blast from the past!
another weekend and another movie watching session...
the place that i watched a movie last weekend was drastically different from the place that frequent.
well, the story goes like this:
last weekend i wanted to take a break from the multiplex: the escalators, the squeaky clean floors, the smiling sales people in the stalls and the english speaking ticket vendors et al
[dint want to leave the air-conditioned surroundings of the multiplex though but i dint really have a choice]
hence, me and vicky landed up at a cinema hall in abids which supposedly went through a face-lift a couple of years ago to watch "the angrez" a 'hyderabad blues' kinda movie meant only for the hyderabadis...
the first shock: ticket in top most row: Rs.35/-
we simply dint believe the price he quoted and kept asking the ticket vendor for a costlier ticket and higher up in the rows but when he insisted that it was the costliest one and in the top row; after some more arguing then we resign, take the tickets and walk into the bulding.
enter the cinema hall and our seats were in the 3rd row from the top.
but the walk from the ticket counter to the cinema hall was, simply put, a trip down the memory lane.
the pain stained walls, where the request of "donot spit on the walls" was painted pan-red and pan stained too. the picturesque part was the sparkling clean spitoon! couldn't stop laughing when we saw that...!
and then the cinema hall, creaky chairs where the back-rest refused to rest and i had change the seat to avoid getting a back-ache at the end of 2 hrs.
the movie was really funny with all its hyderabadisms and corny jokes which aptly showcased the typical hyderabadi's life.
come interval and the big board of "no eatables allowed inside" was ignored and a whole rush of vendors clinking the soft-drinks bottles and screaming the name of every brand of chips stormed inside the hall and invaded the ramps. but one point to be noted here is that, they might scream out the name of every possible brand in potato chips, but not necessarily have it for sale. they will only have un-branded fryums and roasted peanuts.
he he...talk about ethics in salesmanship!!
oh! and it doesn't end there; there was live dance session too! courtesy: some really happy audience who couldnt stick to their seats when a song on hyderabad started playing, there was the typical hooting when the actors made a cheesy comment, the papers throwing in the air when the audience is happy with a scene was all there to make it a memorable movie watching session.
now do you find such involved audience in a lah-di-dah multiplex?? naaaahh!
come 8:30 pm and there ended our evening at the old-world cinema hall. we were very content with the value that we got for the money that we spent.
the old-world charm of watching a movie in a seedy cinema hall is one thing and the luxury of multiplex movie watching is a completely different thing.
the verdict: multiplexes any day for me!
prasads/PVR...here i come!
a weapon of mass destruction called the movie 'gangster'
in a desperate attempt to watch a movie in the multiplex; i went and watched the movie 'gangster'...it was horrendous! shiney ahuja was a treat to the eyes but the movie per se was yeccchhh!
after about 30 mins into the movie; my sis stopped looking at the screen and started giving me dirty looks with murder in her eyes! i dint know there was emraan hashmi in the movie!!! everytime he came on the screen i felt like kicking myself...the only saving grace[doesnt save the movie though] of the movie was shiney ahuja as a gangster with a conscience.
some unsolicited advice: DONOT watch the movie. unless you are offered a lot of money to do so.
the place that i watched a movie last weekend was drastically different from the place that frequent.
well, the story goes like this:
last weekend i wanted to take a break from the multiplex: the escalators, the squeaky clean floors, the smiling sales people in the stalls and the english speaking ticket vendors et al
[dint want to leave the air-conditioned surroundings of the multiplex though but i dint really have a choice]
hence, me and vicky landed up at a cinema hall in abids which supposedly went through a face-lift a couple of years ago to watch "the angrez" a 'hyderabad blues' kinda movie meant only for the hyderabadis...
the first shock: ticket in top most row: Rs.35/-
we simply dint believe the price he quoted and kept asking the ticket vendor for a costlier ticket and higher up in the rows but when he insisted that it was the costliest one and in the top row; after some more arguing then we resign, take the tickets and walk into the bulding.
enter the cinema hall and our seats were in the 3rd row from the top.
but the walk from the ticket counter to the cinema hall was, simply put, a trip down the memory lane.
the pain stained walls, where the request of "donot spit on the walls" was painted pan-red and pan stained too. the picturesque part was the sparkling clean spitoon! couldn't stop laughing when we saw that...!
and then the cinema hall, creaky chairs where the back-rest refused to rest and i had change the seat to avoid getting a back-ache at the end of 2 hrs.
the movie was really funny with all its hyderabadisms and corny jokes which aptly showcased the typical hyderabadi's life.
come interval and the big board of "no eatables allowed inside" was ignored and a whole rush of vendors clinking the soft-drinks bottles and screaming the name of every brand of chips stormed inside the hall and invaded the ramps. but one point to be noted here is that, they might scream out the name of every possible brand in potato chips, but not necessarily have it for sale. they will only have un-branded fryums and roasted peanuts.
he he...talk about ethics in salesmanship!!
oh! and it doesn't end there; there was live dance session too! courtesy: some really happy audience who couldnt stick to their seats when a song on hyderabad started playing, there was the typical hooting when the actors made a cheesy comment, the papers throwing in the air when the audience is happy with a scene was all there to make it a memorable movie watching session.
now do you find such involved audience in a lah-di-dah multiplex?? naaaahh!
come 8:30 pm and there ended our evening at the old-world cinema hall. we were very content with the value that we got for the money that we spent.
the old-world charm of watching a movie in a seedy cinema hall is one thing and the luxury of multiplex movie watching is a completely different thing.
the verdict: multiplexes any day for me!
prasads/PVR...here i come!
a weapon of mass destruction called the movie 'gangster'
in a desperate attempt to watch a movie in the multiplex; i went and watched the movie 'gangster'...it was horrendous! shiney ahuja was a treat to the eyes but the movie per se was yeccchhh!
after about 30 mins into the movie; my sis stopped looking at the screen and started giving me dirty looks with murder in her eyes! i dint know there was emraan hashmi in the movie!!! everytime he came on the screen i felt like kicking myself...the only saving grace[doesnt save the movie though] of the movie was shiney ahuja as a gangster with a conscience.
some unsolicited advice: DONOT watch the movie. unless you are offered a lot of money to do so.
posted by etoile at Monday, May 15, 2006
8 Comments:
da,
I like the ambience of a multiplex but cant stand the exhorbitant rates at which the stuff there are sold...pop corn that wud cost 30-50 etc....beat even the most expensive ones sold outside the multiplex.....
Hmm... Nice one - have u tried that theatre in pune down the road from e-square? For 50 bucks it does make sense
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I miss the 'old-world movie hall' so much
2 tickets to the matinee - Rs.80
2 softies/popcorn - Rs.20
1 cab ride to Churchgate - Rs.12
Your date agreeing to meet again because she thinks you treated her like a princess - PRICELESS
Are you talking about "Zamrud" talkies? If that was still functioning, I would have known!
Perhaps Santosh is what you are referring to.
I know exactly what it feels like to have to watch a movie only in 'multi...' (I hate even typing the word). What you went through is a luxury in my opinion.
Good experience! but be glad, you didnt have to fight out mosquitoes. and next time, try a different stunt. Go to any film starring a small-size rhino called "junior NTR" or atleast a seasoned Hippo called "Balakrishna"..watch their film, 1st day..Morning Show..Deepak Theatre..Narayanaguda.. Khathm Kahani..Paisa Vasool..(especially in the case of Balakrishna's films)..
anyways, i didnt watch any of these films. thanks to your post, i never will.
Updates beku..
everytime i open this blog..i see "Blast from the past" ..looks like the blog itself is turning into a Blast from the Past...where is the Present?(read:Updates)
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