Decent parties - Super hit block buster chalachitram ?

Have you ever wondered why every movie telecast on the Malayalam Television channels on weekends / primetime is always advertised as a super hit block buster movie?

The immediate provocation for this thought is something interesting that happened to us last weekend. We (wife, kid and self) had been to see a movie called "Decent Parties" starring Jagadish. In case you are wondering, the primary reason for narrowing down on this choice of movie was ease of parking in the theatre concerned! Also a couple of friends had indicated that Bhramaram (the competing choice) would be too scary for our daughter Nandu.

Arriving at the theatre (after leisurely parking the vehicle) I was pleasantly surprised to meet a friend (with family). Good I thought - they also favoured "Decent parties" - this ought to be a decent movie with some decent laughs at the least. However not too many Trivandrum-wasis seemed to share our opinion - there were only around two dozen folks in the hall when the show started. And the public opinion seemed to be right - the movie moved along at a laboured leisurely pace (like a TV serial) and soon half the people were dozing off.

Soon after the interval, the screen went blank - and stayed blank for over 10 ... 15 minutes. We were not sure whether we should feel irritated or relieved. Just as we were contemplating trooping off, the usher came in and asked everyone to move to the sister theatre where the rest of the movie would be shown. Half of the audience that had dozed off moved to the other theatre in search of better seats to settle in. The other half that had stayed awake decided to leave. We were in the latter category. Money lost, yet wiser for the lesson learnt we rushed back home!

I am sure that this movie is a candidate for a Super hit block buster chalachitram (movie) for Television in the coming months!