Golmaal 3

So finally, we made it – notwithstanding several false starts, the last one being Arora-sah’b’s sudden announcement this morning that Yusuf-bhai could get tickets of Golmaal 3 only for the 5:30 pm show today. Apparently, the morning and noon show tickets were all sold out everywhere. It was only after the latter turned up and started distributing tickets (pic below) in the Garden for the 11.a.m. show at Cinemax, that things became certain.
For the 28 of us who trooped into the theatre, the movie was not as important as the joy of watching it together in a group and possibly, creating a dhamaal during the screening. Hari Naraiyani was there with his wife and Razia Khan had brought along her bahu and grand-children, Zaiyan and Shaiyan. Shekhawat-ji had also brought his grandson along and Mumtaz was with a friend. Only Dilip Babani seemed to be on a loose end, since his wife, Kajal could not accompany him (see yesterday’s post).
The dhamaal did not happen. Like disciplined school children we took our seats one by one and maintained a modicum of good behaviour. The hall was almost empty. Santosh-ji and Sunita-ji had already occupied the sofas at the back… before they decided to join us. The ruckus on the screen (which was what the movie was all about) was so overwhelming that there was nothing left for us to add – except to sit back and laugh out loud.
For those of us familiar with the filmy clichés of the seventies, there was enough in the roles of Mithun Chakraborty and Supriya Pathak to keep us in splits. Youngsters of course, had a ball on the crackpot humour of the younger stars. On the whole, there was something for everybody in the film. We had a swell time – but for Hari-bhai who was being constantly provoked by a frisky kid occupying the seat just behind his wife’s. Also Nazma Syed, who slept through the movie, when not attending to her cell phone.
But that is also entertainment – of another kind!

Renu Babani says:
The movie was entertaining no doubt. Being in each other's company was also fun. We ladies ensured that we sat together, so we definitely enjoyed ourselves. I think on the whole it was great being out as a group. Thanks Yusuf-bhai, for getting the tickets. We should have more outings like this -- at least when there is a good movie around -- because there is always time for enjoyment.
--Renu