LALA லாலா
The
Loser! In clash of the Generations!
Our
protagonist LALA is a 60+ Old bald man!, who heads a large family.
During
one of a family gathering, all the relatives sat together and chat on various
moments of their life filled with laughter, joy and sorrow too.
LALA
recalled his school/college days and narrate how well he played cricket in the
past.
Even
though few elders support him on that, most of the youngsters and kids refused
to believe his story and started trolling him. Some of them stamped him as a
loser, comparing with present generation IT professionals who are earning
lucratively and leading a luxurious lifestyle.
It
hurts him a lot and decided to prove his cricketing skills to them with a demo
video. A challenge has been brewed that if LALA wins, all the trollers should
apologize and bow before him and if LALA failed to accomplish the feat before one
of the next family meet, which comes in 3 months’ time, he should pay Rs.1000 to
each of them (9 persons in total).
He
called one of his close friend to help him to shoot it… and that friend begged him
not to take the kids’ challenge seriously as he is too old now to withstand the
stress on his aging body.
But…
LALA is adamant and approached a local club to start net practice. At first
they refused to allow him. After few days of deliberations and repeated
requests, the club people hesitantly allowed LALA to practice in their premises.
Initially
he started bowling with tennis balls and found it very hard to maintain a
decent line & length and the required pace also not there as his muscle
strength is very weak. He also suffered cramps in both of his legs and even
struggled to walk.
His
friend took him to the family doctor’s clinic, who is also a close friend of
them. The doctor laughed at LALA’s childlike act and after giving treatment,
advised him not to repeat the mistake again.
At
home, LALA’s wife, son and daughters also stood dead against and asked him to
stop the foolish act immediately. He ignored all and decided to secretly continue
the practice, despite of so many hurdles popping up before him.
After
few weeks of slow and steady progress… he started to find the rhythm and
gaining strength to bowl few overs on the trot with the cricket ball itself. In
the second month, his bowling has improved a lot and troubled even the
established batsmen of the local club.
Now
he can turn the ball square at will and his occasional googlies are almost
unplayable! The club’s bowling coach, who silently watched LALA’s net practice,
is very much Impressed and come forward to sign him for few matches.
This
surprise call, excited LALA and he happily agreed to roll his fingers for the
local club. Even though they finished the shooting of the demo video, he has
decided not to show it to the challengers immediately. As things are changing
thick and fast, he and his friend planned a drama to trick every one with an
anonymous identity for him to play the match and they wanted to change his
looks also and convinced the coach to cooperate.
Both
of them went to their friend’s saloon and asked him to help in this secretive
operation. That friend put a new wig on LALA’s bald head and made few changes
in the beard also. The transformation of LALA is really astonishing and nobody
can identify him with his new looks. Now he looks like a 30+ younger… stronger
and a man of style. They kept entire proceedings as secretive as possible and
even LALA’s wife doesn’t know any of the mischievous plans.
It
provides lot of fun and joy for the friends and all of them stood by LALA and
encouraged him to do well in his comeback match... after a gap of almost 30
years!! They booked a room in one of his friend’s lodge and doing the makeover
process comfortably.
In
between… a little romance also on the cards, as a beautiful young lady falls in
love with LALA but he promptly revealed his true identity to her and they
become good friends.
Everything
seems to be good as the match day is approaching… ((exactly on the day of next
family gathering). The doctor friend cautioned LALA not to overstretch his body
and must control his emotions also. The match is about to be telecast live in
the local cable channel (in youtube also) and whole of the family glued to the
TV as that tournament is very famous among the community.
How
he performed in that match? What happens to LALA’s challenge?... forms the rest
of the action and emotion filled/heart wrenching moments (story!!). It will be
an emotional rollercoaster sort of unexpected happenings towards the end…
Climax
Lala
performed exceptionally well in that local tournament and helped his team to
reach the finals. In the final, he bagged 5 wickets including a hat trick. As
the opponent team needs a boundary to seal the victory of the last delivery,
the fielder who spilled the chance for a catch throws the ball to Lala…
meanwhile the batsmen completed 2 runs and going for the third.
Even
though the ball bouncing off the ground and hits Lala’s forehead… it falls on
the stumps to dislodge the bails and Lala’s team won the match by one run;
everybody burst into celebration… but unfortunately, Lala fell on the ground
and gone unconscious because of the head injury.
As
the medical team rushed in and giving him first aid, his grandson who is
watching the match live identified him with some of the special features very
peculiar to Lala and alarmed everyone at home.
They
all rushed to the hospital, where he has been kept under observation to assert
any concussion/brain hemorrhage.
