My father loved the movies. His father, my grandfather, had loved the movies. I do not know if my great-grandfather had loved the movies, but I feel sure he would have done so if there had been movies back then! I grew up hearing tales of how my father and his elder brother , the two eldest of my grandfather's six children, were often taken to the cinema by their father. Of how, while growing up in Madras, they had once gone out to see one film, found that the show was sold out, and were promptly taken to the theatre nearby and shown another new release. Of how, when they came out of that screening, my grandfather had turned to the boys and asked, 'Do you want to see --- film (that they originally came for)?' And upon my father and uncle nodding in excited agreement, had promptly taken them both to watch that film as well.
It was a feat that my father would repeat, many, many years later, with me. We went to watch Zanjeer on its re-release, found out that the matinee was actually Caravanand that Zanjeer was the evening show, watched Caravan, came out, had a snack at a nearby hotel and went right back in to watch Zanjeer.(My mother was, well, not pleased, to put it mildly.)
It was a feat that my father would repeat, many, many years later, with me. We went to watch Zanjeer on its re-release, found out that the matinee was actually Caravanand that Zanjeer was the evening show, watched Caravan, came out, had a snack at a nearby hotel and went right back in to watch Zanjeer.(My mother was, well, not pleased, to put it mildly.)
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