A Childhood Wish That Finally Found Its Closure | by Divyanka singh | Nov, 2025

Have you ever fulfilled a dream so old that you almost forgot it existed — until life suddenly handed it back to you?

🎬 A Comfort Space That Started in Childhood

Movies have always been my comfort space since childhood. I have shared this in my earlier stories too. Today I want to talk about a movie series that I always enjoyed in my childhood, and a small story from my life related to it.

The movie series I am going to talk about today I know it’s an average franchise. Even I don’t enjoy its older parts the way I once did in childhood. But once, as a kid, I had one simple dream:

To experience it in a theatre — Just once.

I won’t name the series, but if you’ve seen my yesterday’s Instagram story, you already know exactly which series I’m talking about.😉
And the story behind it is what I want to share today.

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📱 An Unexpected Discovery

I still remember — I was in 9th class.
Back then, we use to get movies downloaded in memory cards and watch them on tiny phones playing in 144p.

I use to save small amounts from my pocket money, walk to a cyber café, and get the “latest movies” downloaded on my phone. (I had no idea what piracy was back then, so don’t count it as a crime 😄)

One day, in the list of movies I got downloaded, there was this film, the first part of this franchise.
I had never heard of it. So I ignored it, until the day I had watched everything else on my phone and there was nothing to watch..

I was getting bored, so I clicked on it.
And in the first 30 seconds, I was hooked.
The opening monologue? That was enough to blow my mind.

I loved it so much, and the next day, I excitedly told all my school friends about it. Slowly, everyone watched it — and loved it just as much.

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🎞️ The Sequel That Never Reached My City

Fast-forward two years.

I had just passed high school and was preparing for JEE. Still using the same little phone, I discovered YouTube… and one day, I saw the trailer for Part 2 of that same movie.

It was releasing in a few months.
And right then, I decided:

“I have to watch this in a theatre. No matter what.”

I started saving money for tickets — literally rupee by rupee for months.
But when the movie finally released. It didn’t release in my city.

I waited for days, hoping some theatre owner would put it up.
They never did.

And once again, I watched it quietly on my small phone.
And the dream stayed a dream.

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📅 Years Later — A Childhood Wish Resurfaces

Time passed.
I went to college.
Life sped up.

Now, I started analysing movies more critically and realised — yes, this franchise is average.

But there was still a tiny piece of me that wanted to experience it on the big screen.

I had been following rumours about Part 3 for years. Finally, a few months ago, its first trailer dropped. I got excited for a moment… then life took over, and I forgot about it.

🎥 Yesterday: The Childhood Wish Finally Came True

Yesterday, I was randomly scrolling through BookMyShow, and I suddenly saw it:

That movie.
Releasing today.

For a moment, I hesitated. I knew the series was average. I knew the critics would tear it apart. But the child in me — the one who once saved money for months — wanted this moment.

So I said to myself:

“Let’s go for it.”

And I did.

My Honest Experience

I watched the first day evening show, surrounded by fans who genuinely loved this franchise. And honestly?
It wasn’t bad at all.

I enjoyed it — not because it was a masterpiece, but because I finally watched it the way my younger self always wanted to.

For me, this wasn’t just a movie.
It was a promise fulfilled.
A childhood dream completed.

💛 Why I Shared This

Sometimes, we do things not because they’re perfect, but because they mattered to us once — and maybe still do.

Because from the outside, it might look like I just went to watch a random, average movie.
But for me?

It was a full-circle moment.

A way of honouring that kid who once saved pennies for months to experience this in the theatre.
And yesterday, I finally made that kid happy.

💬Your Turn

BTW, what’s your comfort watch — that movie or show you loved in childhood and can even watch now despite knowing its average?
Or anything in general which you wanted to do in childhood but forgot while growing up, and suddenly life gave you a chance to experience it and make the kid inside you happy..

Share your story in the comments — I’d love to read yours too!