Call it destiny. The greatest betrayal in my life, ironically, took place at the same location which gave me such joy the cinema hall. It happened on one afternoon about a decade and half ago when I had gone to watch Ashaant.

Ashaant? What do you mean? How can an average Akshay Kumar and Vishnuvardhan movie betray you? As Manoj Kumar in Clerk, his face covered by his palm, would lisp, yeh kaishe ho shakta hai, yeh kaishe ho sakta hai. And, as usual, I would counsel patience.

I would adv