Movies and Memories

Where I saw a film..sometimes, these are finely etched memories. I saw Jewel Thief for the first time when we lived in Kothagudem, my birthplace in A.P. Abhinetri, Hathi Mere Sathi and Hare Rama Hare Krishna  in Bellampalli.(a pic of the railway station below).

Sholay (and Guns of Navarone, and Shareef Badmash), at Ramakrishna 70 mm. in Hyderabad. Chitchor at Ramakrishna 35 mm. Don at Tarakarama, and Namak Halaal at Maheshwari 70 mm. Mohra at Venkataramana. Karz at Santosh. Silent Movie (Mel Brooks) and The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu in Srinivasa, Narayanguda. Where Eagles Dare at Farheen 70 mm. Ijaazat at Zamarrud. Khel Khel Mein at Skyline. Lawrence of Arabia and Star Wars at Sangeet, Secunderabad. Darr at Manju, Secunderabad. Paheli at Royal. The Pink Panther series, Murder on the Orient Express at Liberty, Hyderabad.

DDLJ at Davangere. Akele Hum Akele Tum at Harihar. Sharaabi at Delhi. Love 86 in Mumbai in 1986. Mungaaru Male (Kannada film) at Bangalore.

Baazigar, and much later, Shivaji, the Boss (Rajnikant) at Nagpur. Mission Kashmir at Rajmahal in Jaipur. Chandni Chowk to China at Amritsar (!!). Taraana while visiting an aunt at Satna (M.P.). 

In the U.S., A Fish Called Wanda, The Naked Gun, Dick Tracy. One Bond film (don't remember which one).

Finding Fanny in Indore. Bahubali also. Masaan in Mumbai. Chennai Express at Trichy.


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