Kailasapuram Club

Kailasapuram club pool - boasts of hosting the national swimming championships in the seventies.

Remember watching so many movies in the open air theatre in Kailasapuram club, BHEL trichy. The most looked forward event which marked the beginning of week ends. The movie was screened on Friday evenings.  The projector would arrive in a vehicle and it stood in the middle of the field a few meters away from the screen. We children many times got to KC before our parents. We would tie the chairs we reserved for our parents with a hanky. The painted metal chairs were in plenty. The projector with its chukkuing chimney, the Light that came when the carbons were shoved in and the big round reels that were held on the top of the projector stand vivid. Ganga pallavi's dad sheshadri uncle usually Sat with his crowd close to the projector. Remember his wits and shouts in between and while the screening was on. I most of the time Sat with my parents. Amma some times would pack thayir sadam or idlis for me to eat in between because they didn't favour the Kadala and kara seva that was on sale close to theatre that much. Amma had a shawl on some times. Her fluffly yellow white shawl was kind of a hit. Daddy had bought it for her from hyderabad. I many times wore the orange green poncho sweater that Amma knit for me. Babu most of the times was found with his friends , Suri used to be the pivot. Suri used to be carried around by his friends and father , he was a polio victim. There was another aunty who was unable to walk and her husband brought her in a herald which used to be parked inside the theatre. As I reflect and the memories to cherish come down - of the crowd, the projector, the star lit sky and the movies, it strengthens me. It grounds me more to see what I am. Thank you BHEL for those glorious days Of forming us to be finer individuals