Astrologer

That was the time when I used to be a banker and lived in Bangalore and I very clearly remember that morning when in the car park, I bumped into a very young handsome guy.He was dressed up in pure white from head to toe,white kurta,white dhoti and white shoe.His black dense hair was neatly back brushed and he had a big round red vermilion on his forehead. From his entire attire anybody could have sensed that he was a priest He looked lost standing there and I sensed that he was searching for some one. As there was no-one in the basement , he approached me and as guessed rightly he was looking for an address. That address happened to be in the same block as I mine and so I asked him to follow me.

And as it always happens ,we started talking .He told me that he was a very well known astrologer of blr and had a huge respectable clintele and he was in springfields (my condo in blr ) to meet a family ( and I thought to myself,oh so you are actually jobless,you do anything). I smiled and pretended to be very impressed.He was a very well articultated and knowledgeable gentleman and had all that was needed to impress the world .During that small walk and talk till our respective destinations, he abruptly told ..I predict two things for you.. One gud & one bad

Good one is that you will be a successful media person and will earn good name outside our country and the bad one is that I see you suffering from Dementia & so I warn you to be extremely careful about your health. I still remember that boisterous laughter of mine which echoed in the lift. I, how confidently told him that by no means I am gonna leave my lucrative banking career and added further that to my knowlwdge we Indians don't suffer from such fancy diseases like alziemers,we are restricted to diabetes,thryoid,bp and heartattacks. To that he kept mum and then suddenly lift reached on 5th floor, where I stayed .

I came out bidding him bye .The lift door was closing and I could just remember seeing a big smile on his face, a smile which clearly told that you will remember me one day nisha. Well, I entered my house and in few hrs.of my daily chores that talk vaporised from my mind .

But once in a while two pictures of mine always kept popping up in my thoughts, one as an actor and other as a dementia patient.. The first picture was so promising and so I kept it and the other picture was terribly disturbing, so I tried deleting it but it remained there always in a blurred state in my sub consious mind. It has been more than 10 years to this incident now.

But last week as I was going tru my inbox, I got so many goose bumps. There was a mail from a guy congratulating me on being selected for their short Film on dementia .Further it was mentioned that I shall be playing the main lead of the person suffering from this disease .After reading that I was staggered,stunned,shocked and zapped.

Is it merely a co-incidence or is universe trying to hint me big way ???? I really dont know but I am remembering that gentleman and I am even more remembering that big smile of his thru which he conveyed so many things in unspoken words. I still don't believe in astrology and any kinda of superstitions but dont know why that astrologer refuses to go out of my mind since last few days.

Anyways I am hoping that the gentleman,whose name also I forgot to ask,must have seen me as a dementia patient in reel life and not in real life

With fingers tightly crossed and Before I forget...

My today's shoot # short Film # dementia patient # me # remembering that random guy #