35km from Bhopal, a Rs 37 ticket each for a last row seat, 1 hour drive each way. 3 hours of movie time, popcorn and chai. Theatre quality - good. Crowd - town folk. Experience - amazing - 50% credit to movie, 50% to the crowd.
1 day later, I ask my dad - how was the movie?
Answer: The message from the movie is not the best. If people do extract the message “where there’s a will there’s a way”, it’s great. Otherwise, the movie though creative, is not on the side where the audience would relate with. As compared to TZP, wherein all parents would have related with the script at some point or the other, the audience wouldn’t be on the same footing here. … … …
At the end of an amazingly meaningful and insightful discussion, realised that I have been judging movies a little absent mindedly. So, I shall change my stance.
When penning this post, I realise that I still haven’t got the answer. Whether my dad enjoyed the movie or not. I guess that’s how accountants and bureaucrats work! 
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1 Venkat // Jan 21, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Hi ashish…..i share ur similar experience. I liked the movie, but my mom hated it….strance na..
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