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FDFS ( first day first show)

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FDFS  ( First Day First Show) I know I am recycling this post , some of the contents in this post  appeared some time ago. Consider this the revised edition. Because  today is  12/12 . For most Madrasis it is an auspicious day ... as auspicious as Deepavali or Pongal Actually more auspicious than Deeavali or Pongal. Click on the video to experience the festivities at the Albert theatre in Chennai. For a detailed account click here and  read on. They say it is not like what it used to be in the good old days . This is how it was in Madras of the good old days. Summer vacations were never complete without watching the latest Rajinikanth release in  Kapali  or  Kamadhenu  theatre.   Paatti   (Grandmother) would wait for us grandchildren to arrive  so that she could take us for the Rajanikanth movie that had just been released. In other times of the year ,  Paatti   wou...