Hurray for Bollywood
Wednesday dawned another warm and sunny day, with John going off to work and Maria and I getting up at our leisure. Still we didn’t feel too sorry for him, he was only going to do half a day.
Maria and I joined him at the office just after lunch and everyone headed off to the cinema. Maria says she is no longer happy with cinemas at home. We were in the gold class auditorium and the seats were a wonder to behold, big, soft, reclining and with waiter service!!
The film was FANTASTIC, a real visual treat, the scenery, palaces, clothing, jewellery…..all stunning to look at.
We managed to follow the story pretty well, but we are looking forward to the DVD coming out with English subtitles. The story is based on history but there has been a lot of controversy about it’s accuracy. I think you just have to accept that it is 25% and 75% entertainment and just enjoy it. Much the same way as we like the 2 Elizabeth films, despite their inaccuracies.
After the cinema we all went out for a meal at a nearby restaurant.
I tried lots of new food but my favourite was chat ( think that is what it was called) a rather tangy snack. But the pappod was pretty good too.
As usual everyone wanted to talk to me and I had my photo taken with Safeena and Pauline.
We were all pretty tired by the time we got home (well the hotel) but we’d had a good day.
Thursday, John had to work again. Maria and I were going to do a bit of shopping in the morning and then join John at work during lunchtime, so I could post on my blog (John had left his laptop at work so he wouldn’t need to try and cope with it at the cinema and the restaurant). THen in the afternoon Maria had an appointment to have a mehendi (henna tattoo) done on at least one of her hands. In the event Maria was not too well and so we stayed in until it was time to go for the mehendi. I asked if I could have one too, but I was told I would have to be shaved first, so I decided to give it a miss. I’m glad I did, it is quite complex. First you have to keep your hands still while the pattern in drawn on, and not giggle or jerk when it tickles. Then you can’t touch anything while it dries. When it dries it starts to flake off, so you’re shedding flakes of henna everywhere, almost as if you’ve got the ‘lurgy’, finnally the last bits are pretty hard to get off. The end result is pretty good though.
Apparently it will continue to get darker for about a day and then if Maria looks after it, it will last 3/4 weeks. She can get water on it but no detergents, so she’ll have to shower and wash her hair wearing rubber gloves!!
Tomorrow we’re off to Mysore so it’s an early start.