Yesterday I went to the
FIRST DAY FIRST SHOW in Washington DC area (Silver
Spring, MD).
On the way to the theatre in front of us went a car with
Rajini picture pasted at the back. This is amazing.
Craze started even before we went to the theatre.
Once we entered theatre, I found about die hard fans in
Rajini T-Shirts and again I met fans who drove for 4 to5
hours from neighboring states West Virginia and far off
places from Virginia, Maryland to have a glimpse of the
BOSS.
I was hearing stories of people coming in at 5pm for 8pm
show to block seats. We were lucky enough to get a back
seat from a friend who went in at 5pm. Theatre
was full by 7.30 and Im attaching audience picture.
Some of them started whistling at 7.30pm and it lasted
till 11.30 when the movie ended. Some elder people were
mentioning that their ears were getting affected
by the whistle from the surroundings.
When the count down started at 7.58 and when it touched
8pm, the noise decibel reached its peak. "Thalaivaa
Thalaivaa" and first came the trailor of Sultan, Rajini
animated movie. Then came the movie and we saw Papers
flying, Popcorn flying, and whistles, claps, sound
everywhere.
When Thalaivar's face was shown for the first time and
for the Ballelaka, Athiradee, Style songs, some of the
fans went like a train to the front of screen and
started dancing. For most of the scenes like Naan
singamda... Chumma athirudhulla...Mottai rajini scenes
applause reached its peak.
Overall audience verdict from Washington DC: Movie is
going to be big block buster and sure hit. None of the
audience left the theatre during songs or fight or any
part of the movie. Particularly after the interval, the
audience were tied to their seats with movie going in
jet pace.
First time in the history of Washington DC, both tamil
and telugu versions are running simultaneously for 1
week and movie is sold out for the weekend. By looking
at the response, the movie might extend or will be
released again in couple of weeks.
When we walked out some fans were mentioning do we need
to wait another couple of years for this kind of
festival, celebration. Rajini movies are a special
occasion in all parts of the world where Tamilians live.