Gaiety in Bandra is a 400-seat theatre and part of the 7-screen multiplex - known popularly in Mumbai as G7 - that has been around for many years. Don't let the crumbling edifice and handwritten signs throw you off because even though the canteen sells mostly samosas and nachos haven't yet made an entrance, the theatre remains the most accurate and immediate predictor of a film's popularity. Much before the first-day collections make it to the newspapers, G7 gives you a sense of what is to come, with its 'black' prices and housefull board. It has a long tradition of stars coming (sometimes in disguise ) to gauge true audience reactions.

On January 26, the day Agneepath released, Hrithik Roshan came to Gaiety to see how his film was being received. Such was the frenzy that he had to stand on the roof of his car to span the crowd.