Opening of Patna theatre postponed for Raanjhanaa

In the cut-throat world of film exhibition it is very rare for any theatre owner to move away for emotional reasons. But this is exactly what happened when in Patna the single theatre Mona was converted into twin-theatre multiplex this year. The opening of the new theatre was postponed from 31 May to 21 June just to accommodate a new film. Distributor-exhibitor Arvind Sharma explains, “We were supposed to open the new theater with Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani. But we decided to postpone our opening by some weeks to open with Raanjhanaa, as it seems like the kind of film that is destined to create history.” Director Aanand Rai is kicked by the faith shown in his film. “I don’t know what it is. But people are displaying a lot of optimism about the film. It could be the contrasting chemistry between Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor. Such adoration and devotion in Dhanush’s eyes for Sonam were last seen in Sunil Dutt Saab’s eyes each time he looked at Nutanji in Milan. And A R Rahman has never sounded more North Indian. It seems as if his soul has entered Varanasi.”