The Midnight Companion

1 · Amit Merchant · June 13, 2023, 8:36 a.m.
The year is 1944. My grandfather was in his early 20s and he was a hardcore movie buff and so, he was used to watching movies multiple times a week. Back in those days, there exist only single-screen theatres and the number of them was sparse. Surat (in India) used to have an array of theatres in this area called “Cinema Line” in the middle of the city. So, one fine day, he booked a ticket for a midnight show of a movie in one of these theatres which happened to get curtained at around 2 AM. The...