I have broken bones many a times 🤣

In my life I have not only seen lots and lots of bones being broken but have broken quite a few myself.

In our younger days ( almost 30 years back), most of the movies, specially Indian and martial arts ones, had lots of bone breakings. Hero of the movie would twist the neck into a crunch noise or jerk apart legs with a shocking shouts of agony. In case our movie hero had a hockey stick in hand, it was sure to see quite a few bones breaking. Every crunch was followed by cheers and whistles in the audience.

Those days audience was a part of the scene and emotions flowed freely in the theatre. Its not like these days when we have a very formal atmosphere in a theatre.

Martial arts movies specially Bruce Lee ones were bone breaking treat to eyes. Bones would crack and break in split seconds and we would be left in awe seeing people flying everywhere with broken limbs, twisted arms.

There is a phrase – ” breaking bread with friends”. There have been numerous occassions when we have broken bones with friends. When KFC entered India, we youngsters were ecstatic to see chicken as a fast food meal. Uptil now either it was as barbeque or as cooked dish. With friends we have broken lots of bones at various KFC outlets. We savoured non vegeterian dishes in those days and planned various get togethers at places famous for Fish or lamb or mutton dishes.

Over the years , now, tastes are bent more towards vegeterainism. Breaking bones with friends is rare now, though we still break breads and pizzas often.

In movies too, times are changing. With hitech gadgetery, fights are more with pistols and guns but whenever a bone gets broken in a movie, I still enjoy the scowl, crunch, shock, shout and all the noises that go with it. 😂