EXCLUSIVE: Inox R City Ghatkopar at it again; after viral Mission Impossible fiasco, theatre now cancels Khuda Gawah’s special screening: “Patrons were angry; some had come all the way from Andheri, Panvel”

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In the post-pandemic era, there has been a renewed interest to watch re-releases or special screenings of older classics on the big screen. Hence, many such shows often get sold out or have high occupancy. And when patrons travel from one part of the city to another only to realize that the show has been cancelled, one can imagine the frustration. This is what happened on Saturday, June 14, during the special show of Khuda Gawah (1992), starring Amitabh Bachchan and Sridevi, held at Mumbai’s Inox R City Ghatkopar. The show was scheduled for 5:30 PM in the 160-seater audi of Screen 7. Just around the show time, the management informed the patrons that the show had been cancelled as the content hadn’t been delivered to the cinema hall. As per reports, the show had an occupancy of nearly 90%, that is around 140-145 people were present. As expected, the patrons created a ruckus. Bollywood Hungama spoke to Sriram Jay. He revealed how things unfolded, “I had booked the tickets of Khuda Gaw...
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Jethica review – stalker meets his deadpan match in comedy-horror

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A largely improvised script gives this low-budget feature spontaneity, as it deftly moves from creepy to comic by way of the supernatural

This low-budget comedy-horror feature gives most of its cast “screenplay by” credit, so it’s quite likely they sort of made it up as they went along, or at least substantially improvised a pre-agreed story. Nothing wrong with that, especially since that spontaneity is really felt in the performances, particularly from Will Madden as a manic stalker with a slight lisp named Kevin who won’t shut up. Disgorging an unceasing, frenzied torrent of verbiage, Kevin has followed Jessica (Ashley Denise Robinson) from Los Angeles to New Mexico where she grew up. The title is a not especially amusing reference to Kevin’s speech issue; he stands outside her window calling for her at all hours, ranting about his feelings for her, emitting passive-aggressive fumes of toxicity that grow increasingly more aggressive-aggressive.

Luckily, Jessica is staying with her friend Elena (Callie Hernandez, a mistress of deadpan disdain who recently appeared in Shotgun Wedding). Elena knows exactly what Kevin’s problem is and knows how to get rid of him and it doesn’t involve appeasement or calling the police. Let’s just say there’s a supernatural component to the story. Her grandmother knew all about this stuff.

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