A video has gone viral where a couple of moviegoers have shared their negative experience after they went to watch Shah Rukh Khan’s latest release Jawan. The video, shared by a makeup artiste named Sahar Rashid, shows how she and the other people in the auditorium with her had their experience spoiled as the theatre showed the film’s second half first by mistake. In the video, Sahar demands a refund as her movie going experience was ruined.
The video was posted by Sahar on her Instagram on Saturday, two days after Jawan was released in theatres. The video opens with Sahar showing off her tickets and the text says that she was very excited to watch the Shah Rukh-starrer first day first show. A montage then shows Sahar and her partner in the theatre and a few glimpses of the film on screen. Then the text says, “The cinema trolled us.”
Sahar says in the video, “Vue Cinema played the second part first. They finished the film in one hours 10 minutes and then it said interval. We thought the villain met his end so how can now be interval. Then we got to know that they never played the first part.” The video shows a large number of people standing near the ticket window and Sahar says they are all there for refund.
The video has seen an outpouring of support for Sahar and other moviegoers and clocked over a million views. “This is the saddest thing on the internet today,” read one comment. Another added, “Sue them for ruining one of the finest movies made in India that refund ain’t worth the experience y’all missed.” Many commenters said that any refund is small mercy now. “Even if you got refund, they still ruined SRK’s movie for you,” wrote one. However, a few wondered how none of the people in the theatre realised they had started watching the film from the middle, sans any title sequence.
Jawan, directed by Atlee, also stars Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead roles. The film has received largely positive reviews and registered the biggest opening in Hindi cinema history. It has already earned Rs 300 crore in India and just under Rs 600 crore worldwide in its first five days.
