Archive for February, 2008

Run Lola Run

This is not a review of the movie Run Lola Run. One of the well-thought movies I’ve watched. For those who’ve not watched this movie, here is a small gist: Lola has to get 100,000 Marks in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend Manni’s life from a gangster. “Does she get 100,000 Marks in 20 minutes and reaches the destination to save Manni’s life?” is the essence of the movie. In the first run, Lola dies. In the second run, Manni dies and in the third run, Manni gets back his money from the thief and Lola also brings money from a casino. The film is woven around the plot so well that every minute in the movie conveys the nature of the run.

A similar theme was observed in the tamil movie 12B. This movie showed how the hero’s life changes if he gets on the bus and what happens to him if he misses the bus. Both the plots run in parallel unlike Run Lola Run.

Here I’m describing my run from RT Nagar to Kudlu Gate in a similar fashion to Run Lola Run. ;)

Plot 1: (Imaginary)

I get ready at 7:35 a.m. Car starts. Go to Contonement Bus stop. Take office shuttle and reach office on time.

Plot 2: (Imaginary)

I get ready at 7:50 a.m. Car doesn’t start. Get back home. Eat and Relax. Take an auto at 8:35 a.m to infantry road and reach office by 10’o clock in office shuttle.

Plot 3: (The characters described in this story are real and any similarity to living or dead people is intentional)

I get ready at 7:50 a.m. Car doesn’t start. Get back home. Eat in a hurry. Take an auto. Auto-wala refuses to go till Kudlu Gate due to lack of fuel. Take a bus from Madiwala. Conductor says the bus goes only till Bommanahalli by the time I take ticket. Take another private bus from Bommanahalli to Kudlu gate accompanied with the torture of seeing a Kannada movie. I reach office at 9:35 to find out… (I’ll be sued if I continue further ;) )

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