I was tensed a bit on the morning of 31st Dec 2008.....thinkin about the night to follow....if u permit me to take you back to a few days..i will brief u about a discussion which took place among my friends in my room:
" new year vastundi....em cheddaaam"
"edanna resort ki veldaamaa..bavuntadi"
" kranthi...dont do any shopping this week...u have to help us financially"
"mama...new year roju matram evaroo prathi chinna pani ki bayataku vellakoodadu.3 to4 full bottlels, 5 famliy pack biryaanilu....full enjoy cheddaamm "
"wow"
"great"
31st Dec:
I was getting jitters...I didnt want to be there that night.....so i thought of watching a movie.Someway..i convinced hari ..sought his permission and planned to watch "Rab ne bana di jodi" alone.He had some other plans..The time was already 8 30 pm and i had to go to Sandhya theatre at rtc x roads. I took hari's bike and rode faster.. jams in between..atlast reached theatre by 8 50. Ten minutes to go. . Felt like very very hungry..found bawarchi restaurant opposite to theatre....I kept a target of finishing food in 10 min and went in. Nobody seemed to care my presence there :-( . No waiter came to me ..hmm.. bad time..walked out and went into theatre.
The theatre was almost vacant. Everybody might be busy in welcoming the new year. I occupied a seat and sat leisurely..The move took a start....sharukh started mesmerizing,as usual....Then ..then..... :-( :-( ...
I was watching movie and a sudden object appeared between the screen and my eyes. its disturbing..oscillating there..I looked at that and it was a person trying to find a seat. He looked at me and sat beside me...the theatre was half empty and this guy found place nowhere but beside me. He settled comfortably and...
He: " movie kab start hua "
Me: " abhi abhi sir" ,
He: " first song hogay kya"
Me: ( first song???waht song...)
" nahin sir..." (this man was diverting my concentration)
I turned and looked at him....he was a 45 year old person..wore a sweater and a muffler was wrapped around his head.
I tried to get back into the movie..But he bounced back.. He could not understand the movie as he came late by 5 min.
Looking at screen., he asked.." sharukh ki shaadi huyiii..love marriage?"
"No sir.actually...Woh heroine kisi aur se shaadi karne waali hi..lekin ... sharukh marries her"
"oh..i see" he sighed.
emi you see babu..nannu choodanivvochhukada...
" so ..you came alone to movie", he asked.
huu..!!!! he was not going to stop.
i said " yes sir" and immediately turned my head away from him.i thought that act might make him underatand that i didnot want to talk.. But he was back..
" why are you alone..."
A sudden roar of laughter filled the theatre. something funny went on screen.I tried to figure waht it was..but i could not understand....ayyo....was losing the plot.
i gave up any idea of watching the movie and thought it would be better to answer all his questions first.
" why am i alone..sir....i escaped from my friends"
"escape..why"? ,he asked with full of enthusiasm.
I replied,"sir..theres a party goin on there at room...and i didnt want to be there."
he said "oh!!!" and remained silent.
haa..!!!! atlast..the conversation ended...atleast i thought so...
and i was trying to tie those broken threads ..i mean ..trying to understand the movie.
He gave me exactly five min..its like he took a break for 5 min.
he started it..." so, aap pehle se parties mein interested nahin ho kya?..you never drank before or you quit drinking "
He was playing with me in both languages..hindi and english...i wanted to cry....i didnt want to give an answer...but waht to do....
In a very low voice, i clarified, "i never did sir..I mean i dont drink."
" sorry ..i had a few drinks with my friends..." he said apologetically.
"its ok " i said
He started justifying..."i dont take much pleasure in drinking..but sometimes with friends... and you know today is 31st.."
"its ok sir..everybody does..i dont mind"( today is 31st ? hmm..i know ..thats why i was here)
He : " actually i wanted to watch this movie from a very long time..now am seeing it happen"
(i was planning to move away from that place. but how could i do it. )
He : " so ..do u work" .......again...he was coming.No doubt...He had a huge store of missiles which he was projecting towards me.
" yes sir...at Satyam .."
The very word "Satyam" intrigued him ," Satyam Computers .....oh...kuch karaabh chal raha hinaa..??"
I gave a glance and said "Yes sir."
Now his curiosity grew even higher...he completely turned towards me..Just a few min back he told me that he was dying to watch this movie for the past few days...and now he was all concerned about nothing but me and my job.
"waht happened actually at Satyam..?", he was determined to know the situation.
"sir..u know more than i do ...you people watch TV news and they keep u updated...moreover..i dont watch TV..we didnt have one at our room"
Now..enough is enough...I strongly decided to make a move.But how how..my brain started hatching plans.
And there in the blinding darkness... came a ray of hope....My mobile was ringing. I could not believe that.....one friend was calling..was very happy..My goodness......I picked the call and started walking out of the theatre.
After the call i sat in another row... and finally was at peace.. peace...not really.....it lasted only upto interval...
During interval..i took some sandwiches to satiate my hunger...and came back to my seat. He saw me while he was entering in and with a smile ... sat near me...what to do!!!!! nothing... nothing could be done.
And here came his first question, "howz the movie"
"fine sir.." ( wanted to say "till now..it was fine")
the movie started again...but to my dismay...there were no questions this time.. I was happy...very happy.... adn that too lasted for a minute..
Suddenly ...i heard some lion-roaring-sound from my right side....I slowly turned my head..It was him...sleeping..snoring....and his muffler was falling on me..... but ....i was relatively happy..atleast there was no danger of facing questions...I slowly moved his muffler towards him..i did this very dexterously....attentively.. ..contemplating the danger i would face if he woke up.I succeeded in that attempt and i enjoyed the rest of the move.
But...one thing that hurt me was... the movie got finished...he woke up...i was tightening my shoe-laces....He stood there for a second and left.. I came out of the theatre...and i felt...." arey... ayanaki..new year wishes cheppalsindi ..cha cha"
I should have greeted him....hmm.... Sir...Happy new year.
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