They're out there

I beat my own record for the fastest 100 metres dash in the last hour.

Seriously, I was the first one out of the theatre hall of "Bhool Bhulaiya" even after having attained a creditable Gold class Row -B ticket. Why ? Why, you ask ?


Was it because the movie was so bad ? Personally, I didn't think so.
Was it because it was a remake of the famous Manichitrathazhu whose video cassette ( yes, it was that old !!! ) I owned ? No, I'm not averse to remakes.
Was it because the music was non existant ? Not really.
Was it because the movie scared me ? No, it wasn't really scary enough for that .
Was it the obnoxious idiot on my left who kept howling during the silences and screaming vulgar inane comments and laughing at his jokes ? Well, I was actually planning to kill him later, before I had to run.
Was it because I had to go pee- pee ? No, but good of you to think of the classic "run like the wind" causes.
Was it that Akshay Kumar just couldn't do a Mohanlal even if he chewed his arm for a week ? Naaaa...
Was it fear when you know who turned into you know what ( oh, you know when... ) ? No, though the fear part is right..
So what made me run so fast ??????

As I mentioned, it was fear. I was scared shitless as the movie ended. It wasn't the movie, the actors, the actress or the idiot on my left. It was the ( till then ) mature looking teen on my right who, to my bewilderment, was crying as the ending reels started to play. It was his words ( in chaste English, no less ) that still haunt me now as I write this...
"I know how she feels. I went through the same thing last year. I also felt the evil in me come out that time. But unlike her, there was noone to help me back then " he said between tears.
His partner ( to his right ) was, of course, consoling him.. " I know, man. I know. But that's over now. Forget it. "
"How to forget, yaar. I can still feel it within me at times. Seeing this film brought back so many memories... I just feel like..."

I don't know what the end of that sentence was. I was too busy running.


P.S. I'm praying somewhere that guy is sitting in a net cafe and laughing as he writes on how he scared the fat guy on his left by acting as if he was crazed.. the alternative is too scary to imagine.