I Am an Unedited Film:
“I am an unedited film
That has neither
A teaser
Nor a trailer.”
Films fascinate us. They carry cultures, colors, friendships, betrayals, laughter and tears. Behind every release, there are rehearsals, retakes, cuts and edits. A director polishes the flaws, a musician adds rhythm, a writer sharpens the dialogues and finally the audience watches the perfect illusion on the silver screen.
But life… life is different.
Life is an unedited film.
There are no rehearsals here. No second takes. No cuts. No background music to soften our pain. The camera keeps rolling and whatever happens becomes part of the story forever.
In this film of mine, I have played many roles. Sometimes I was the hero, standing tall with courage. Sometimes I was the villain, failing my own values. There were nights when loneliness was my only audience, when silence became louder than words. Yet there were mornings when a smile from a child, the comfort of family, or the voice of a friend became my background score—soft, steady, healing.
Life has tested me with sudden scenes. Years ago, when an accident left me bedridden, I thought my role had ended. But courage whispered otherwise. Slowly, I rose again. That moment of resilience became a turning point—proof that even in an unedited film, beauty lies in imperfection.
This is what life is: unscripted scenes of joy and sorrow, laughter and regret, strength and fragility. We cannot erase, we cannot edit. We can only perform with honesty, knowing that even broken moments add depth to the story.
When the weight of emotions overwhelms me, I turn to words. On paper, I find my stage. My English novel She Is Not My Ex and my Odia novel Hirakhand Express – Seat No. A:13 were born from this unedited journey—stories that hold fragments of my own life, stitched with truth, pain and hope.
Yes, I am an unedited film.
No teaser. No trailer. No retakes.
Only raw scenes—sometimes blurred, sometimes bright, but always real.
And when the final credits roll, I do not wish for applause. I only wish my unedited film is remembered as honest.
“Life is an unedited film—no teaser, no trailer, only raw scenes that make us real.”
