Prashanth HN

I was in immense pressure, didn’t know what I was doing was right or wrong. But I had to do that, I was not in a position to face anyone with the truth. Took all the money which was there in my father’s wallet & ran! I had no idea where I was going, but wanted to go far away where my parents couldn’t reach me easily. Caught a bus to majestic so that I can decide on which place to go. There were so many travel agencies opposite to majestic bus stand. Went into the one which said “Sharma Travels” & inquired about seat availability for Hyderabad. It was around 12 noon & I got a last seat ticket to Hyderabad for the bus leaving Bangalore at 8:30 PM.

I had plenty of time to spend, but also feared of getting caught by any of our relatives. I needed a place to hide for few hours. I was a big fan of Hrithik Roshan, Sapna theater at majestic was running “Na Tum Jaano Na Hum”. Couldn’t get better than that to hide for few hours! I watched “Na Tum Jaano Na Hum” peacefully, what a movie it was! BTW, Hrithik Roshan runs away to UK in that movie

Had a light dinner & bought some biscuit packs for journey. Maska-Chaska was just released & it was my favorite! Got into the bus & settled at last seat. Bus started & WTF! this guy started showing “Aap Mujhe Ache Lagne Lage”! I was happy to watch yet another Hrithik Roshan movie!

All I thought while leaving to Hyderabad was, get there, find a job & never come back again to show this ugly face! With that in my mind I landed at Hyderabad. It seem somebody read my mind, a guy walked to me, took me to a small hotel, offered me a cup of tea. He said he will get me a job at Ramoji Film City as light boy! I was happy & asked him to take me in right away! But he refused & asked me to come next day. I had no money left in pocket to spend for stay & food. It was a horrible situation. Finally only one option was available to me, go to Aunt’s house! I called up my cousin & said am at Hyderabad, please guide me. They were confused, the news of me getting lost in Bangalore was not yet reached them. There were no mobile phones & my aunt relied on neighbor’s landline for communication. But sooner they got the news & kept me in home arrest.

Flashback: Why I ran away?

Teenage is considered to be very dangerous period of life. Where there will be very less control over mind & I was no exception. I was staying in hostel while perusing PU (Pre-University, 12th class). 1st year I was a good boy, but it didn’t took more time to learn how to bunk college! Initially it was fun, but later become addiction. I attended college regularly for about 2 months & bunked regularly after that! I was way too much addicted to movies, believe me it’s more than Andhra people’s movie addiction.

I spent all my PU time in watching movies, never bothered about what’s gonna happen next. How am gonna attend exams or should I attend it at all? Yes, you got it right, just like how I bunked college, I bunked the exams too. Even my roommate in the hostel thought I am going to exams when I was in theater. I continued hiding the truth & bluffing all the people around me. But how long could I keep doing that? Finally that day came, which I thought “it’s end”. It’s the PU result announcement day. But my bluffer mind was not ready to give up so easily, it was still searching for escape route! I told my parents that I checked the results online in a cyber cafe & I got 84%! It was most miserable mistake I ever did in my life. My parents were so happy & started calling each & everyone in their address book to pass the news. OMG!! everyone started congratulating me & a guilt feeling started dancing in mind. But it was too late, I was no where in the position to tell the truth. The last option left for me was to “Run Away”!

Three days later, my father came & took me back to Bangalore. I was expecting a powerful slap from him. But all my relatives told him to not to hit me!

P.S:- This is the first time I went out of Karnataka, or probably Bangalore!