Sunday, February 12, 2006
Bomb Hoax
Today I enjoyed watching "Fun with Dick and Jane" in the morning. Also enthused by the quality of "Mixed Doubles" (starring Konkona Sen, Rajat Kapoor, Koel Puri, Ranvir) that I saw yesterday, my faith in Indian movies was somewhat strengthened ... So inspite of having gone thru the horror called "Neal N Nikki" and having vowed never to watch a Hindi movie again ... I decided to see "Rang De Basanti" today ... at the PVR in the Metropolitan mall.
And bloody 1 hour into the movie, some people started running out of the theater ...
I was thinking ... "The movie is not bad at all ... I like it ... why are the people running out as if Neal and Nikki are gyrating on screen?"
In the mean-time some elderly uncle-aunty types started running out too ... followed by children ... followed by young uncle-aunty types ... and finally, couples who usually hide in corners started running out ...
When the couples started running out, I felt something was really wrong and took my eyes off Soha Ali Khan .. and wow - theater deserted ... then I heard the low-volume announcement ... "Kindly vacate theater for security reasons ... Kindly vacate theater for security reasons ... Kindly vacate theater for security reasons ...Kindly vacate theater for security reasons ...Kindly vacate theater for security reasons ..."
So I finally waited till they stopped the projector and left ...
And then I realised that the entire goddamn mall was being emptied! And then when I left the mall, I realised that all the malls had been emptied! People were walking aimlessly walking on MG road rather than spending their money inside - now that doesnt happen usually - I was happy to see some action in Gurgaon finally ... the crowd almost made me feel that I was in Mumbai ...
Some people were muttering something about 'bomb threat' ...
The khaaki vardi gang had arrived by now ... and were trying to clear the people
But everyone was waiting ... poeple were like, "Bloody didnt get to see the movie ... at least let me see the goddamn building blow up"
I too waited hoping to see some fireworks much in advance of Diwali ...
Needless to say ... nothing happened :(
And bloody 1 hour into the movie, some people started running out of the theater ...
I was thinking ... "The movie is not bad at all ... I like it ... why are the people running out as if Neal and Nikki are gyrating on screen?"
In the mean-time some elderly uncle-aunty types started running out too ... followed by children ... followed by young uncle-aunty types ... and finally, couples who usually hide in corners started running out ...
When the couples started running out, I felt something was really wrong and took my eyes off Soha Ali Khan .. and wow - theater deserted ... then I heard the low-volume announcement ... "Kindly vacate theater for security reasons ... Kindly vacate theater for security reasons ... Kindly vacate theater for security reasons ...Kindly vacate theater for security reasons ...Kindly vacate theater for security reasons ..."
So I finally waited till they stopped the projector and left ...
And then I realised that the entire goddamn mall was being emptied! And then when I left the mall, I realised that all the malls had been emptied! People were walking aimlessly walking on MG road rather than spending their money inside - now that doesnt happen usually - I was happy to see some action in Gurgaon finally ... the crowd almost made me feel that I was in Mumbai ...
Some people were muttering something about 'bomb threat' ...
The khaaki vardi gang had arrived by now ... and were trying to clear the people
But everyone was waiting ... poeple were like, "Bloody didnt get to see the movie ... at least let me see the goddamn building blow up"
I too waited hoping to see some fireworks much in advance of Diwali ...
Needless to say ... nothing happened :(
