If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why?

 If I Could Be a Character…

If I am asked—

“If you could be a character from a movie or a book, who would you choose?”

The first name that comes to my mind is—

👉 Rukmini from Meesha Madhavan.

I remember watching that movie…

not once, not twice—

but almost four times in the theatre when I was around nine.

And somehow…

that character stayed with me.

Rukmini.

She felt…

simple.

Educated.

From a good family.

With loving, supportive parents.

And most of all—

👉 she marries the love of her life.

Her childhood friend.

There was something about that story—

that felt so peaceful.

No heavy struggles.

No visible trauma.

Just…

a soft, simple life.

And as a child, and even later—

sometimes I used to think—

👉 “If I could live as a character… maybe I would choose her.”

Because she felt…

lucky.

🌊 But Then I Pause

Now, when I think about it—

I realise something.

I don’t just connect with one character.

I see myself in many—

👉 heroines

👉 complex characters

👉 even the flawed ones

Because life is not one storyline.

It is layered.

And so am I.

🌱 My Real Answer

So if I have to answer honestly—

Yes, a part of me still says—

👉 Rukmini.

But another part of me says—

👉 “I choose my own life.”

Because it took me years…

to accept it.

To understand it.

To grow into it.

There were hardships—

physical mental emotional financial

But still…

👉 I feel blessed.

Not in a perfect way.

But in a real way.

I have learned to see goodness—

even in small things.

Even in difficult phases.

💛 My Truth

So no—

I don’t want to replace my life.

I don’t want to step into another story.

Because this life—

with all its imperfections—

👉 is mine.

And I am grateful for it.