In mythological folklore, a MEDIUM is an individual held to be a channel of communication between the earthly world and a world of spirits. In the visually significant Barood, Chaar Diwari dressed in all white is the MEDIUM. The song starts with a distressed MEDIUM expressing his tiredness of consuming the impurities of the sinners before sending them to the pure world of spirits – A commentary on the growing sinners/toxicity in human beings.
The distress in Chaar Diwari also stems from the fact that the MEDIUM inherently is a pure spirit but the process of refinement [symbolized by the consumption of black spirit in glass] has turned him mad. Despite all this, he continues doing his job to perfection. This can also be a meta-commentary on the struggles people face that make them take a wrong turn to continue respecting their responsibilities.
Moving on, the video starts with the cast wearing an all-white attire which is posting the cleansing process, showing purity. But once the barood cut scene plays [barood here is an allegory to negative urges in human beings which when lit up results in disastrous outcomes], the tall Hagrid-like character [Limbo’s punisher] and the naked guy [devil’s dog] get their act in the play.
In European folklore, a DEVIL’s DOG is known to hunt lost souls. Here also, the devil’s dog first grooms the soul with care before LIMBO’s PUNISHER [limbo in spiritual context means hell] drags the soul to the circle of hell where the MEDIUM lights the fire, cleanses the impurities and finally gets the purity out of the sedimented rocks of impurity.
An interesting fact about the First Circle of Hell is that it is a nether realm or a void in which souls go before they are judged to go to Heaven or Hell. The Gateway to Hell can be found here. Once through the gate, the soul is ferried along the Styx River [hence the river in the background] by the ferryman Charon to the second circle to be judged. In total, there are believed to be 9 circles of hell.
If this was the first [intro], are there 8 more to come? Is this an intro to 9 song-album called Barood with the trilogy ending in a Tabia-like spiritual insightful journey? Only time will tell!
