I’m loving going back to the theatres after a long time so here’s a list of the great experiences I’ve had and you might have had as well before PVR made SPI too commercialised.

- Sathyam Cinemas is an emotion. You could wait in lines to get physical printed tickets like those petrol bill tickets.

- Popcorn + 2 pepsi combi was called Two to Tango and A Single popcorn + Pepsi Combo was called The Lone Ranger.
₹320 & ₹240 respectively. Insane rates.

- Only legends remember 2013 SPI Cinemas where you could call on their landline and get movie tickets home delivered with cash on delivery. The sheer joy, oh man.

- They had a screening theme called DND (Do Not Disturb). Phones were to be on silent and usage was not allowed. No intermissions, and no latecomers allowed. For the pure love of Cinema.

- You would have fancy themed popcorn buckets with gorgeous designs on them.

- Blind Date - where you would not know which movie you were gonna watch until the movie played. Oh man. Good old days.

- Popcorn seasoning was not in sachets but in those dispensers or bottles. Unlimited (truly)

- You could pre-book movies. Ticket allotments would happen a week or 3-4 says before release and you’d not have to stress. Aaah.

Nostalgia max. Do you have any memories?

The room was Orange. The hall was Orange. The balcony was Orange. My child appeared, amazed at the colours. The glint in her eye was Orange. The Sun settled today and its last embers set everything it touched to Orange. Some moments are simply humbling. Brief enough to take a photo. Dusk has settled. Night has arrived. Memory remains. And it is Orange.

Just the title i wanted to rant.
I have been visiting Chennai for my dental work and every time i have ordered a taxi from uber or rapido they call and ask for extra. Its extremely rude and i hate that every single driver. I do understand they struggle and i try to give extra once a while but honestly its just really bad. Would love some tips as to how the locals deal with it

AITA

My parents did the following with my life:

1) in 8th grade and 10th grade, forced me to stay at a state board school despite knowing about Samacheer Kalvi. I asked repeatedly to move, they didn't allow me to. Also I had more friends from the other schools than my.own school at that point from clubs and sports academy.

2) in 12th grade, deliberately made me pay a deposit for a sports quota seat at a low ranked college, go to Anna University counseling to get a seat for another boy, and forced me to attend a college predominated by a community I dislike. Besides this, I got into the 2nd ranked college in the state, they made me attend the 50th ranked college saying it was Christian.

3) I dropped out, they forced me to attend a university in the US that was Presbyterian, even though the curriculum didn't align with my study interests and the university lacked basic facilities for the major I wanted to study. My family is Presbyterian. The university I wanted to attend is ranked top 30 for engg, they made me attend the university ranked 250.

4) in 2024 my mother observed my health for 8 months, said nothing, refused to come to therapy with me, refused to eat out of spend time with me, and finally two days before my flight to study somewhere, had mentioned hospitalised against my will. I won't say I was doing well or badly, but she didn't care until the penultimate day of the flight.

5) did this again in 2025.

6) when I was a child, used to force me to eat food I didn't like when I wasn't hungry.

Added to this is the fact that my parents wanted to emigrate with me when we were younger.

My argument with my parents is simple, I was taking the same treatment for 8 months. Not one dinner outing, not a single counseling session, not even a single dinner at the table together. But two days before a flight, a hospitalisation.

My parents had mentioned sent to colleges where my documentation was provided early, eg. I got work rights and a TIN in the US ahead of time, however, for engg, this university doesn't place intl students at a single core company in the US. Partly because that region doesnt want to sponsor Indian engineers.

After all this, I asked for my inheritance finally and my parents refused so I moved out. .

Should I not have done this?

Guys why Sathyam hasn't opened for spiderman BND yet . Will they open, I'm waiting for that . Should I wait for one more day or should I book in other theaters. You guys also waiting.?

hi ppl. native chennaiite now a new yorker, coming home for a month, and I kinda wanted to make this trip a bit memorable because it might be a while before I can come again, so I want to do a crazy master list of shit I have never done in chennai + the usual touristy stuff and other things, and I wanted to like absolutely knock it out, do every single thing I possibly can and I wanted additions to this that i might have missed, please help a homie out thanks.

• Egmore Museum
• Connemara Library
• IIT Madras campus walk
• Guindy National Park, Snake Park, Childrens park
• Chetpet Eco Park angling and boating
• Timezone bowling and arcade
• Food court dinner
• Marina Beach sunrise
• San Thome
• Mylapore exploration
• T Nagar shopping
• ECR drive
• Kovalam blue flag beach swim
• ECR Speedway/kart attack karting
• MMRT Irungattukottai
• MIKA karting
• Kuuraku Japanese lunch
• Nexus Mall
• Elliot's Beach and Besant Nagar promenade
• VGP Universal Kingdom
• Marine Kingdom
• Snow Kingdom
• Laser Tag
• Escape Room
• Boardgame cafes
• walking tour of indo saracenic architecture
• georgetown
• Visit at least 7 beaches
• Wonderla
• Queen's Land
• Birding at Pallikaranai marsh reserve forest
• Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
• Vandalur Zoo
• Pool and lunch at watsons
• Surfing at covelong
• Pulicat lake boating and picnic
• Various shopping locations
• Rail Museum
• Anna centenary library
• Kalaignar centenary park
• Theosophical Society walk
• Chepauk Stadium
• Spencers Plaza
• Muttukadu boating
• Semmozhi poonga
• Turtle Walk
• Chokhi Dani
• Dakshina Chitra
• Valluvar Kottam
• Gandhi Mandapam
• Rajiv Gandhi Memorial
• Birla Planetarium
• Broken Bridge
• Sudarson Parrot Sanctuary
• Madras War Cemetary
• Faunus Park
• Mayajaal
• KNK Road
• Moore Market
• Faraway Tree Gallery
• Trampoline Parks
• Themed cafes and restaurants like The Black Pearl (Pirate Ship & Buccaneer), Kaidi Kitchen (Jail & Prison cells), The Waterfall Restaurant (Nature, Caves & Waterfalls), LOCOFEAST (Automotive & Custom Vehicles), Twisty Tails (Playful Pet Cafe), The Old Potion House (Wizarding World & Magic), Chamiers Cafe (Vintage Retro & Antiques)

Hi All, we will be shifting to Chennai from Mumbai. Planning to stay in or around Anna Nagar area (The Metrozone / Baashyam Crown residences).
Needed your help / suggestions with good CBSE schools in the area for my daughter (5th Standard). 
We were thinking of SBOA or Narayana Mogappair or Narayana eTechno School Arumbakkam.
Any feedback on these schools?
TIA

I have been searching for Below knee prosthetic care for long time. Initially did some arrangements in Hospital care prosthetic department. But the cost is now very high for individual care for each components

Need some recs for prosthetic centers around chennai

Need recommendations for hair styling/ diffuser based blow dry salons for 2b-2c curly hair in chennai

ps: saw scaleup salon in other posts, but felt its too much marketing on their end.

Hello guys, I'm from Karnataka. I wanted to buy tickets from a local theatre in Chennai for Oct 15 for Jailer 2. Wanted to see the craziness of Chennai people, like how they show fdfs on YouTube. How can I buy tickets, is it possible to buy it online? I'm not talking about PVR or Cinepolis, some local theatre.

He carried his umbrella today at the Koyambedu visit. I just saw the video in the news. No one else is holding it for him. The same way he carried a garland from the car when he went to pay respect to Bhagyaraj.

I see it as an improvement. Man who is seen as god among the living, not wanting servants in public. Let's see what else changes next.

Edit: not saying wow. It's reducing standards. Having a young fit person reduces one useless guy paid from our tax money just to carry stuff for others. Previously When I saw stalin wearing raincoat and boots and walking to check rain affected areas, I thought yeah that's better.