#11- Once Upon a Devdas | Shah Rukh Khan's Masterpiece

0:01 Trust. Do you have it?

0:04 Do you give it? Do you deserve it?

0:10 Do you want it? Needed a Is Amy your friendly

0:16 neighborhood fan here? Wonderer wondering here again

0:22 with you. Trust.

0:26 Deep trust. Like with the Allies, teammates,

0:31 partners, friends like Dava and Varada, I've had deep trust

0:40 despite all differences and agreed upon shared mutual goals,

0:48 purpose, values, and trust. Without it, what do we have?

0:57 Without it, what will happen? Let's travel from our childhood

1:03 friends Deva and Varada to other childhood friends Devdas, Pero,

1:15 Cuties, and even cuter kiddos. I asked you earlier, but tell me

1:24 if you are a devil in your life, if you are a Varada, tell me now

1:31 then aside from this, in replacement even of this,

1:37 possibly on top of this, in addition to this, maybe, who

1:42 knows with you? Are you a deafness in your life?

1:49 Are you a peril? Do tell you know, I talk a lot

1:55 about these two characters and of all these topics, issues,

2:01 concepts deep in my online daftus video web series deep

2:08 dive. Have you seen it?

2:11 I hope it made you think. I hope, well a lot of things

2:18 like OK, I hope I will always be some type of salar when needed,

2:31 when given an opportunity. A hard choice for those who

2:36 deserve it in my life, whoever they may be.

2:41 When push comes to shove, in the moments that define us, instead

2:48 of like Adeptus, I mean, let's be real with ourselves.

2:54 Let's be real with each other now.

2:57 With lovers like Davdis, with friends like Davdis, Who needs

3:04 an enemy, lover, friend or foe? Solar or Davdis?

3:14 Different characters, different choices, different ends.

3:19 Why, you knew it was coming, my dear friends.

3:27 You knew. Yes.

3:29 I'll say it again, as always. Why your Amy wants to know.

3:38 We'll talk. If Devdas and Pero's friendship

3:42 had stayed anchored in honest communication, mutual defense,

3:51 and shared decision making instead of ego hurt, pride,

4:00 class anxiety, their love could have matured instead of

4:06 imploding. As I mentioned when we last

4:10 spoke together, in a world full of betrayal, Deva and Varada

4:20 treat their promise as sacred. So the friendship functions as a

4:27 strategic partnership, not just an emotion.

4:32 If Devdessen Pero had related to each other in friendship and in

4:39 more like Deva and Varada, two people bound by a clear

4:45 childhood promise, explicit roles in an unbreakable We Come

4:52 First rule, their fate could look very different.

4:59 They would likely have framed themselves as a unit, the team

5:03 we a partnership, life partners against family and society, the

5:11 way Deva and Barada frame themselves.

5:14 So maybe ideally then I'm thinking Davdess would have

5:22 treated defending Pero's honor as non negotiable as David

5:28 treats defending Verida instead of prioritizing his family's

5:33 status and his own wounded pride.

5:38 Pero like Verida might still have been strategic and aware of

5:43 consequences, but with a partner who actually shows up she would

5:51 not need to choose between self respect and love in the same

5:58 tragic way with those shifts. Devdas and Peros childhood

6:05 friendship could evolve into something closer to Deva and

6:10 Barada's durable team, imperfect and embattled, but anchored in

6:19 action. Loyalty and a clear sense of we

6:27 that survives external pressure. External pressure.

6:34 Yeah. Surviving.

6:37 It's not easy. The world, as I mentioned last

6:42 time with you, can be hard in all meanings of the word cruel.

6:50 Life can be tough, rough, cold, painful, violent in every sense.

6:59 We cannot change this. We cannot control this.

7:05 But can we have an internally different reality and community,

7:16 an inner circle, an inner world? Or OK, OK, we can at least try.

7:25 It's a worthy endeavor, right? Come on.

7:29 Soft, real, authentic, tender, nurturing, supportive, helpful,

7:38 loving, kind, honorable, integral, impeccable in our

7:45 homes, in our communities, families, friend groups, inner

7:51 circles, relationships, friendships, teams of all types

7:58 and sorts. Protected fully and completely

8:03 by those of us smart enough to know the value and importance of

8:16 such, and tough enough to defend and protect.