Mukund

Rajnikant movies need to be watched with a crowd that is mad about cinema and Rajnikant. That's the only way to do it. In Dec 2005, I experienced the magic of watching a Rajni movie with 100+ friends - on campus at IIM Bangalore to celebrate 12/12 (IYKYK). Since then, every time I've seen a Rajni movie outside Chennai, I've had to make sure I can bring a large group with me :). [In Chennai, we have that audience by default, so I can just go] 1. Enthiran (2010) - I had recently moved to Mumbai (to live as Baasha for a few years before coming back to Chennai as Manickam). Booked all available seats in a small mumbai Cinema hall. I couldn't get 4 seats and turned out those had also been booked by a school friend and her family. 😆 2. Vettaiyyan in 2024 - Well, when you don't have the Chennai crowd in city, you still need to create your own. I had moved to Lehi(Utah) to build our team there. Our local team and all my friends in the SLC area were invited. Yes many of them had never seen a Bollywood/Kollywood movie (let alone Rajnikant movie) before, but they came, they saw, and they absolutely enjoyed it! It was magic. [Note: I was pleasantly surprised that our US BDR team very appropriately made their motto "Kuri Vechcha, Era Vizhanum" after watching the movie! Whattay!] Which brings me to yesterday: 3. Jailer 2 (2026) in the Bay Area - I've been to empty halls for tamil movies in the bay, and absolutely didn't want to risk that for a Rajni movie. Pulled in my friends from various circles - school, college, founder friends, angel investors, anyone I figured would enjoy a Rajnikant movie. 35 of us. And boy, did we enjoy the show! The laughs, the action. Gripping end to end. Not a minute to sit back. Brilliant! Must watch - but with a big group :). Adding some pics from the IIMB campus celebration 20 years ago and yesterday :)