i dont feel offended
i wouldnt be surprised if people will jump out of their seats when u blow the horn lol ( try to tape it) lol

Considering that, except for the 6 & 1/2 yrs that I lived in the US, I have lived all of my 42 yrs in India and that I have also been a very frequent movie goer since the late 1970's, I ought to be able to shed some light on the subject of what is normal behaviour in a movie theater in India. First of all let me state one thing at the very outset, if these guys really behaved the way 'Izzy' has described, then in my opinion their behaviour is outrightly shameless and inexcusable. This is specially so considering that they are 'stars' and thus have a greater responsibility to maintain a level of decency in public, for after all they are in a ways ambassadors of the country. Secondly, if they had behaved the same way in almost any of the theaters that I watch my movies at, they would have been thrown out on their asses long time before it actually got as bad as describred by 'Izzy'. No way would either I or most people that I know, would have put up with even half of what they were doing and I am sure quite a few people in the audience would have told them to shut up.

As for what is the general movie viewing experience like here in India, well now there are two types of movie theaters here, the multiplexes and the single screen theaters. I can't think of any multiplex where I have ever viewed a movie or have even heard of behaviour even one tenth as bad as described here and I don't think any of these theaters would tolerate it. As for the 'single screen' theaters, they too can be classifies into two categories, the 'nicer' and and 'not so nice' categories. At the 'nicer' ones, yes, a few whistles and cat calls amongst the front benchers is not uncommon, specially during the first few days of a movie release. But again I can't recall or have ever heard of behaviour such as this. On the other hand it's been years since I watched a movie at any 'not so nice' single screen theater, so I don't really know how people behave now at such theaters. But yes, from back when I did watch movies at such theaters, I can recall some rather rowdy behaviour, including crude & lewd remarks, whistling & clapping and yes even dancing in front of the screen at times. Oh! and how can I forget people even throwing money at the screen during songs.

As for this whole 'cultural' difference issue, like I said earlier I have lived in the US for 6 & 1/2 yrs from January 1986 thru to the middle of 1992, other than that I have visited the US almost every single yr atleast once since then and being an avid movie watcher have watched atleast around 175-200 movies, if not more, in the US. The point is that I have seen some very rude and rowdy people at US theaters (mainstream english movies). I can distincly remember two very extreme examples, one was while watching 'Top Gun' in my college, the audience (college students) was not only loud but were also making lots of crude and lewd remarks. There was a lot of whistling, jeering, cheering and clapping during the movie. The second was while watching 'Die Hard' at a a theater in Manhattan. Althought there were'nt any lewd or crude remarks, but again here too, many people in the audience were very loud in their whistling, cheering and clapping throughout the film. I remember my friends and I making a remark to each other that the audience here seemed almost worse than even the rikshawalla's in the front stands in India. There are other occassions that I can remember, when I have heard someone in the audience cheer and clap during a film in the US. Thus the bottom line is, the behaviour of Reshamiya and gang, cannot and should not be classfied as having anything to do with 'cultural differences' but rather the behaviour ought to be just termed as that of a rather uncivilized, uncouth and drunk group of jerks. The kind that you find all over the world regardless of race, religion or creed. The sad part is that their behaviour was probably more obnoxious simple because they thought that they were stars and therefore they somehow had a right to be such jerks, whereas on the contrary, since they are stars, they ought to have been at their best behaviour. I seriously wonder whether they would have actually behaved in such a manner if they were watching the film in an Indian theater, where the media would have would have had a field day splashing it all over, the very next day.

thank u very much sanjay for the explanation
but it was an expiriance to hear them swear ( himesh was talking to this guy who was with them and said i dont want my f*in cd to go wrong at the next concert) so i am woundering if he is lip singing at the shows, so far sanjay got my point that i was shocked that celebraties at a white theater watching indian movies there with a lot of white/chinese people also there was embarissing, and on top of that they are celebraties they are supposed to be well mannered, have fun, but dont go wild
its already embarissing enough that everytime you on the news its usually an indian guy caught street racing and killing someone by that, and being in gangs with drugs and killing other people, especially i feel sorry for the punjabi crowd here (no offence) because they are usually looked down upon because of all the gang stuff, and boy when people saw himesh after the show with his hat ( he wore the same clothes at the show, and when he came at the airport he was on the english news because they were doing a report on the flight delay stuff) and started taking pics with him you should have saw some of the white people who had a look on their face like omg you got to be kidding me he was making the noise
thank u so much sanjay for telling me that they were acting worse then the usual crowd in india, i was thinking if they were acting like this doesnt that mean the indian crowd acts worse, thanks a lot

Izzy, that was me, calm.
I don't know what the hell your "friends" have told you, but I think that common sense will tell you that, if it's down to bread or Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, bread will win. Entertainment is a huge industry in India, but human beings are human beings, and it's simply astonishing some of the things people will take literally in relation to them.

Also, I agree with Ajy1. There's no "real" comparison between what you'll find here and what you'll find "down below" in an Indian movie hall, but it gets "rowdy" here, too, now and then. You should have gone to opening day of Star Wars — Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: "noisy."
I'll admit, I'm one of the ones who begin to get pissed off by the little girl sitting to my left who just won't shut the f*** up even once when Superman comes on-screen, but, hey, that's just part of the movie-going experience. Unless you can find another seat — or are willing to go to (what ought to be) a less crowded showing — you're more or less stuck.

I, for one, am not among the "shouters"; it's just not my personality. Sure, I'll laugh out loud (especially if others are doing so) if I find something genuinely funny, but I'm not the type to stand up and applaud when Shah Rukh Khan (or whomever the hell you like) first appears on the screen.

Sweetfriend, you "know of another country" where the same thing happened? Do you "know of it," or were you there to partake in the experience? Which country was it? Also, how...how was it a "beautiful experience"? Sorry, but that just seems like a strange comment.

Izzy, "white-washed" doesn't really mean those things. It just implies that your primary culture is "North American"; your expectations and preconceptions, thus, being in line with "White" values. (Note, I haven't endorsed this claim, but merely attempted to clarify it for you.)

Really, I'd be pretty pissed off if someone started throwing confetti during the middle of a film...especially Shiva — .

To address something that Sanjay said, I don't think that "stars" necessarily ought to behave any "better" than anyone else: becoming famous does not automatically burden you with "extra responsibility."

When I saw Saathiya, the 20-something women in front of me screamed when SRK came on the screen at a very dramatic scene. It's one thing do to that when he first appears in a mushy Yash Chopra film but another entirely to do that in a serious moment.

Udita looks wasted in that pic. Are you sure she was only drinking?

Izzy's nightmare

haha, comando, something we can agree on. It's societies issue to expect superior behavior from celebs. they are human beings too. they are not ambassadors to anyone but themselves. i certainely would not want a celebrity to represent me/nation, and would never deem one to be an ambassador.

as for Shiva, the intentions were to throw confetti and horn during the initial credits. I'm reconsidering the confetti, since the group of people I'm going with probably will not be accomplice to my enthusiasm but the party horn will stay in tact

spike, my god, I was looking for pictures like that idlebrain, but no luck. there are a few others too. post em here

something similar happened last year w/ srk at the rock stars show(or whatever the hell it was called). one of the stage managers had messed up w/ the pyro(it had gone off at the wrong time or something). when the show was over, srk returned backstage and was absolutely livid. srk called the guy out, and yelled/cried at the guy for a good 3-4 minutes, and every other word that came out of his mouth was the f bomb, he was like “f this..”, “f that..”, “what the fuck…” and so on

the guy(he was really young) kept trying to say that is was one of the local technicians that messed up, but srk wld barely let him get a word in…

the whole thing was pretty funny actually… srk came off as such a whiny/prima donna type

btw izzy, so was udita like totally plastered or what??

omg that is my nightmare but the screen looks as if its in a hometheater
sanjay is this the lower class single screens u were talking abt?

uditia looked kinda high i was like can i take a pic with u and have a autograph she was like sure n signed the auto gave it to me and was like let me get ready for the pic she just sat a lil back well 2 security guys helped her walk out it look like it ( u noe how dark multiplexes are even after the movie) so u cant really tell but when i got home n saw her bags on the pic i was like wtf but she drank the most from anyone she was basiclly wasted
thank god i dont drink, smoke, or do drugs or even tried i dont wanna end up like them
i bet if the cinema worker didnt come and tell them to shut up or get out they would have also smoked then i would be out i dont want no 2nd hand

give it some time, give it some time.

Actually to be honest I have never even heard of anything like this, let alone see it for myself in my entire movie viewing experience. By the looks of the theater from the pics it does not look like anything like the 'not so nice' single screen theaters that I can remember, but then again like I said earlier it has been years since I last watched a movie at one of those theaters. Anyhow, looking at those pictures I feel I must be living in an entirely different India unless things are very different down south. I am ofcourse presuming based on the pics that they are of a theater down south.

PS: The pics make the whole thing look staged to me, what with the confetti and a ready camera to take pictures and all. It is a known fact that producers used to pay guys to go do stuff like this in the theaters to creat an impression of how much the audience is enjoying it. In fact I remember how at one time a movies success used to be judged by how loudly the audience reacted during the showing. Also the popularity of a star used to be judged by the applause he got while he was on screen, specially his/her entry in the film. That is why, like I mentioned earlier, such things tend to happen only during the first few days of a movie release. But, for the major part such things have stopped now, atleast in the bigger cities and the multiplexes, plus the 'nicer' single screen theaters. Although, it does seem from the pictures, that in the South the tradition still continues, or maybe it is so in the smaller towns elsewhere in India too. One thing is for sure though, these pictures definately do not represent a true picture of what a normal movie viewing experience in India is like.

I beg to differ on this. The fact is that with the fame and adulation that stars get, they do have a somewhat greater responsibility to behave "better" than others, after all stars are role models for their fans a lot of whom are young and gullible. This si a price that one should ahve to pay for their stardom. In the case of Reshamiya and gang it is that much more so, because they are in a different country wherein people end up judging the entire country by the acts of these so called 'stars'. After all 'izzy' did, did he not?

Sanjay, again, its the ignorance of society to expect better behavior. It's parents' responsibility to educate the tards they bring into this world. Celebs are entertainers, not role models. Snoop Doggy Dogg is a fine entertainer, but he is no role model. Same goes for celebs in different genres/industries. With fame comes money, and harrasment, not responsibility. This aint spider-man It's not celebrity issue. It's the gullible's issue. get somet reatment

Sanjay, judging by the knockers in the 3rd pic, it is Mahesh Babu's "Pokiri". yeah, it's like that in classy theaters too in the south, and in USA!! Only thing I don't understand is they have a craze for Siddharth as well. I heard a bunch of teenie boppers girls/boys screaming at Sid. lmao

Oh, "party horn"; OK. That' fine, then. I thought you meant like a "bicycle horn"; something that would wake the dead. If that were the case, I'd be pissed. A little "party favor" thing, though, is probably just fine.

To again address Sanjay, no, they don't. "Stars" are famous people; when one becomes an actor, and in doing so gains fame, one does not automatically become obligated to uphold a "higher standard." People are people, and they shouldn't have to "represent" anyone else; further, no one should be obligated to be represented by anyone but himself or herself.

The pics I posted was from the 100 day celebrations of Super Hit Telugu film Pokiri.

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