Yes, I am old school. I admit I love watching movies only on the big screen. Undoubtedly, it gives you a big high. From making us shed copious tears on the death of the hero to triggering a laugh riot at comic capers, movies touch a chord deep within like no other. You can easily transform and visualise yourself as a stylishly dressed Simran of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaenge or a Pakistani designer suit-clad Preity Zinta from Veer-Zaara.
Though watching quality foreign films such as Korean classics and regional movies, especially the content-rich Malayalam offerings, on OTT platforms gives you a marvellous experience, they do not guarantee an escape route that a cinema hall does. Three hours of bliss!
The memories of a theatre experience remain etched in your mind forever. When I was 11, when my father took us to watch Chandni in a cinema hall nearby, as soon as I got off our maroon-coloured Bajaj scooter, I was instantly awe-struck seeing the life-size poster of Sridevi in a white sari on the walls. I was so mesmerised by Sridevi’s dance sequence in the movie that I still crave to get photographed on a snow-clad mountain, wearing exactly that same yellow chiffon sari.
