Red (Morgan Freeman)
doesn't remember seeing an ocean. He has heard rumours and seen
images in his dreams establishing its blueness. Being
institutionalized since his teens, he can only take a guess. The
prison walls define his boundary and he doesn't have the freedom to
enjoy freedom either. However, thanks to Andy (Tim Robbins), he
manages to keep his hope alive and ends up on a beach—for the
first time in his life. He primarily moved from being landlocked to a
place which was bluer than sky, warm and had no memory of him.
Having grown up by
the Arabian Sea, there was an inherent connection in place. We played cricket
on a pitch-black ground that was at the mercy of tides. Not a week
went by we didn't get a whiff of dried fish. Things didn't change
even after my family shifted to Sanpada from Trombay. The bridge that
connected Bombay to New-Bombay flashed more than enough for a sea
voyeur. This was before i moved to Gurgaon. A place that is as alien
to sea breeze as Palestine is to sustainable peace but nonetheless
warm and with no memory of me.
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