At the start of my summer holiday week off, I decided to take William and Oliver to the cinema to watch The Minions, along with their two friends Emma and Filipo, who live opposite us. Going to the cinema is a very popular past time in India and I had heard that the audiences tend to be quite vocal throughout, rather like being at a concert or a comedy show, so I was keen to go along. We were able to book our seats on line and also pre-order food, so we opted for popcorn and drinks. We arrived few minutes before the film was due to start, and given it was almost sold out, were surprised to find the cinema almost empty...
The film started and for the first five minutes or so people started piling in, so clearly as far as the locals are concerned IST (India Stretched Time) applies to the cinema too! After about 30 minutes a man suddenly appeared at the end of our aisle with a tray full of food, some of which was ours. He shuffled down the aisle trying to find our food using a torch and handed it out, whilst blocking the view for the people in the rows behind us, but nobody seemed bothered. He proceeded to work his way around the cinema handing out all the food and moments after he had finished, the filmed stopped, as it was time for the 10 minute interval and what I would have thought would be the actual time for food to be handed out. It appears IST is not adhered to by all!
The children enjoyed the film, as did I, and at various points during the film people cheered and clapped, so it lived up to my expectations, although I have a feeling I need to go to a Tamil film to really get the full experience.
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