At the weekend we go to see a film called Mystic India at the IMAX. It tells the story of Neelkanth Varni, a yogi who left his home at the age of 11 and walked around India for seven years getting wiser and stuff. It is quite, quite beautiful - well worth a look, even if you are paying six quid for a 45 minute film. It is on a massive screen too, which lends well to the scale of some of the buildings they show. They don't linger long enough on any of the buildings though, I would have been happy to sit through a Koyaanisqatsi-style slow motion film, but it was beautiful anyway.
We have a little dispute about whether you really can survive up the Himalayas wearing just a little cloth thing, the Nurse doesn't believe it's possible. I am failing to find evidence from the internet (yes, it does fail sometimes!) But I know yogis and sadhus do live up there, oh well. Great film though, made me want to go back and see more of the things I didn't see the last time.
In the evening we get a curry and watch Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham, not the best Bollywood film ever but pretty funny and chin-stroking (it's all about loving your family) nevertheless. I prefer the ones with real stories, about history and war like Asoka, Bhagat Singh and Mother India or great stories like Lagaan, Sholay... K3G is a bit of a chick flick but it keeps the mood going and most of the songs are great.
