“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”
I was unemployed for the first time after a long gap of 4 yrs and 2 months. Unemployed for one day on 15th July, 2008.
My last working day with SRIT was the previous day which ended with a lots of tears (only from my end), gift of a beautiful saree, a grand lunch with team @ Bageecha and of course, the relieving letter at EOD.
I had to join my new organisation today (16th July, 2008). So that meant I had one unemployed day all for myself yesterday. Am writing the following as it happened on 15th July, 2008.
8:00 am
I ask a friend… how much are the tickets @ Lido on a weekday and she says… 100bucks. I wonder… 100rs on a damn busy weekday?? She immediately says… may be its Rs.80. I think… and think and then decided to do the thing I always wanted to do. Go for a movie all alone.Speculated for another 45min, rushed to take bath, packed an apple for snack ;) and was out ASAP.
9:20 am
Am already in bus stop still speculating about whether to go or not. But I have to and get over this mental block I had of goin alone for a movie… I know it sounds crazy for lot of people and I can hear them asking…Wats the big deal here?
Point 1… even now my parents freak out if I go for a movie… with friends… in Blore or Coimbatore
Point 2… am not a person to spend 100rs for a senti Hindi movie in a multiplex.. DVD costs cheaper
Point3… am the club leader of the people who think movies are to be watched with friends
Point4… am not smart enough to face the people who stare at me in the queue when I say “1 ticket to Jaane Tu ya Jaane Na – 10am show”. Yeah.. that’s the movie I went to.
9:40 am
Was in the theater. I thought it will not be crowded. But the ticket counter was crowded, will LOTS of gals’ gangs, which reminded me of my own college days when we used to bunk college (pssst… my parents dnt know abt that yet). While in queue, the guy in front of me got 1 ticket to the same movie. I was happy I was not the only member in the loner club today.
9:55 am
Around 50ppl decorated the hall… almost 80% of the seats were empty. I was lucky (as if) to get a nice seat in an all empty row… imagine that… empty rows to the front & back and me in the middle. Felt eeir but good.
10:00 am
Jana Gana Mana music composed my ARR. Beautiful. Then the movie started… for the first time in my DTS expierence, I could sense the real surround system. The title had a saxaphone playing as the BG score… It seemed to eminate from different corners of the movie hall. It was such a beautiful experience. Now I would say, it was all my mistake that I never cherished the DTS effect in the innumerable films I’ve watched. I did find the difference when I watched Jodha Akbar… but now, it was very much mesmerising since the theater was almost empty. Beautiful is the word for that.
Upto 12:50 pm
Mmmm thats it… the movie went on.. Good entertainer. Reminded me of a tamil movie in which Prasanth & Shalini starred. Had my apple… finished the movie and came back a winner… like in Who Dares Win :)
