Yesterday we went shopping for a fridge to T.nagar. The vehicle was parked by Prashant gold tower and we walked towards the shop. At the junction a huge crowd had gathered to witness a street fight. The moment this was sighted Shruti my niece virtually sprang to watch the show. With great force we witheld her from progressing close to the actual scene of fight. She broke the hold my hand and burst out" We went to triuenelveli we didn't see, we went to madurai and didn't see and you never took me to royapuram to see one in chennai: it is happening now and you wont let me watch it "
What a reason ! before i could gather my thoughts and give a reply : poilce came in and ceased the fight ! She had seen fights in so many films and she wanted the reel world o be real ! She didnt want to know the consequences of a real fight and she didnt care what they would be !
But the same girl was different at 8 years of age. We had visited Bekal fort in 1999,the site where uyire uyire song was shot for the film Bombay. I wanted to fool her and took about an hour to convince her that Arvindsamy and Manisha Koirala are present there and will break out into the song any moment . Though she nodded ,every corner of the ramparts she will ask me are they really around and i repeatedly said yes. I was thrilled that she was convinced and continued to build her excitement . We went to back to hotel and she related to my Father , all along in the fort , mama tried to fool me , but i didnt get fooled, it happened in the film then and how can it happen now . The innocent knew the truth and the adult now wanted to be fooled !
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