I landed up at the cinema the other day, that too to watch a hindi movie! The movie, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehena, wasn't really great and is not really worth mentioning. But what was interesting was the audience that came to watch the movie. Being a hindi movie, I naturally expected Indian's to show up, and they did, but it was quite a sight. Be it back home or here, when we Indian's turn up for a movie it has to be a gala affair...but apparently here it was even more so!

There was not a single poster or banner about the film anywhere to be seen, but nonetheless everyone was queued up for a full house. What was most interesting were the 'categories' of people who came in to watch the movie. There were the usual working class, 9-5 types, speaking a mix of english and hindi. Then there was the older generation, presumably most of them being parents of the working classes, who had now obviously settled down in Perth. They were the most recognizable Indians, with their sari's and long earrings! And finally there was the uni-skl group, with their flashy cell phones, and nike shoes, showing off their well crafted aussie-english accents. It was actually quite a sight to watch the parents talk to their kids in hindi, and they replying back in english...haha. But whatever said and done, you can't deny one thing. Sharukh Khan is still the king no matter where Indian's land up. The usual cheer of the audience when he makes his first appearence on screen, the 'aww' and 'ooh' when he dances to a song....You can change probably everything, but you can't deny us Indian's our four-hour long Sharukh-Amitabh movies!!!