Movie Outing

Movie poster

The movie mavens of the Club have woken up after prolonged hibernation. Bhaswati Bose, Santosh Tyagi, Yusuf Rassiwala and his wife, among others, got together today for the afternoon show of the latest thriller in town, Batla House at PVR Icon, Versova.
With John Abraham in the lead (playing a cop), the film is based on a controversial incident in 2008 at Jamia Nagar, Delhi wherein two fugitives holed up in a building were killed in a police encounter. Mrunal Thakur plays the romantic foil.
Significantly, Nahid Siddiqui was to go for the film, but backed out this morning. Everybody says there is too much violence in Batla House,” she explained. “At my age I cannot take any violence on screen. I get nightmares after watching such films.”
When told that what is shown is all make-believe, a figment of imagination of some filmmaker, Nahid pleaded

Nahid Siddiqui (second from rt) backs out of today's show

like a child: “But why can’t they make nice, romantic films only? I am ready to go for them any day.”
Her namesake Nahid Khan, who had already seen the film, confirmed that Batla House had too much bloodshed. Shekhawat tried to dissuade Siddiqui all the more by painting a grim picture of mindless gunfights and gore, but for "one item song" he does not remember.
Shekhawat’s going for Batla House in the same cineplex the day-before had in fact, prompted today’s movie outing. He has been all praise for the movie since yesterday, but funnily, does not remember the story, or any detail... not even the name of a single actor.
“But I liked the picture,” he insisted.
What however, has become a matter of eternal amusement in the Club is whether Shekhawat had gone for the movie alone. Much as he maintains that nobody had accompanied him, nobody believes him. Some even claim that he had shown them two tickets (stuck together) for the 9:45 morning show. So who was the second ticket for? It wasn't his wife for sure... Herein hangs a mystery.