THAT THING CALLED LOVE

MAYANK THUS LIVES IN DISILLUSIONMENT ASPIRING WITH DIMINISHING HOPE TO FALL IN LOVE IN ALL UTOPIAN EARNESTNESS AND WITH HIS `PERFECT WOMAN`. THE IRONY EVENTUALLY ARISES WHEN HE IDENTIFIES THE IMAGE OF HIS `PERFECT WOMAN` IN AN OLDER HAPPILY MARRIED WOMAN. THE DREAMER IN HIM SETS ASIDE GROUND REALITIES TO FLOW WITH NATURAL IMPULSES LEADING TO A DANGEROUSLY COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WOMAN AND HIM. THAT MAYANK`S RELATIONSHIP WITH REVATHI UNFOLDS DURING THE COURSE OF ONE MUMBAI MONSOON THE FIRST THAT AN ANTICIPATING MAYANK EXPERIENCES OF THE CITY ONLY MAKES THIS UTOPIA AN EVEN MORE SURREAL EXPERIENCE.