Those who are above 18 are requested to shift to the next blog as this story is not belonged to youngsters and above. This is purely a man thing which can be cherished only by those who have undergone the adventure but most of us would be. Hey don’t sneak in. if it is your wish to read the story further I don’t have any objection but an obligation to reveal it to and share it with everyone…hahaha.
Ofcourse you don’t., I trust you guys. Come on. Get along with me for a fantasy ride.
Somewhere in the outskirts of komarapalyam village-25 years back
How many of us watched a soft porn or a real porn movie in the movie theatre. Popularly called as Bit Theatres (Even big cinema halls with complete facilities earn such a reputation at least for a while.) When you have not experienced an event of this nature you tend to lie or hide. Your friends discussing of such a movie running in a nearby theatre you ought to agree with them and pretend that this was nothing to you and behave like an experienced campaigner than the guy who actually acted in the movie. In reality you would have heard about them and afraid of going even near to the theatre fearing someone would have watched you and the consequences.
The four guys from erode planned for such a visit to a nearby town gifted with such a theatre and infamously famous for screening such movies that too in a time unknown to anyone but for those movie lovers. Since it is their maiden venture or shall we call adventure) into such a glare of human anatomy (male of course they know what happened to other one). Their heart beats could be heard by those who are passing near them as their anticipation lead to trepidation to perspiration to palpitation and other tions”. With a Luna and a TVS 50 their problem of vehicles solved, dates fixed, lies told, annexures added and the journey to 15 kilometers for ogling started in high sun. One of the guy who rode the luna had a peculiar habit of singing songs while riding a bicycle, or a moped or a car now that too from a super star movie. He normally starts and goes in a reverse order on dates the movies were released. The guy in the pillion cant do anything about it and enjoy the rarely found freedom of smoking at a public place with cigarette perched in his own lips enjoy the killing habit.
The 14 km ride ended on a drastic note as the board at the theatre welcomed them read as ‘NO MORNING SHOWS” next show at 2.30.
With disappointment largely written on each faces there was a deep discussion on who should approach the watchman of the theatre and launch an enquiry about the movie and its “ingredients”. The luna rider volunteered as he is the one who had initiated the whole exercise and with solidly built body passes as a small man instead of small boy. With others waited with expectation painted on their face his conversation went like this.
என்ன ஆச்சு ஷோ கிடையாதா?
மத்தியானம் வாங்கப்பா. காலகங்கார்த்தால வந்துட்டிஙக. போன வாரம் தான் ரெய்டு வந்துட்டாங்க. டைம் பாத்து தான் முடிவு பண்ணுவாஙக.
பிட் உண்டா இல்லையா?.
ரெய்டு வந்துட்டாங்கனு சொலறேன். இவன பார்ரா. போப்பா. போ. பிட் இல்லாம படம் கிடையாது. ஆனா படம் உண்டானு மத்தியானம் வந்து பாரு.
Nothing much could be done now. They have two choices either to wait back or to go back but no one wanted to think of the second option. Instead they took an alternate choice of watching a tamil movie running nearby and come back in the afternoon for a re-check. And invariably they do by afternoon.
At this juncture it would be appropriate to describe the surroundings of the theatre. It was at the outskirts of the town very near to the name board of the town about 3 kilometers from the main town. The theatre was standing tall and packed in between the sugarcane fields, cattles roaming infront of the theatre, and stench from their outputs is such a thing you should feel for having a nose and your smelling buds are functioning properly. But for a solitary bunk shop and a tender coconut vendor and a mobile bajji shop with hot chilli bajjis and fishes are ready without reasons unknown ( to them only and later they came to know). The luna guy entered the second time on the day to the same watchman with untiring enthusiasm and asked the same question. The watchman was amazed at their persistence at such a young age to understand the female anatomy and never wanted to pour water on the belly (or is it somewhat below) said the show is on. wait.
He raced to the other guys and confirmed it is on and their wait begins. After half an hour or so and 2 cigarettes one among the four reiterated and doubted their mission whether the bit is on in the film or not. If the eyes had a power of fire he would have been fired to ashes by other three guys all of them complimented him with a politely said but vulgarly meant ‘SHUT DOWN”. 15 more minutes were gone still no signs of recovery and they were the only four people staring at the closed sesame gate to open and show them the “hidden” secrets. Slowly another vehicle entered the parking arena, the two riders parked the vehicle and entered the nearby sugarcane field. Then one, then one, then one slowly the parking slot got pregnant with different vehicles with atleast a nice percentage of people entered the field.
Out of curiosity he asked a fellow who is waiting with his eyes turned mouth eating the poster girl or is she a woman going by the growth, gingerly what is in there at the field. And the reply came like a bolt.
சரக்கு மாப்ள. சரக்கு.
Now the reason for hot bajjis and fishes were clear to them. And their clear mismatch on a place was evident to them and sweat beads were began to form all over their face in addition to the uncompromising sun, but their determination never allowed them to go back on their maiden visit gone a total waste and decided to take a chance.
At sharp 3 the bell rang once loudly. All of a sudden the atmosphere became electric with atleast 50 people rushed towards the counter all were out from the sugarcane field and a handful of passengers from a bus which just stopped near the theatre starting running towards the counter suddenly the counter was fully blocked. Those guys waited for their chance to enter for a long time suddenly become isolated and became doubtful of entering the theatre with the mob at the counter. First in and last out seem to be the order that day but somehow they have managed to enter the theatre. Suddenly one of the guy shouted about doubting seeing his fathers’ friend in the theatre and started shivering. Strangely in those theatre invariably we all bumped into our friends, relatives, neighbours sometime our fathers too. But what was conveniently forgotten is when they were caught the person caught them inside also a culprit of sort. So normally people avoid talking to persons known to them in those circumstances. The luna guy was fully aware of it and explained the logic before the movie starts.
Who is worried about the titles, language, actors, technical crew, their tamasha start exactly half an hour into the movie with a 60 watt lamp above their head blinked twice and the theatre became a meditation hall and the meaning of pin drop silence was felt for the first time. The reel changes and there it comes. The real fight between two opposite genders who wore nothing but their socks to hide their bare feet and the lady with a stiletto heel began. 400 odd pairs of eyes in the theatre never shifted an inch here or there and glued to the dirty screen now filled with dirty images ( hai hai ). The four guys were transfixed, never knew what happened to them at the moment thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere and their first time visit. All of them simultaneously and involuntarily smack their lips and heard someone from the back started an animated conversation with his friend promptly condemned by the fellow watchers, with cigarette lighted from various parts of the theatre, only sound heard was the murmur of the projector and the classical music from the screen so unnatural to what was happening on it.
(The typical sounds during the full time the bit was on place things like the following must happen. A giggle from the first timer, some people talked hush hush, a nervous laugh, a curious catcall like kooo, people sat infront seats were asked to sit down a bit so that the back seater has a clear view...This things are happening till this day even after 25 years and so much of advanced methods of viewing emerged.)
15 minutes gone and the bulb came to light and visitors on the screen went off and replaced by the movie stars and within the minute all doors were open for interval.
The boys sat tight and never ventured out either afraid to be seen by someone known or they are not in a position to move out some reasons only those four know and never divulged to each other till date. Gates closed after interval 5 minutes opened again movie ended.
Never before in their life they felt so elated and they have different stories of their own to tell to others who are not such privileged and felt as if they have finished a marathon, or achieved something magnificent. All the initial expectation and euphoria of witnessing something new suddenly left them and they all knew this is going to be a continuous affair for quite sometime for all of them. Their initial apprehension, fear, guilt and other negative feelings of watching such a movie was taken a back seat which ofcourse everyone would have undergone in their life once.
Those guys became a regular in all the theatres notified for such movies and their nexus with the managers, ticket collectors or even owners of those theatres is a different story altogether. But as the saying goes first impression is the best impression and their first is indeed a memorable one. But they still failed to realize the last impression is the lasting impression and continue the habit till date…
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