Kiss and Slap Incident

This story is about a reflection on relationships and trust. The unexpected twist in the movie from where it’s taken shows us how the misunderstanding makes the life unpredictable.

It’s the story from an Indian regional movie, which took inspiration from a foreign movie.

Four childhood friends, who enjoy a close, lifelong friendship, which grown to include their families as well. Same school, college and then chosen separate paths and are successful in their respective careers.

One of them is a doctor, two businessmen and one is in private service.

Being in the same city, they often meet, eventually they all got married, and everyone got kids as well.

Parties, outings, meetings at festivals are like a regular ritual for them.

One day, all four couples planned a trip to some hill station. Reserved a compartment in a train and started.

On the way, train got into a tunnel and it got pitch black for a moment.

That same moment, everyone heard two mysterious sounds – one of a kiss and other of a slap.

Due to darkness, no one knew who did it.

Just few seconds later, the train came out of the tunnel, but the things were changed dramatically and drastically by then.

As they were knowing each other since long, such act was unexpected and uncalled for.

Everyone kept quiet, the picnic then just became a formality. Everyone had the same thoughts and suspicions on others.

But the real question was WHO IS IT?

Slowly, they started meeting one other separately, discussing about that moment.

Suddenly, they started realizing, how the one guy used to say something always [which till that day everyone was taking as a joke] and started doubting.

Other party too tried going back and dug out certain situations which so far taken as casually.

In all, the whole atmosphere became so murky that everyone lost the interest. Even the two couples doubting other two, are unsure about the one they are talking to.

That “Kiss & Slap Incident” changed almost everything.

The sad part was, no one even tried to go into the detail, despite knowing each other for so long.

In our life too, such “Kiss and Slap Incident” happen.

It seems like everything is going well, but that small thing, that one word, that act which happened accidently or unintentionally, come back to haunt post such Incident.

This “Kiss & Slap Incident” can be anything.

Sudden demise of any of the relative/group members and misunderstanding thereafter, a theft, changing sides in a fight, or an insult unknowingly.

Once the thing which we don’t expect happens, it all crops up.

Like in that story, we too don’t try to get to the root cause of the situation and jump to the conclusions.

But sometimes I feel this “Kiss & Slap Incident” is necessary to know, what exactly is there in the mind and heart of the people, who otherwise seem so close to us.

It shows us, how poisonous someone can get.

Anyone can be that person – a close colleague, a relative, a friend from childhood or unfortunately it can be a family member as well.

So, how can we avoid this to keep intact the relations we are in.

• Try avoid gossiping
• Communication shouldn’t stop at any cost
• If something untoward found, just open up then and there and clear the air
• Don’t keep anything in mind and heart
• TRUST, TRUST and TRUST.

By the way, in that movie, the climax is even more unexpected one. It’s the doctor, who made those both sounds of Kiss and slap on his own.

But till then the damage was done and the relations reached to an irreparable stage, but we can stop it in our life.