...the boy who lost his Mega Cycle !

Ok..here it goes, a kid living in a coastal state of India, Andhra Pradesh went to watch a movie in 1997. 

This state and 3 neighboring states are known for filmy buffs, where movie watching is a culture. Films are part of any & all occasions and celebrations. Film watching is a habit and hero worshipping is an addiction here. Those days, people travelled all night in bullock carts to the nearest towns to watch the first day first show, next morning. Quite often, human pyramids are formed at the ticket counters and the one human on the top of the pyramid with his hands in the window would get the reward, the ticket(s). Torn Lungi (traditional Indian garment worn at around the waist) and vest scented with sweat were the regular attire in the theatre, since the shirt is already into pieces in the process of getting a ticket and making way into the theater to reserve a place to stand for next c.a 138 minutes. Beware, no online booking, numbered seats and Deodorants were available back then.  Of course, male and female crowd in the theater are separated by a bamboo wall separation.

Back to the story, this kid lost his cycle in the euphoria of getting the movie ticket. He enjoyed the movie till 13th reel and started feeling the pain of cycle loss thereafter, since his parents got him the cycle after his yearlong pester. After the movie, he somehow managed the loss and anger of parents. 

Now, in 2017 (after 2 decades) this kid is into movies and now a bankable star with consistent track record of hits. And, the hero of 1997 movie is stalwart of Tollywood and currently a politician by profession and a Member of Indian Parliament. His re-entry into films after 10 years in 2016 was a hurricane and shook the box office with collections. He is currently on Hot seat of MEK, Tollywood version of KBC . 

So this grown up kid is now called "Natural star" Naani and was the guest of MEK show and narrates how he lost his cycle 2 decades back to the host, Padma Bhushan Megastar Chiranjeevi, who was the hero of 1997 movie, “Master”.  Master immediately agreed to redeem the loss of his cine disciple and cycle delivered at door. 

What a 360° filmy success story, “a child lost his cycle while watching a movie and gets it back after 20 years from the hero of that movie”.

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela