7th March 2007 Tearful gooodbyes. Leaving for Lakshadweep started with catching a Metrolink Volvo for Mumbai airport. It also involved kissing a sleepy Sara, and thinking of the pain of not seeing her and Rupali for one whole week. Movie of the journey: Ek Ajnabee. Made me think of Sara even more because the story revolved around the theme of kidnapping children, with Amitabh (I'm tired of hearing hackneyed 'Big B') being the bodyguard of little Anamika. The little girl lookied rather like Sara and the whole story was rapturous with emotions. Set in Thailand - these days movies include a free travel guide - where the whole episode of kidnapping, the prologue to the kidnapping where Amitabh, a retired military colonel with unfeeling sense of duty refuses to acknowledge the extended little hand of Anamika
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