Impression of Mazha Aai….. (My Mom…)

I was shopping at HyperMarket Matunga this Sunday and was going through some of the Movie VCD; there was this Marathi movie called Shyamchi Aai which “made me stop for a moment” the cover had this “charming and humble countenance” which exactly resemble to my Mom, the “impression” which is so “deep and eternal” in my mind since the time I have lost her 10years back.

I purchased the Shyamchi Aai VCD and was watching it yesterday.And the "impression" story continued from the VCD cover to scene by scene…”every frame of the movie” is so true to my life I felt as if i am rewinding my child hood and playing it….

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All over the world and in every kind of art form, maternal love has always been treated with reverence. The word ’’mother’’ brings to mind a loving and kindhearted figure for which her children are the jewels of her eyes. The traditional social fabric of India, where the women are supposed to be the sole supervisors of household, etches out a role for a mother in whom she needs to be much more than just loving and caring. She is instrumental in the social, moral and intellectual development of a child.Shyamchi Aai is one such story where the author Sane Guruji shares with us his experiences of his early days and his relationship with his mother. Pandurang Sadashiv Sane (1899-1950) wrote this novel in five days while he was in jail in Nasik. A very prolific writer, a socialist, a Gandhian to the core, he was arrested for participation in the civil disobedience movement.

The Plot:

The protagonist tells us about his days as a kid where he lives in a remote Konkan village. Due to some family rifts Shyam’s mother has to leave her comfortable premises and live in poverty. All through his childhood days, Shyam’s mother teaches him about courage, justice, faith and compassion by examples and day-to-day incidents. On one such occasion, when Shyam is terrified of swimming, his mother forcibly pushes him in water. She tells him that courage is as important as all other ideals of life. In another episode when they make offerings to the ocean and the sun, she tells him the meaning of gratitude. Night after night Shyam spills out the anecdotes, which supplemented in his honorable and ethical growth. The mother sends Shyam away for better education and eventually falls prey to a fatal disease. The ending where his mother dies and Shyam comes home is real tearjerker.The morals and principles (Sanskars) that Shyam’s mother develops in Shyam is a guidebook to parenting. Shyamchi Aai demonstrates the positive influence of a mother over her child and strongly puts the point for women empowerment and education.