Day 7 of 108
One more day. Not too bad. Papa and I went for a movie, Prahaar, and then got a bite to eat at Banana Leaf. It's a really nice place! Papa quite enjoyed the mixed popcorn tub too. I liked Prahaar. Rajkumar Rao has done quite well. And so has Sikander Kher. Directorially it is not quite as sophisticated as Dhurandhar but...as a native of the city, you feel something irrespective. The visuals of VT station, etc. Papa was telling me some stories from his childhood. There was a dinner in the ancestral home in Balasore and he was a little boy. The kings of various hierarchies were invited. So there were Rajas, then Adirajas, then Maharajas, etc. He had to go around with a helper who carried a tray with different flowers - roses, marigolds, rajnigandhas, etc. Depending on the stature of the king, Papa had to hand over the appropriate flower. The helper would whisper to him and he would give the flower to the kings. He was 4 or 5 years old at the time. Here are all the things that I am gr...
