The Barbie movie really said. Yes you will grow up and childhood wonder will vanish. Yes you will grow up and learn to hate yourself, your body, your awkwardness. Yes you will grow up and lose your confidence and certainty and sense of purpose. Yes you will grow up and the world will seem a bleaker, lonelier place every day, and society will seem bleaker and lonelier every day, and you won’t understand what went wrong in the span of just a few years, what took you from a happy and secure young girl to a sad, uncertain, scared grown woman.
And yet. You will learn to find beauty again. You will find joy in not having a purpose, in building a purpose for yourself. You will find beauty in connection, with the people and the world around you. You will learn to love signs of ageing as proof of a life well lived, of experience and happiness. You will take that little girl by the hand and tell her “I know, this isn’t what you thought it would be, but it’s real. Let me show you how beautiful it can be.”
ALIA BHATT as RANI || Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023)
[Image ID: two gifs of Alia Bhatt as Rani in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani:
GIF 1: Rani turning around as the wind blows around her. She’s wearing a yellow sheer sari with a yellow sleeveless, and long drop earrings.
GIF 2: Rani smiling at something off screen, the wind blowing around her as the camera pans closer. Her sari is pink and green, with a flowery sleeveless blouse.
