pune kids love animation flicks and eightyearold anshul rane is no exception he makes sure that he catches all his favourite characters in action as soon as they hit the multiplexes now the best part is he no longer has to wait for boring adults to agree to accompany him to watch an animation movie at eight he is good to go alone an eightyearold alone in a theatre youd wonder anshuls parents think its just fine says his father prayag earlier there would be so many films that he would want to watch which we did not want to likewise there would be films we would want to watch but could not as it wasnt possible to watch those films with a child nowadays we visit a multiplex and buy animation film tickets for anshul and tickets of some other movie for me and my wife we just try and plan it out in a way that the timings match this is convenient to all of us he gets to watch his animation and we get to watch some serious film and neither is made uncomfortable because of the other he argues prayag says he got the idea from a friend who has been doing the same for the last one year in fact nowadays many people in my society are doing it i would encourage it it gives the children a sense of independence and makes them less dependent on adults for all their needs adds prayags neighbour rupesh gupte seeing anshul confidently watching movies alone i was convinced to try out the same with my sevenyearold daughter ira she loved the experience in fact she tells us that some of her school friends are a tad jealous as most of them are not allowed to go for movies unaccompanied people like prayag and rupesh may wax eloquent about the virtues of independence that a child imbibes through practices likes this but there are other parents who might give you an uncomfortable if not shocked look if you suggest that they let their little ones venture alone in the darkness of a movie hall shoumendu mukherjee father of another eightyearold says honestly i would be horrified to let my child alone in a movie hall one keeps reading about so many things that might go wrong were i to let my son watch a movie alone i would probably be sitting outside on the steps spending some very anxious moments some of shoumendus friends are encouraging their kids to venture alone he says sometimes when a couple wants some us time they go out for a lunch and let their kid catch a movie in the meantime in a theatre in the mall where they are enjoying the meal a friend of mine has a habit of arranging her lunch dates with friends in such a manner that her sevenyearold can catch a film in the same mallcummultiplex at the same time he adds shoumendu thinks acts such