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I had been to watch Kamal’s latest movie Vetaiyadu Vilaiyadu the 3rd time with my family and in laws. And this time the atmosphere wasn’t good. It is a serious movie, and a group of 8 guys sitting right in front of us were commenting right from the first reel. Making noises are ok, clapping/whistling are fine, & fiddling with mobiles is accepted. But these 8 buggers started off with abusive languages from the very beginning.

I am not against using foul languages. It is a great mantra to reduce your stress & mental agony. But then where you use, why you use and in which context you use matters a lot. You cannot use abusive language unnecessarily in public places, just because you think you have a bigger dick.

The whole theatre was silently watching the movie, and these buggers would not stop their not-so-funny abusive comments on Kamal or Jyotika or on themselves. The whole hall was getting disturbed with negative energies.

My wife asked me, “do something,” as if I was the modern day Bruce Lee. I said, “ignore them.” All of us have a natural aversion towards getting into problems – that too in a place where we have come to enjoy a weekend and that too with 8 unknown healthy guys. We have our family, we have our jobs, and why should we get into problems? Which might end up in physical fights or police cases. We always prefer a safe life.

We kept ignoring till the abusive language was going beyond a point. I was pondering, praying, contemplating, & thinking. I could not stand them anymore. I knew if I get into this none in the theatre would come to my rescue. There are other things that can happen – fights after the movie was over or probably they will bring other guys to thrash me.

I got up, took my mobile, went to the manager’s room, and made a complaint. He asked me to take 4 security guys with me, and pull those guys out. I got 4 security guys, walked into the hall, asked the theatre guys to put on the lights, and pulled all of them out using the security guys. They were never allowed inside again. The whole theatre was looking at the drama, and as expected – none came to support me - though all knew that these guys were making troubles. (In kaliyuga – when you raise your voice against Adharma, you will remain alone. None will support you, but that should not stop you from standing for dharma)

The sad part was they were college students, and in the dark I had thought that they were some local uneducated nuts. They refused to reveal their college name. Good - or else I would have screwed that college in my blog!

Of course I missed some part of the movie, and also got into debates with those guys & the manager. But it was a step worth taken. The rest of the movie was watched in total silence & harmony.

I expected some drama after the movie was over – like they waiting for me outside the theatre or planning to pull me into problems. Thankfully nothing of that sort happened. May be they had better jobs in their lives.

It happened in Mayajaal (Chennai Multiplex on ECR), and I need to thank the manager to have taken a good decision promptly, and helped me and all the other movie watchers in the process.