Trade Buzz: Happy Days in Minneapolis

When you walk into a movie and realise that the dialogues are being narated by the audience in unison before they hit the screen you know that the movie is good, this is what happened at Brookdale 8 Cinemas, Minneapolis on Sunday which was the last show of HAPPY DAYS. It was a great sight on Friday to see the auditorium packed for the 9pm show; people did not mind watching the show squating on the floor, the standing ovation at the end of the movie was a great tribute and a sign of acceptence of the movie. The other part that made this movie experience great was the lucky draw, winning the draw ment watching your name on the screen. It is really exciting to see this center packed for this movie with unknow artists when movies like Chirutha and Yamadonga hardly saw housefull crowds. I guess what seperates this movie is SEKHAR KAMMULA. His strength is his ability to connect to his audience his movies remains true to his ideas. This seperates him from other directors who use illogical logic in the name of mass which is a disgrace. The movie takes you down the nostalgic memory lane of yester years and do not miss it.

HIGHLIGHTS

• House full crowds first time this year.
• 15 students watch all the 5 shows.
• Lucky draw a huge success.
• Standing ovation at the end of the movie for all shows.

Finally the new management at BROOKDALE 8 CINEMAS, Minneapolis deserves special thanks in bringing a theater which caters to the needs of the Indian cinema. The trio Vijay Beeram, Shankar Bandi and Madhu Kollan are a new brand of entrepreneurs dedicated in bringing entertainment to the Andhrites in America. This new venture Brookdale 8 cinema is dedicated to Indian cinema. The theater has already seen some major rennovation. The experience is just like watching a movie back home with advertisiments and trailers on screen in the breaks and a bell to indicate the end of the interval complete the Indian movie experience at this theater. Thank you guys.