Relive the experience !

There are a number of things unique to single-screen/old-time cinema halls..Not referring to the cliched identities like the toilet being unclean, smell of cigarette, hand written seat numbers, chairs in ruins, heavily skewed towards men viewers only etc...Got a chance to relive the experience recently..These halls are unfortunately restricted to lower middle class locales..:(..
**People taking recess break (mostly for smoking) when songs play..Doesn't matter if it was Ilayaraja or Rahman...The minimum # of people leaving the hall for break during songs is a good indication of how well the composer connects with the masses..The viewer should be prepared to see the frequent glare on screen from the door opening..:D
**People putting legs on the front seat..sometimes even when people are seated at front..:P..One couldn't restrict laughter when there was a card on screen prohibiting people to not put legs on the chair at front..Much like the "no smoking" card !!
**Air conditioner is used fully only during the title card time and right after the interval..Rest of the time, the cinema owner banks on the filmmaker to digress audience from focusing on AC
**One gets to understand the reason why some of the "sotta" movies (how my friend refers to lousy movies) run in the so called "B" and "C" centers (read as lower middle class audience)..they whistle for the sheer name of some of the not so big stars (not in the league of Rajnikanth who should ideally patent the slogan "whistle podu") as well and glorify even small creative pieces..I am not blaming them at all coz for them movie is a reason for joy and not some to examine critically for logic/message to the audience/social reformist or anything...:)..However, one does feel bad for the fact that undeserving film stars would start thinking they have made it big already and stop honing their skills. :(..I am sure the same psychology works for the politicians in luring voters from the masses
I am pretty sure a lot of multiplex audiences would love to practice some of the above if not for the peer pressure..;)..
Some of this may sound over simplified but then this is a blog and not a book that needs reasearch of a higher pedigree. :)
The gulf in audience behaviour would be bridged if you live in bangalore and go for a movie in chennai..as in, the ticket rates in the best of theatres in chennai are on par with the single-screen old halls in Bangalore...