Lone MovieBuff

"Movies to har koi dekhta hai..lekin movie dekh kar yaad rakhne wale ko Movie Buff kehte hain.."

A blog on movies should & must take off with a dhamakedaar dialog isn't it ??

Well I am this movie buff who not only remembers bits from blockbusters but from those odd, flop, forgettable ones too...& tht's the quality only true movie buffs have..although most of my friends get taxed by the endless jargons(read: movie bits, dialogs, actors) I hurl at them, but in the same group I have also found some true soulmates..there's this niche group of people who are as crazy as me ( some even more knowledgeable than me..I'm trying hard to cope up with them)
Yeah niche group is a term I learnt from Shekhar babu.. (as we fondly call him)...I can't forget the endless discussions on Kaka's step , Mithun Da's disco moves..(not to forget the engine step), Rajkumar, Rajnikanth, Vishwatma or Tridev..any movie...u name it ...he knows it...wat a camaraderie !!

Not to forget..moviebuffs watch as many movies as they can lay thr hands on...I went a step ahead & even watched movies alone...yeah alone..all by myself..
Initially the very thought of being a lone moviegoer din't make any sense to me..I mean how could someone do it?? There were numerous times when I bent myself to give up watching a movie in theatre for lack of better or no company & wait for it to be aired on TV or catch hold of the pirated version..

Then came the twist..."The A-team"..tickets were booked we were on our way wen Chin gets this urgent call from office...he rushes to ofc & I make the tough choice.."Let me watch it...let's see how it feels"
First part is easy..collecting tickets & entering the audi...if movie starts on time ..u are good...I enjoyed this movie thoroughly...action-packed, good humor, some no brainer action thrills...it was a nice ride except the interval & few odd glances ..no big deal..eventually u get used to it ...

"Who says u can't watch a movie alone...?? While u watch a movie u r alone after all.. it's just the screen & u .."

I was thrilled...this gave me enough boost to watch "Band, Baaja, Baraat" on a lazy Sunday afternoon (Chin was out of town this time) & then almost a year later it was "The Artist"...(no one was interested to sit through an oscar-winning, B&W, silent movie) but I was determined...I had to watch it....so I did !!!

Trust me this movie is totally worth a shot.. I can pen paragraphs to praise the movie, the director, the
lead actors ..everything...!!! There isn't a single moment in the movie where you feel it is silent..Jean Dujardin speaks through his eyes & smile..the most amazing smile I've seen in years..u are instantly connected to him...!!

And now ..reading through the lines here, I feel the title is a paradox...if u are a movie buff...u'll be anything but a loner... :-)