Happy at work at Dhoby Ghaut Just the day, I was having a friendly chat with an acquaintance who happened to be an Indian citizen and was passionate about Indian movies. Just for the record, I do not think you can pick out any Indian from the Indian subcontinent who is not crazy about movies. The silver screen plays such an important role in their everyday lives that only in India, you can have ladies going into labour in cinemas, adding more drama for the viewers. The scenes could either be too emotional for the mothers to stomach that they just went into spontaneous labour or that the mother just had to see the movie before she was put under 'house arrest' - due to cultural beliefs that a post partum mother is unclean and weak, hence she is not to be outdoors as evil spirits may eat on their souls together with her offspring!. We were discussing about the recent Aamir Khan's offering from Bollywood named 'Dhoby Ghaut'. It is what one in India would call an ar...
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