Me, Nolan, Anyone?

Reality - Part 1:

I and my wife just came back after watching a late night movie. The movie was awesome. I was totally bowled over by the concept, the presentation and the completely believable acting. What a movie.

On our way home, we ate lots of stuff - snacks (Pav Bhaji, Fried Rice, noodles, chicken lollypop) and cold coffee. We were constantly discussing the different scenes from the movie. Being a movie buff, I could hardly get the movie out of my mind. I am not sure how much we ate and drank.

Scene 1 - Part 1:

Cut to my travel in a bus. I was in a Volvo travelling. It was cold and peaceful. Thank god they were not playing any movie.

I was trying to sleep but was not able to. There was something wrong with my stomach. There was one guy sleeping beside me. He was feeling very cold I guess. I saw him for a moment, we smiled and he rolled the blanket over his head. I couldn't see his face after that. Finally I managed to sleep.

Scene 2:

I was running on a road along with another guy. It’s somewhere in Pune, but not sure where. We were running towards something. I had an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach. Soon I realized that I had to do it, you know (!!). I knew there were few moments left and I had to find a toilet. The guy who was running along with me then shouted "Turn left from here. We will be there in 5 minutes". I thought those 5 minutes will be the longest 5 minutes of my life.

Just when we turned left, a car came in from the wrong side of the road. We were running so fast that we couldn't stop and I hit the car. It happened so fast that I couldn't stop myself. Suddenly my eyes opened.

Scene 1 - Part 2:

Suddenly my eyes opened. The Volvo had hit the brakes hard to avoid something I guess. Talk of a kick. The growling in my stomach had grown louder. It was getting uncomfortable now.

The guy beside me was awake too. But wait a minute. This was the same guy running with me on the road. What is he doing here? I had questions in my mind. But, before I could say anything, he said "Abhishek, I am here to help you. We will soon reach our destination. All you have to do is hold on for a few moments".

Scene 1 - Part 3:

Soon we were at our destination. I was getting down from the bus quickly. I did not wait for the bus to reach the stop. We were waiting at a signal. But I had to get down. I had to run home quickly. The other guy got down too. We crossed the road and were standing in the middle of the road over the divider. There were vehicles driving by fast on both sides of the road.

While we were waiting, I asked the guy "Who are you man? And why did you say there you are here to help me?” In a cold voice he replied "I know you are in trouble ;) and you want to do it. I stopped the Volvo for you in the middle of the road so that you can get down and run home". I was surprised. How did he know all this? And what was he doing in my dream? Just before crossing the road, he said "Try to remember how you got into this bus? And watch out for that car". What car?

And I hit a car coming from the opposite direction. Talk of another kick.

Reality - Part 2:

I fell off my bed. Before realizing anything else, I ran for the toilet.

Back after 10 minutes, I was relieved. I recalled that since we had eaten so many things after the movie, my stomach had started giving troubles.

And you guessed it right; we had watched Christopher Nolan's “Inception” starring Leonardo DiCaprio that night :)