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Watched OSO in a theater over the weekend. Don’t think we would have got a ticket in India so early but we easily managed one here easily. Not that I am a SRK fan or anything but it was a long standing ( well, 9 months!! ) demand of my wife we should at least watch one movie in theater. We had never watched a movie in theater or TV together till date. Various reasons but agreeing upon which one to watch is the primary one as our tastes are entirely different.

Talking about tastes, now I am realizing that in a normal 24 hour day there are few things ( or tastes ) we share in common. Staring with coffee! I just can’t drink coffee or tea. I never liked it somehow but only drink it if I am served without asking. But for her, coffee is life literally She cant imagine starting a day without coffee. Being born in coffee growing family, coffee has to be perfect for her and nothing is going to be perfect as long as its coffee made from coffee powder grown in their coffee estate. Coffee powder has to follow anywhere she goes. Just like that Hutch Ad where the ‘Hutch dog’ follows faithfully! Btw is that dog still there even after Vodaphone took over Hutch?!

Talking about dogs, whenever we watch TV or go out, I keep praying there won’t be any dogs. She loves them and as far as I am concerned, I looove it as long as it is in TV or somebody else’s house. They have two lovely dogs in their house but somehow I don’t like dogs wandering around living room, bedroom and every other room in the house and their dogs have to sleep on the bed! If she catches sight of a dog somewhere, next 10 mins will be dedicated to rapid fire questions ‘When can we have a dog? When will you agree? That dog is so nice isn’t? Why don’t you like dogs?’ Initially I tried telling her that one (human ofcourse )dog is sufficient per family. Now I am using the best weapon - Silence! Not for long though. These things will come back after we go back to India and I don’t think I can win an argument there. Coming back to Coffee, probably only thing I like about it is the estate! Time stands still whenever I go there. They are just lovely with tall tress, ponds, small temple with its verandah to lie down and good food!! Being a SIL has some advantages w.r.t food, though at times I really have to say No! I am a foodie and she only believes in ‘Eat to live’ but a good cook though especially in the traditional delicacies !!

Apart from these sample differences, there are few things which we agree upon and those are really a boon for both! Travel, Trekking , Shopping, dislike of Bangalore etc. I always worried about ‘what if ’ scenarios about girl not liking traveling/trekking/shopping as much as I do. In a short time we are here, probably we have traveled more miles than friends staying here for year or two. After our first hike, I overheard her talking to her father saying it was more or less like walk from their pond to temple in their estate and don’t understand all the hype behind the route. Now am careful while choosing the place! Hiking is a bit of bore in US though. Routes are clearly marked out and camping is a disaster as almost everything will be there. Anyway something is better than nothing. But biggest thing is Shopping. I keep hearing horror stories of friends taking their wives to shopping and having to wait in some book shop or sitting in a coffee shop till they finish their (window) shopping. But she is just like me. Research first, go to the exact shop and exact place, pick the things and get out of the place. Being a student of the same industry does help her in deciding what she likes to wear and what not and worth of the goods. Whatever the reasons might be, I sincerely thank God for small mercies

This blog about OSO turned out be like the film itself. More of everything and less of anything. If you are a fan of SRK and wont mind his antics for two and a half hours and can sit through some boring songs and some (obviously) over acting, you can watch this one. As we came out, my wife was muttering ‘Backwaas movie but one time watch’. I kind of agree with her though I watched it purely because wanted to take her out for a movie and also I thought I can some fun. Watching movie here in US is another bore as people watch it with so much of decency! Oh common, what is a movie without some whistles and cat calls. I loudly whistled when Deepika came into the scene. Next moment I see people turning back to watch who the culprit was. My wife was more embrassed!! She never thought I can whistle and that too in a Cinema hall. After the initial shock, she wanted me to teach her how to do it, so that she can do when SRK shows his Abs. She actually wanted me to do that in that scene but I flatly refused (What the hell !!). (Did tell her whistling is not easy and as like everything it needs learning. She is now practicing for the next movie! )

SRK looks old. Deepika is not bad. Some scenes are hilarious like the one where SRK imitates Rajnikath. Couple of songs are good. Award ceremony is funny. As many of you know, film itself is a mix of Karz, all SRK movies, all Farha Khan movies and ofcourse Madhumati. How I wish I watched it with hostel gang and their families!