Sunday, November 18, 2007



OM SHANTI OM


November 12, 1985 : Thats the day when Gaurav came out of the uterus to see this beautiful world unaware of the fact that Farah Khan has turned 20.
22 years later....
November 12,2007 : Gaurav turns 22 , and it is his birthday. we ask him for a birthday treat. He leaves on us how and where we want to have it. we have two options :-
1) We go to TOONS cafe ( The acclaimed mecca for Hardrock fans ) drink beer , play pool and offcourse enjoy hot babes ..wow that would have been so great.
2) we go to see OM SHANTI OM ( not worth of any explanation) , have a meal at McDonalds offcourse do not enjoy hot babes..wow that would be a humdrum..

I and gaurav agree to goto toons cafe but here comes Ankit ( a guy obsessed with his hometown INDORE, I will come up with a separate post about him soon ) ..he wants to go for the movie. So we decide to flip a coin and go with its result. This is the moment we get doomed for the worst movie of my life. The coin is taken out , norms are agreed upon..Tails-TOONS café (T for tails..T for toons).. and Heads--om shanti om ( we could not match anything here) ,it is tossed and it comes out to be head sealing our fate.

Yes we are going for the movie tonight..(a long silence).

we leave at 8 30 with the hope that its too late and we will not get any tickets. we reach GOLD ADLABS at 9 still hoping against all hopes to see the house full board at the ticket counter but no we were dommed to see this flick 9 (even the coins want us to). we buy three tickets ( Rs 180 each ) still hoping something will happen which will bar us from seeing the movie.
Nothing at our rescue.
The clock ticks 10 and the moment has arrived. we trudge ourself inside screen 3 and make ourself seated.The movie starts, we are finding ways to make ourself unaware of the fact that we are watching THE movie.i must confess these were the hardest 3 hours of my life.the movie was mush worse than i had thought.
All credit to Farah Khan and off course to the coin toss.