Which Main? What Cross?: Kempegowda Road

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Kempegowda Road

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August 14, 2009

Kempegowda Road

The original Raj The Showman

Down but not out: A transistor radio!

Sandalwood Friday Movie Release: Raj The Showman.

It's the biggest release in Gandhinagar in a long time. Raj The Showman, stars Dr. Rajkumar's son Puneet and his fans are out in full strength. So are the cops. The theater is cordoned off and regular black market ticket sellers wait at a safe distance. College students wait across the road, on the pedestrian overbridge and around the roadside cigarettewallas for the gates to open at 10.15am.

And here's Puneet, the Chikka Showman, doing a Depp.

May 29, 2009

Kempegowda Road

Old Vs. Fresh Arrivals.
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May 8, 2009

Kempegowda Road

Sandalwood Friday Movie Release: 'Hat-trick' Hodi Maga.

The gang wars and related slayings of last month has got the Government getting tough with rowdyism and its glorification on the silver screen in Benglur.

The fightback started with an 'encounter', then the Sunday market where the favorite weapons of 'rowdy-sheeters' and Sandalwood stars alike - the choppers and knives, was targeted. And last week, the censor board got tough with the name of this Friday's release - Hodimaga (Hit him - a name inspired by a 'hit' song) . Following trouble with the censor board, the name of the movie was cleverly changed to 'Hat-trick Hodimaga' (it's cricket season + the hero is also known as the Hat-trick Star for his string of hits).

However, the controversy is probably welcome for the producers. Fans of Shivrajkumar were present in full force to lap up the tickets outside Sapna for the first-day first-show.

Also present in full force were the usual black marketeers and in Gandhinagar, black marketeers are no longer the taporis that movies and advertising stereotypes. They are mostly old men and women who live on the street in this part of town or handicapped. Sometimes even the cops turn a blind eye.

However, the theatre staff do not look at the black-market ticket sellers kindly. They are only allowed to buy a set number of tickets. This poor old man was shooed away when he went back to buy more tickets.

And here's a frail old man selling the crispest snacks to the fans who have come early to get tickets and soak the excitement of a Friday release. I hope his chaklis are a Super hit!

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April 17, 2009

Kempegowda Road + SC Road

Sandalwood Friday Movie Release.

What theatres are to malls, they are to Majestic too. A good Friday Release ensures that the mall or Kempegowda Road is full and the local economy is rolling.

These are three people from Majestic who are hoping that this week's release will bring in the crowds.

The picture postcard seller is a regular outside Santhosh. He's also a barometer about what's hot. According to him, the fastest selling postcards in his collection is that of Darshan, also called the Challenging Star or Knockout Star.

Rubbing shoulders with him, outside Santhosh, is Astrologer Ramakrishna who takes the early morning bus from Bagalur. That's a tiny Kannada and Telugu speaking town just across the border in Tamil Nadu. Today is Friday and he is here earlier than usually to catch the fans who wait for a long time outside theaters. The swastik on his forehead acts as an irresistible advertising.

And finally there's the man selling Hello Cinestar outside today's big release - Yagna.

Shubh Labh.

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