THE DATE WITH ONESELF... THE CENTRE OF ALL RELATIONSHIPS
Pic. : Manoj Nair A couple of months ago, when I had watched in the theaters the trailer of the movie, ‘‘Margarita With A Straw’, I instantly loved it. From whatever bit they showed of the wheelchair-bound Kalki Koechlin (who plays a cerebral palsy), I could sense that it would be a good movie. So, I wanted to watch it whenever it was released. But, my wife said, “Don’t go by the trailers… The movie may not be ‘that’ good.” That was it. I completely forgot about the movie, particularly its name. Months passed by. Yesterday was a Sunday… I had a busy day. Late in the evening, I checked in the newspaper if there was a good movie running. I wanted something light and nice. So, when I saw the small ad about this movie – ‘Margarita With A Straw’, let me confess, I really thought it was an English movie… I didn’t, even for a fraction of a second, recall the trailer I had liked… Kalki on the wheelchair and my wife’s reaction to it… yes, none of these came to my mind....