S C Road, Gandhinagar
There's three hours to go before Sudeep's latest film 'Veera Madakari' opens and Kapali Theater in Gandhinagar, the heart of the Kannada Film Industry is House - Full. That's sad news for a fan who woke up late, but good news for the producer, Dinesh Gandhi, as you can see from the garland on the House-Full signboard.
However, if you are die-hard fan of Sudeep, or Anna-avaru as Nagesh with a kerchief around his neck calls him, you would have reached Kapali at 5 am to make sure that you have the ticket for First-Day First-Show.
It's not just die-hard fans who have turned up early. This old lady and the man in crutches were here too. They were peddling few "Gandhi-Class" tickets for Rs. 80 to latecomers and boys who have skipped classes to catch the morning show.
But it's not just college boys who have come to catch Sudeep's new offering. Peanut and watermelon sellers are there too, to help cool, people of all ages waiting impatiently for the movie to start.
And here's something that I picked up from outside the Kapali Theater - empty boxes of exposed picture negative that was used for a Kannada movie called Police Story Part II (Can No 32288 5/7 that was used on 29/09/06).
And finally, here's the star actor-director himself - Sudeep. With the mandatory handheld weapon of the angry young Kannada star.
8 comments:
whoa..! funtastic.. reminds me of our high school days when we used to run away from school to stand in long, sweaty, kilometer long ques for the Bachchan flicks...
bravo!!
wow! you have woven a beautiful narration!
Great pictures. Its been ages, since the time I last saw a housefull board like that.
The hero is wearing garish clothes. But I really liked the film roll picture, in times of digital cinema its a treat to the eyes.
too cool!
Yes. Some things remain the same in bangalore :)
Gopal, that was a nice picture tour!
haha you've turned action into drama!
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