What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you
hear the following word?
BUSINESS MAN
That was a question I asked on my Facebook Page couple of
days back. The people that follow my page belong to multiple demographics and since
there is no right or wrong answer for this question the answers were many,
ranging from Dhirubhai, Ambanis, Profits, Gujjus, Suits, Money, Cheat, Trade,
Profit, Loss, etc, etc. Most of the answers were universal and could be
understood by everyone but there were a couple of answers that I am sure
baffled the rest of the people and made no sense whatsoever. The answers were
Puri Jagannath & Mahesh Babu.
Now who the hell are Puri Jagannath and Mahesh Babu and what
do they have to do with the word Business Man?
Ask any Telugu person worldwide or anyone living in Andhra Pradesh; he or
she would instantly identify the names and chances are, before this weekend
ends would have at least tried to watch the latest Telugu flick releasing today
‘BUSINESS MAN’ starring Mahesh Babu, directed by Puri Jagannath. I say “at least
tried” because as per reports every single show of the film is sold out for
next few days.
In the city of Hyderabad it has released in a maddening 110
cinema halls with one multiplex playing 34 shows of the same movie on day one and
every single show is SOLD OUT, yes every single show. Yet, interestingly most of
the rest of India is ignorant about the existence of a film called BUSINESS MAN
as is evident from the comments on my page and otherwise too.
Crazy isn’t it?
Ok, if that wasn’t crazy enough, consider this.
