Gulabjee Thakur, a self proclaimed liberal and an enthusiastic collector of mufflers, yesterday went to watch the evening show of Dilwale at Orion Mall in Bangalore but landed in the hospital in the same complex after complaining of extreme dizziness before collapsing an hour into the movie.
Turning nostalgic Gulab told our correspondent, ‘The last SRK movie I watched was on a school trip to Rajmandir in Jaipur. It was the same Karan Johar movie in which, refreshingly, the girl got friendzoned – absolutely loved that, not the movie. It left such a lasting impression on me, I mean I promised myself this was the last SRK movie I watched.’
Asked what made him change his mind, he turned hysterical, ‘When I listened to SRK talk of growing intolerance it struck an emotional chord. It was like he was talking to me and I felt guilty of turning intolerant to his movies over the years. And the propaganda by the Bhakts to boycott his movies only added fuel to fire. I chose the Gandhian way of protesting against this growing intolerance by setting an example in tolerance.’
Recalling how he trained himself for the big day, Gulab added – ‘I knew it was no mean task to watch an entire SRK movie at one stretch. So I started with 5 minute modules and gradually built up to 2 hours. In the end I thought I was well prepared. Even my boss was impressed when I spread my arms on being asked why I was leaving early today.’
Then what went wrong? ‘I was expecting the same plot as the last SRK movie I watched. But who is this Rohit Shetty guy? And what with all these cars flying around? I totally underestimated the SRK-Rohit Shetty pair.’
One of his bhakt ‘friends’ visiting the hospital quipped smirkingly, ‘I argued long with him why he should not watch Dilwale and I knew he would do the exact opposite. I had been meaning to do this since he started supporting this rubbish on intolerance. Dilwale has given us the ideal platform to get even with these libtards. Shahrukh has done for us what the Bhushans or Bharti could not.’
Asked which movie he is going to watch next, Gulab responded incoherently ‘Har Har Mahadev.’
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