On her way back from an assignment, this journalist got into a cab from the airport. Barely five minutes out of the airport, they were overtaken by a police vehicle followed by a two seater racing car being driven by two men in yellow jerseys and then came a big bus that had the Chennai Super Kings’ team members on board. As the cavalcade passed by, the cab driver got excited and hit the accelerator. He drove like he was part of a F1 race. When the reporter requested him to drive slow, he said, “ Aiyo illay ma , CSK team bus is in front of us. I want to see the players. I’ll overtake and quickly look at them.” Irritated she asked him,” Would you prefer if I drive so you can sit back and gaze at them?” He replied, “Do you know how to drive madam? That would be really nice.”
Net benefit
When this reporter was wrapping up an interview with a young actor, the actor asked for his email id and phone number. Later in the day, the actor started chatting him up and tried to be over friendly. Once the reporter made it clear that he shouldn’t expect only good things to be written about him, the actor blocked him and has remained incognito ever since.
Sole reason
“How do you critics manage to get tickets to the latest movies?” — A question we are often asked, almost an insinuation that critics have a quota or a row reserved. But yes, while your friends working with multiplexes often help you acquire tickets for big films that need to be reviewed with tough deadlines, that is really not the secret behind how we always get tickets. The secret is simple — we often watch films alone and there are single seats waiting to be taken till the last hour. Sometimes, last minute.
