As I'm Suffering From Kadhal

"Ding.. Dong.. Ding.. Love is an awesome feeling."

"One damn thing"

"is that to me, it is a never ending suffering."

"Ding.. Dong.. Ding.. Love is an awesome feeling."

"One damn thing"

"is that to me, it is a never ending suffering."

'As I'm Suffering from Love'

Dad. - What's it, dear?

What's a marriage?

Uh? - Marriage..

Why do you ask? - I want to know, Dad.

Go to sleep.

Dad, I'm not sleepy and I want to know.

Then go and watch some cartoon on TV.

No, Dad, I want to know.

Tell me, Dad..

Well..

When a boy and a girl like each other

and decide to be with each other forever

they get married.

So, can't two people stay together if they are not married?

They can stay together.

Then why do they get married?

It is like an official promise.

What?

Like marriage gives them a reason to not get separated

and locks them into a relationship wherein they can't separate.

It stops them from leaving each other.

They lock birds in a cage.

Is it similar to that? - Drat.. No..

It's just like an official promise.

So that they don't leave each other.

But when they have decided to be together for a lifetime

why would they leave?

Sweetie, it's getting late. Please go and sleep.

Tell me! - What?

Why do they get married?

Okay. Do you remember?

You and Riya

had promised to be best friends for life, it's like that.

What! I hate Riya.

When my teacher moved her to a different class

she made a new best friend.

I'm never going to talk to her.

Sometimes, even that happens. - What will happen?

Uh.. Nothing.

What will happen?

Nothing, dear.

Okay, Smriti, it's getting late now.

Please go to bed, come on.

I want to know. What will happen?

Sometimes, do the boy and the girl stop talking to each other?

Yes.

Do they get separated later on? - That's right.

Then what about the marriage?

You won't be able to understand that, dear.

They have to get divorced.

What's a divorce?

Uh.. That is..

Tell me!

Ok! Why did you and Riya promise?

You both could have remained best friends just like that, right?

That was my mistake.

Here on, I will never make a promise with anyone.

Okay, then don't do it.

Then why do people continue to get married?

Because they're neurotic insecure idiots

who need something to validate everything

in their empty meaningless lives, to boost their ego

saying that there's someone to care for them and love them

when the other person is in exactly for the same reason as they are.

Did you get it now?

Please go to bed now, Smriti.

Dad.

Have you and mom too cancelled your marriage, Dad?

I'm Balakumar.

I'm a divorcee.

After 10 years of marriage, nothing worked out.

But I guess it's all for the best.

It was a healthy divorce.

It wasn't a messy one with fights, we just shook hands and parted ways.

My ex-wife has remarried.

She met someone recently.

I'm really happy for her.

I'm really very happy for her!

'Really?' - Why not?

Huh.. Of course.

What I mean is past is past.

I'm really happy for her. I'm happy.

'Why didn't you get remarried?'

Oh, no..

How could you ask me such a question?

I suffered the first time around, won't that do?

Am I a fool to do it again?

The fact is I'm not able to find anyone.

And I have a daughter.

My ex-wife and I share custody of her.

She'll be at her mother's place half a week.

And she will spend the rest of the days with me.

'Oh! What's your profession?'

I'm a reviewer. - 'Uh?'

I write online movie reviews for a website.

It's on Twitter as well.

Uh. I'm Writer Balku.

I'm 38 years old now.

Here on, in my life

I don't think anything new is going to happen.

I don't have any major ambitions.

My daughter is my life.

Every week, when she comes and spends those three days with me..

I just wait for it.

If she wasn't there, I don't know what

I would have done after the divorce.

I love her so much.

'Do you have a jolly time being with your dad?'

Hmm.

'Do you like staying with your mom or your dad?'

Stop kidding. She obviously likes both of us.

'Is that so, dear?'

But the food is better at my mom's place.

'Oh.'

My mom cooks really well. - 'What about your dad?'

At my dad's place

it's either Maggi or 'Chapatis.'

'How do they taste?' - They will taste mediocre.

Every time I get here I'll keep thinking

when I would get to eat food cooked by my mom again.

She talks really well. I love her so much.

Hello, Roomie! - Hello!

Yes!

Actually, she's moving in.

Henceforth, she'll be staying with me.

It must be around five months, isn't it?

Hmm. - Yes.

It has been five months since this started.

'What?' - This..

This bond between us. Whatever we have.

What is it?

'Are you both dating or in a relationship?'

Does everything have to be labelled?

We love each other, that's it.

'Oh, how's it going?'

It's going really well.

'Then why just move in? Why don't you both get married?'

'Oh, no, sorry, did I bring up an awkward topic?'

Drat.. Nothing like that. It's just that

neither of us believe in marriage.

'What? Why so?'

Why do you get shell-shocked for that?

Once we are in love the very next thing people ask us is

'When are you both planning to get married?'

That's

so wrong.

Marriage is something that will decide

how two people get to spend the rest of their lives.

It's like having to decide the next 50-60 years of your life right now.

That's something we don't believe in.

Moreover, freedom should be the foundation of love.

That's why this relationship..

Or whatever you want to name it is so healthy.

'Okay, but where's this leading to?'

'You both are in love, it's bound to end in marriage.'

Did you see that?

Even you said that love will end once a couple gets married.

'Hey, I didn't mean it that way.'

It's not necessary for love to end in marriage.

Similarly

one can't say that both will truly love each other after marriage

no one can guarantee this. Both are completely different.

When you decide that you're unhappy being single

and want to be happy, you decide to get married.

But love..

It is about two happy people who share their happiness

in spite of them being alone.

Marriage is an arrangement.

But Love.. Love is a state of being.

'Nice.'

'Hey, wait.. What do both of your parents feel about this?'

His parents and mine will definitely not like this.

We're doing this without their knowledge.

Hmm.. But

we have to let them know about this soon.

'Why so?'

At my place, they're aggressively looking for a suitable groom for me.

Daily, they keep sending pictures of guys referred by others.

When I was a little girl

if some guy would call up to the landline in my home

and if I receive the call and speak

my parents would ask me a million questions as to who it was.

'Why did he call you up?' And so on.

They were really strict about that.

But now, they are saying, 'Look at him, he's handsome.'

'Look at that guy. Speak with him over the phone.'

They go to the extent of sharing their numbers.

It's extremely silly.

I didn't like any of those guys, but they don't listen to me.

This guy looks handsome. Get married to him.

I'll kill you.

Sorry.

'What about your parents?'