January Movie

Our picnic plans have been getting repeatedly scuttled; but not so the movies. Thanks to the timely initiative of ‘gyan guru’ Kishor Babani (panel right), we should now be able to keep our January 2011 appointment at the cineplex with a yet-to-be-released laugh riot, Yamla Pagla Deewana this Saturday.
Kishor-bhai assumes charge from Yusuf Rassiwala (below, left) who had started the practice of a ‘movie outing’ every month for members and their families. Since September 2010, we have been able to catch three movies -- the last one, Tees Maar Khan being an unmitigated disaster (see post of December 25) in all respects. These days Yusuf-bhai appears to be much too pre-occupied with personal issues to be able to attend the Club regularly and cannot be expected to apply himself on movie shows as earlier.
Kishor-bhai announced that he would be trying for tickets of the morning show on January 15 at Cinemax, the plex closest to us. Going by the instant response of those present, it looks like he will have to herd a contingent of 25 members (if not more) and their families. This is surely a happy augury in the New Year, for which Kishor-bhai deserves our full support and cooperation.
The other development of the day was that Harish Wadhwa (left) is back from Delhi’s biting winter cold after attending the global alumni meet of BITS (Birla Institute of Technology and Science) Pilani, his alma mater. He had a limited edition wrist watch as a momento to show for it and many inspiring stories to narrate -- of extraordinary achievements by extraordinary ex-students of the institute, many of who were his batch mates at one time.
Harish-bhai is a wonderful raconteur and it was a rewarding experience as he took us on his trip down memory lane.