate.


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