An exclusive interview with Asha Jayanthi !

Me: Can you just tell me about your game, so that our readers who don't know will get an idea about it?

Asha : Yeah..Its just a simple game.2 or more can play this.Leader will sing a song and the others have to answer from which movie is the song from.The one who tells the correct answer FIRST will get the point.There is NEGATIVE mark for the wrong answer. Thats it..Try once and then you will understand the fun!

Me:How did you invent this game?

Asha : The truth is I don't remember who exactly created this.But it was during a family trip from Kodagu to Kozhikkode.It was a long trip and all of us were dead tired.So we thought of a game which all age groups can play and we came up with this.It was real fun to see our parents scratching their head to get the movie names from their memory.God..we kept playing for a long time and we didn't get time to get bored :)

Me: What about the Marketing of this game?

Asha : I think, it got popular when people started using this as Ice breaker in software companies.Also, it can be played by couples in their long trips to their home, like we do when we travel from Bangalore to Kerala in car. :) And it can be played when we go out for trips with friends.The thing is, we loved the game and we started playing this with our friends and it got spread because of its simplicity.

Me: So who used to be the leader?

Asha : Anyone who knows the songs of a movie can be the leader.Need not be a particular person.You can tailor the game as required, so that every one will get a chance to ask the question.

Me :Oh..I forgot to ask the important question.What is the name of this game?

Asha : We were not getting any good names.First we used to call it Negative One.Because that much powerful was the feeling when leader announce Negative One when we sing the wrong song. Then we named it as Paattum Padavum(Music & Movie) in Malayalam.

Me: Thank you Asha for the time you spent with me.Come up with more creative games like this.All the best..