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Dasvidaniya

Just watched the movie 'Dasvidaniya', It's about a guy who discovers that afflicted by cancer, has just 3 months to live, and being in the habit of making to-do lists everyday, makes a final to-do list - a list of things to do before he dies.
He completes most of the tasks set in it, and on the way, lives his life in the 3 remaining months. When he dies, he leaves gifts for everybody. Not really a different type of movie, but which sets it apart in a class of its own is the way it imitates real life, something that most movies aspire to, and very rarely reach.
One more first is the ending - which makes you feel subdued, nostalgic , thoughtful , warm and in a way....loved.

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