Diwali
– the grand day of releases –
witnessed grandeur festivities all over.
The theatres around Tamil Nadu had a lion’s
share of the merriment when the fans thronged
to have the first-day-first-show experience
of their favorite heroes. Ajith fans celebrated
the release of his long-pending Varalaru
in the theatres with abhishekams, shrill,
shrieks, and lots more.
While
in most parts of the state the cutouts
of Ajith were drenched in milk and
abhishekam was performed, a theatre
in Trichy witnessed an abhishekam
of a rare kind. An impatient fan who
was deprived of milk packets from
the nearby shop opened the gin bottle
– which was purchased to energize
his spirits while the movie was being
screened – and poured the entire
contents to the cutout executing an
alcoholic abhishekam. Deriving inspiration
from this, his friend who stood nearby
performed an ‘arti’ illuminating
the panmasala sachet he had in hand.
We are not sure if Ajith would have
enjoyed this sight but the onlookers
most certainly did.
Even
as there were no unfortunate incidents
reported on Diwali day owing to the release
of Varalaru, a theatre in Chennai witnessed
unrest for a while and the issue was soon
settled when the police intervened.
