kanasalli barthini, ottigae maathadonaa :-)

This territory of mine has witnessed many posts scribbled about South-indian movies. But, none of them featured about a kannada movie. Finally, yep finally, I made it to a theatre in melbourne. No brownie points for guessing the movie. Its, Mungaru Male :-)

All my dreams of doing an Aamir-Preity "Dil Chahtha Hai" just drained away into kalasipalya morii ;-) as I was escorted by my dost.

For a while, I was elated to see such a huge gathering of kannada-speaking people at one place. Moreso, was very pleased to hear all those "enrii.. hegidderaa", "paapu..cheenagi iddiya".."bengaloorigae yaavaga hogtha iddira"..and so on. Later on, as the mass gathered in no time, it was complete hara-kiri.

If one side of my ears overheard "nan magaligae exams ide antha manelli bittu bande ree".. the other voice in a different direction echoed "nan maga nandini manegae study maadakkae hogiddane". I was so confused if the female in the context were the same. *One tight slap for all the pervert thoughts in your mind*

After all the "Melbourne Kannada Sangha" office-bearers yelling "Come.. join us and make a difference" (pakku contemplates- join relates to Sum, why the fella was growling difference) the show finally began. The theatre was not a huge one, but it was fully packed.

Even before the movie started rolling, the cry of infants from different directions added to the melodramatic fervour in theatre. No, I seriously dont love crying kids. I adore only cutie pies playing and smiling with their chubby chubby face.

Truly, I started watching movies in theatres after 2003 (yep.. last 3 years only. nanna nambi naannna nambi please). Till date, I have watched only one kannada movie(Jogi) twice. Since the movie was "macchu-longuu" kinds, there were lot of "Jai-Jai" in the movie hall.

Just when the movie screened "Ganesh" as the lead male actor-someone yelled "Namaskaara, Namaskaara, Namaskaara" with a "Comedy Time" accent. Theatre erupts. Watta timing!!! Pakku was so delighted that he was in for a pleasant movie showing after a long working week and more so in melbourne. Its very aptly said that, one feels more about his own people away from the home soil. How true!!

The only agitating point about the showing was bunch of kannada-auntys(;-)) sitting behind us. Whenever the female lead portrayed herself in a revealing(believe me- her dressing sense pretty good allthrough the movie) attire, comments like "en avataara idu.. onchooru sarilla paa", "seerae utkoloo parina idu". Believe me, it was so irritating. And above that conversations of their sisters_in-laws_dads_friend being a relative of Ganesh and so on made me feel like yelling at them. After a gasp, pakku pacifies himself as, movie-watching in foreign land is more of get-together, know-how's than enjoying the movie.

Amidst dialogues being punctuated with waah-waahs, long longgg whistles, it was quite an experience first up. And about the movie, no, I am not writing anything more. My verdict - "Go watch it umpteen times for the first 2 hours"

Finally, when the wonderful showing signed-off with a "Preethi madhura.. Thyaaga amara" scribble, pakku could only comment the moral of the story to his pal as "maga.. modlu hudgii engagement aagidiya illva antha nodbittu love maadbeku allvaa!!". The moment I closed my mouth, certain section of the crowd was eyeing me as though I was there for a female-hunt and started making physical movements to hide their females' face(jusst kiding!!).

Grrrrrr... janarigae sense of humor annodae illa :-)