Jab we met Strangers
Yesterday was another Sunday like all previous ones since I am in Hyderabad. So my roomie (MR) I, as usual decided to catch a flick. Since there was not any must watch sort of movie released on Friday, so the decision making started. But before we did much investigation from net and newspapers, my brother (MB) is also in Hyderabad these days, suggested (read "asked") to watch latest Hindi film "Strangers".
According to TOI it was to be screened at "Sensation Insomnia" at 7:00 PM and we planned for that show. We got the mighty people's transport auto for the cinema. Without any need to bargain, the auto walla agreed to go by meter. After a long 40 mins, we were in front of the cinema. To confirm that auto walla is not cheating and the way is correct, I always have to rely on only MR, the fact that even after 7 months, I am feeling like a visitor here. A +ve side effect of this is that I kind of enjoy going around in the city, always!! That's another thing (only if MR protests to what I just said) that yesterday I was feeling drowsy 'coz of common cold.
Well, so were inside the cinema complex. What man, there was no poster of "Strangers"! Only "Jab we met" and some Telugu movie ones. We had already met Shahid & Kareena (if I remember correctly, in this cinema hall only) and were pretty sure that "Strangers" are Hindi speaking chaps. I decided to argue and try to claim my auto money back from the cinema management by probably threatening to sue them! But MR picked the side of the management saying that it's fault of newspaper...so...with a feeling of being real strangers, we moved on!
Anyway, let's go to Eat Street and try to grab a table in front of the lake. Nice idea...
On the way to the lake there was "Prasadz"- mall-cum-multiplex. "Strangers" was available for 9:00 PM show and our dear MR mistook it for Hollywood film "I am Legend"because of English title and stepped into the 'Q' and stepped out with 3 tickets for some back row middle seats.
There were good 2 hours and it was enough time to go-enjoy-and-return from Eat Street. At the idea of lake, MB suddenly remembered that I didn't allow him to bring the camera with him! What to do with a camera in a movie hall, by the way!
Despite of a lot of crowd(no secondary meaning :-)...normal on Sunday evenings...we managed to get a table just vacated by two lasses. The table was on the side of eat street i.e. next to the lake. Spent around 1 hour there, had CCD coffee (which was soothing for cold also) and came back to Prasadz.
So finally there we were, in the middle seats of 3rd last row with some strangers on back, side and in front of us and all of us waiting for some strangers to appear on the white screen.
Soon the wait got over.
"Strangers" - Jimmy Shergil and Kay Kay Menon.
Both inside a train, sitting in front of each other. Start their conversation in a really weird manner. And guess what they started? A game to know about each other. Both started telling their life stories to each other. One guy himself is somewhat abnormal and his lover-turned-wife is upset with him. Other's wife has become mentally upset after the demise of their small son. So he is upset with his wife. But none of them wants to divorce because they think that's not the right thing to do. Story keeps on unfolding. However all this was flashback. In the beginning Jimmy was taken into custody for a crime...most probably a murder while Kay Kay looked on from the back side of the wind-screen of car.
No, I won't reveal the complete story.
I was enjoying the movie. It looked like some murder mystery novel. The first half, though just 50 mins, was so much packed with story. I would say the direction was good.
Second half was also fine.
But what left us exasperated was the end. Giving a feeling of watching some really crazy and psychic strangers. Almost just like some suspense novels are ended with a not so captivating suspense. For example, even the end of the brilliant "Da Vinci Code" was not that interesting as the plot was. Anyway, good that the movie was only 1 hr 40 mins long.
Yet, the most craziest stranger in this outing was to meet us soon. It was our auto walla who took us back to home. Seemed like he was the force behind Narain Karthikeyan's win in GP car racing in China. But our race was without any safety guards!!
Finally we reached home safely so that I could write this blog!
According to TOI it was to be screened at "Sensation Insomnia" at 7:00 PM and we planned for that show. We got the mighty people's transport auto for the cinema. Without any need to bargain, the auto walla agreed to go by meter. After a long 40 mins, we were in front of the cinema. To confirm that auto walla is not cheating and the way is correct, I always have to rely on only MR, the fact that even after 7 months, I am feeling like a visitor here. A +ve side effect of this is that I kind of enjoy going around in the city, always!! That's another thing (only if MR protests to what I just said) that yesterday I was feeling drowsy 'coz of common cold.
Well, so were inside the cinema complex. What man, there was no poster of "Strangers"! Only "Jab we met" and some Telugu movie ones. We had already met Shahid & Kareena (if I remember correctly, in this cinema hall only) and were pretty sure that "Strangers" are Hindi speaking chaps. I decided to argue and try to claim my auto money back from the cinema management by probably threatening to sue them! But MR picked the side of the management saying that it's fault of newspaper...so...with a feeling of being real strangers, we moved on!
Anyway, let's go to Eat Street and try to grab a table in front of the lake. Nice idea...
On the way to the lake there was "Prasadz"- mall-cum-multiplex. "Strangers" was available for 9:00 PM show and our dear MR mistook it for Hollywood film "I am Legend"because of English title and stepped into the 'Q' and stepped out with 3 tickets for some back row middle seats.
There were good 2 hours and it was enough time to go-enjoy-and-return from Eat Street. At the idea of lake, MB suddenly remembered that I didn't allow him to bring the camera with him! What to do with a camera in a movie hall, by the way!
Despite of a lot of crowd(no secondary meaning :-)...normal on Sunday evenings...we managed to get a table just vacated by two lasses. The table was on the side of eat street i.e. next to the lake. Spent around 1 hour there, had CCD coffee (which was soothing for cold also) and came back to Prasadz.
So finally there we were, in the middle seats of 3rd last row with some strangers on back, side and in front of us and all of us waiting for some strangers to appear on the white screen.
Soon the wait got over.
"Strangers" - Jimmy Shergil and Kay Kay Menon.
Both inside a train, sitting in front of each other. Start their conversation in a really weird manner. And guess what they started? A game to know about each other. Both started telling their life stories to each other. One guy himself is somewhat abnormal and his lover-turned-wife is upset with him. Other's wife has become mentally upset after the demise of their small son. So he is upset with his wife. But none of them wants to divorce because they think that's not the right thing to do. Story keeps on unfolding. However all this was flashback. In the beginning Jimmy was taken into custody for a crime...most probably a murder while Kay Kay looked on from the back side of the wind-screen of car.
No, I won't reveal the complete story.
I was enjoying the movie. It looked like some murder mystery novel. The first half, though just 50 mins, was so much packed with story. I would say the direction was good.
Second half was also fine.
But what left us exasperated was the end. Giving a feeling of watching some really crazy and psychic strangers. Almost just like some suspense novels are ended with a not so captivating suspense. For example, even the end of the brilliant "Da Vinci Code" was not that interesting as the plot was. Anyway, good that the movie was only 1 hr 40 mins long.
Yet, the most craziest stranger in this outing was to meet us soon. It was our auto walla who took us back to home. Seemed like he was the force behind Narain Karthikeyan's win in GP car racing in China. But our race was without any safety guards!!
Finally we reached home safely so that I could write this blog!
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