Click to play videoNew Delhi: Who doesn't have a favourite movie, whether it's the latest blockbuster or a cult classic there's no denying the best movies move us.
You can blame pretty much everything on the movies - those nightmares after watching 'The Evil Dead' as child and a possible life-long fascination with horror.
New Delhi based writer and blogger Jai Arjun Singh is no stranger to movies, a well known movie and book critic, He's put together a collection of essays, Popcorn essayists, writers describing their first experiences of watching movies in a theatre.
Arjun Singh said, "One reason I choose it was because when i was a child horror cinema provided me with my entry point with non Hindi cinema. Until then I was only watching hindi films. It's a child friendly genre patch to it's a fairly visual genre you don't need to focus on what's being said."
Thirteen writers from Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie to Amitava Kumar and Jaishree Misra, share a different side as movie fans swayed by the power of what's on screen. And that can lead to an interesting spectacle.
"Imagine a middle aged male mathematical professor cum author dressing up in a ghagra choli and dancing at in a Brooklyn book festival after a reading. that is Manil Suri is his essay 'My life as a cabaret dancer'. Patch he was asked to do something he's never done before and he dresses up as Helen and danced on number 'Piya tu ab toh aaja'" said Arjun.
The book also includes essays on Hindi films like 'Sajan', cult classic 'Satya' and more an engaging read for all you movie buffs out there.
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