THE SONG CALLED GERUA.

Talking about catastrophe and "Dilwale" being compared to "Inception", I am sure the brand new song release Gerua from the upcoming movie Dilwale has grabbed your precious attention as well, as it sure has mine. I have no idea what the movie is all about but the song seems quite intriguing to me.

For a personal opinion, I think it is a beautifully shot song in a number of beautiful locations.

Born in the 1990's, I cannot say I am not an admirer of the pair of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol but that's not what I am trying to say. The cinematography is gorgeous. They are so good that people condemned the production saying that the locations are not real and that they are a product of Computer Generated Imagery. Then a video surfaced showing the making of the song proving all those allegations wrong.But that is also not what I am trying to say here.

When I first saw the song on YouTube I had absolutely no idea of where the song was shot. But what I thought was that it was beautiful, there is art in the compositions , the colours and the locations seemed too good to be true. But what I also thought that it was quite a bit catastrophic or should I say apocalyptic at the same time. There are a number of instances in the song telling me that. Like the one where they are standing amidst what looks like hail the size of a football and some smaller to the size of a golf ball maybe. And then there is a rainbow resulting out of the hailstorm that just passed.

The Skogafoss Waterfall.

There is a boat in a dried up or seemingly dead sea with black sand. Like they are lost and crying out for help. Although those colours couldn't have been more appealing.

The Black Sand Beach (Vik, Iceland)

then there is a crashed plane in the middle of nowhere,and not a soul is to be sighted in like what a kilometre radius or more maybe.

The abandoned DC plane in Solheimasandur.

They are also singing their hearts out standing on the clearly melting Icebergs. 

The Jokusarlon Glacial Lake.

              and to top it all a lake so shallow that there is only enough water to show that it's a lake.

The Shallow Lake in Stokknes

To show that theirs is an eternal "Jodi" I don't know what could have been a better depiction. This song also aptly depicts that the times have changed from the lush yellow-green fields of DDLJ to the crashed planes in Dilwale. More so, the climate has changed quite a bit too. The fact that they went from cliche Bollywood locations to deep dark exotic locations in Iceland shows a transformation. 

Having said that, I should also say that there are a few instances in the song showing rainbows and waterfalls and Kajol in a red saree too but what the heck, it is after all a Bollywood song. Also, all those locations are the true natural wonders of Iceland and none of them are a result of any kind of disastrous activity. Iceland is one of the countries which have managed to keep the demon of pollution at bay so far. 

I don't know if you'll agree but I can at least ask to take another close look at the video and let me know if you feel the same.