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Nuria has managed to capture the exact essence of what I was feeling as I watched the Indian movie we're supposed to see as part of one of our modules.

The module is called Services Marketing and the title describes everything you need to know about it. It's about marketing services. Not tangible products, but intangible processes called services (I am reading the first chapter).

The lecturer wanted us to watch this film called "Everybody Says I'm Fine". Essentially (and I'm going to give all the spoilers now) it's about a guy who can read peoples' minds when he cuts their hair. How and why is he able to do this?

I have to qualify something first: this movie actually has pretty well-written dialogue, despite my many misgivings with the unbelievable plot devices. The lines are actually witty at many points, leaving me to wonder what went wrong with the rest of the film.

So ANYWAY.

1. This dude can read minds when he cuts hair.
2. He got this magical power from witnessing his rapping/rocker parents get electrocuted by the soundboard in a freak accident; he watched them die in complete silence because he was singing in the recording room.
3. He has uber-hot babes for assistants and tai-tais for clients, not to a mention billionaire tycoon who has a weird habit of thinking of going to the Bahamas constantly and there is a tai tai who's a cocaine addict who sells coke to young boys so she can fund her own habit (get out of here), who may or may not be his wife.
4. The love interest in the film is a feisty intelligent young thing whom the protagonist falls for after he is unable to read her thoughts whilst cutting her hair.
5. She comes back into his shop weeks later (I am assuming the time here), bringing with her a gang of beggars, makes his receptionist give these beggars money, then stands there waiting for him to invite her to his place.
6. She goes to his place, he suddenly decides to reveal his secret to her, she gets pissed that he tried to read her mind, then she leaves (this happens all of say 10 mins in his house)
7. In the next few parts, the dude helps his clients with their problems in a variety of ways.
8. The show is somewhat dramatic at this point, but still just comes across as a fantasy/mild drama film.
9. One night, the dude sees the girl standing in the rain outside his shop. She's decked out in skimpy clubbing gear, with small fairy wings attached, and is drenched to the bone. Their eyes meet, she walks up to his loft - cut to -
10. Shot of her back, she's removing her clothes. He comes up the stairs (at this point my mouth is agape in shock), sees her undressing, doesn't say a word, and begins to take off his clothes.
11. They meet, and without another word being exchanged, immediately begin to have sex.
12. She leaves but not before revealing that she's going to the BAHAMAS with her FATHER. Her dad comes into the shop on another day.
13. The main protagonist offers a bottle of malt whiskey to congratulate the tycoon on something. They drink the whiskey together, then proceed to the haircut.
14. The protagonist at this point has already pieced together that the tycoon has some weird thing going on with his daughter, and intends to do something nasty to her in the Bahamas.
15. The tycoon's thoughts are now of punishing his daughter in some BDSM manner. The protagonist moves to smash the tycoon's head into the table.
16. He then takes the body and the tycoon's car to a hill, and makes it look like a drunk driving accident.
17. The love interest discovers the crime, goes to the shop, her thoughts are suddenly non-diagetically shared with the protagonist (and audience), she's completely messed up in her head what with years of sexual abuse.
18. They hug and all.
19. He loses his powers the next day and is completely euphoric that he can no longer "hear". A happy ending ensues with a close-up of the TV screen and a cheesy music video playing.