Too much has been written about Pinto’s dumping of her fiancé. What amazes me though is not the act, most actresses (the list is too long to mention) have been there done that but they have managed to keep it off the news racks. It has happened to Pinto because she denied it “where is the proof”!!!! Other experienced actresses would have simply said “no personal question” or probably “no comments” and the news would die it’s natural death. An interesting article appeared today in HT (Brunch). Whatever is said in the article (alpha women beta man) is true universally, independent of time, geographical location and profession. We hate it when we are at the receiving end though.
What interests me even more is the stunning reversal of good publicity she has started getting in a matter of a mere week. I wonder if she has hired a good PR company. I will not be surprised if someone told me of a nexus between the PR Agencies and the gossip journos. It is ridiculous that the gossip journos will change their stand in a matter of days, it appears that the joke is on us (readers).
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Monday, December 01, 2008
The Wednesday
I used to read those crappy stuff in “Teens Today” while I was preparing for JEE. One of those ridiculous posts read “50 things guys should know about girls” the other article was just the opposite! One of the “thing” was “good girls like bad boys”. This statement I know is true most of the time and always wondered why. It is a common phenomenon in some of our cities and town where courting a girl needs more than money, intelligence and charm. In most of the Tier 2 cities of India you need to fight it out literally with the “mohalla k muhh bole bhaiyas”. One of my intelligent friend in school could not believe his luck when the girl he adored chose a not so decent boy. In his opinion the girl was too decent (seedhi) for a goon like him. The girl was the toast of the Commerce Section. Everybody was baffled including me. It went tangent to some of the other ‘not so beautiful girls’ of the school.. But today I guess I have an answer
My Mumbai is a very beautiful girl, clearly she attracts the attention of too many guys around, some of them are have-nots(we, the Biharis), who only wish she would say hello once in a while, these are shooed away easily by the Mohalla k bhaiyas (the goons of MNS). The intelligent decent guys also come flocking to her and she likes decent guys (industrialists, filmmakers, I-Bankers) hitting on her. Clearly the Mohalla K bhaiyas seldom know of these guys, they are affluent, sophisticated and often use the bhaiyas to get a foothold in the Mohalla. The bhaiyas believe there image will take a U Turn if associated with the decent guys and hence tag along. She also attracts some of the Bad Guys. She knows that the Bad guy will not treat her with the tenderness and care of the sophisticated, might even get rude once in a while. But she will fall for him: she is ready to endure the rudeness behind the close walls of her private life because she is sick and tired of people who flock her. She needs love and care but those are demands (in the marketing sense of the term). Her “want” is security above all else. So all you decent Guys out there listen to this “I am ready to sleep with any ugly bad motherfucker as long as he can protect me both from the goons of My Mohalla (the political fundamentalists) or from goons of other Mohallas ( the Terrorists). In case the decent guys cannot fulfill my “want” “I will have no other option. If you really want to have me give me security” your signature campaigns and newspaper articles are not enough. In my opinion this is the only reason religious fundamentalists like the Modis come to power because we need the Bad Boys to make way for the Lady. So every body who is baffled as to why people of Gujrat or the good girls choose a bad motherfucker you have the answer, no use crying once the elections are over (the girl says yes to the proposal) you had your chance!!
My Mumbai is a very beautiful girl, clearly she attracts the attention of too many guys around, some of them are have-nots(we, the Biharis), who only wish she would say hello once in a while, these are shooed away easily by the Mohalla k bhaiyas (the goons of MNS). The intelligent decent guys also come flocking to her and she likes decent guys (industrialists, filmmakers, I-Bankers) hitting on her. Clearly the Mohalla K bhaiyas seldom know of these guys, they are affluent, sophisticated and often use the bhaiyas to get a foothold in the Mohalla. The bhaiyas believe there image will take a U Turn if associated with the decent guys and hence tag along. She also attracts some of the Bad Guys. She knows that the Bad guy will not treat her with the tenderness and care of the sophisticated, might even get rude once in a while. But she will fall for him: she is ready to endure the rudeness behind the close walls of her private life because she is sick and tired of people who flock her. She needs love and care but those are demands (in the marketing sense of the term). Her “want” is security above all else. So all you decent Guys out there listen to this “I am ready to sleep with any ugly bad motherfucker as long as he can protect me both from the goons of My Mohalla (the political fundamentalists) or from goons of other Mohallas ( the Terrorists). In case the decent guys cannot fulfill my “want” “I will have no other option. If you really want to have me give me security” your signature campaigns and newspaper articles are not enough. In my opinion this is the only reason religious fundamentalists like the Modis come to power because we need the Bad Boys to make way for the Lady. So every body who is baffled as to why people of Gujrat or the good girls choose a bad motherfucker you have the answer, no use crying once the elections are over (the girl says yes to the proposal) you had your chance!!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Fashion: A filmmakers Perspective
This is not a review! The first thing I look at in a film is the story. Why does the director choose this story or this framework to make a film is the first question. This question is answered very clearly if we see the promos. So for me half of the film are out by the time their promos hit the market. I do not see a film for it’s glamour content (Karan Johar , Farah Khan r out). The story is great, it is about the triumph of a girl in a tough industry. I like success stories , the victory of an individual Fight Club, American Beauty…. SO the story is great. The framework (fashion Industry) is interesting. Madhur is a great filmmaker (Page 3 proves it) so I went to watch this movie. The Story about her rise and fall was very touching in a personal way, not all of us are blessed with the maturity to handle success, and the world really punishes the poor souls badly instead of ignoring them or leaving them alone. I wanted to sms all my friends after watching this film saying “ guys thanks for being with me, I might not have wished all of u at festivals, might not ring u often, or buzz u often but I m grateful for your support”. A lot can be debated about the affairs of Priyanka and Arbaaz, marriage of conveniences or trophy wives , the drug abuse and the glitter of success, all these have been given adequate screen timing. The Voice Over was superb , the dialogue writer really did justice to the story. Every minute issue touched in the film touched my heart, so the filmmaker has succeeded in that.
After story comes Acting : The seriousness of a filmmaker or the homework he has done is indicated by the acting of the “Junior Artists” and the transition between the shots, in that order, both were superb. I was very happy with every body who acted in the film except Priyanka. She had a chance of a decade to make it a memorable film for her , may be she has but I think she could have done better. She didn’t look like a girl from chandigarh initially in the film , neither was her accent any indicator for the same. She didn’t look ridiculously slim as did other models ( one who was her friend and married to the gay designer) for most part of the film. I saw her lower abdomen bulge out in the initial shots of the film, for most part her styling has been compromised ( she can/has looks better than this) but all these are less important where she really disappoints is in her acting , the film has touched us emotionally but not her , any comparison with Konkana Sen of Page 3 will be more apt. She could have acted better and I think Madhur was not very demanding of her, I can’t believe, she looked chubby for a super model! Other than the lead role everything else was great but then the lead role is the salt of the food called Film. Madhur how could u compromise on this !!
The camera is next: The way fashion Shows were shot was awesomeeeee, especially the cheorography and sets in the show where Showstopper was Priyanka’s Friend, wife of the gay designer. We did notice 2 out of focus (slight) shots . The Camera was great.
So all in all I luved the film can/will watch it twice more to critique on camera and edit : but aam junta should watch it !
P.S. The way Priyanka acts in the Rave Party after inhaling Coke was tooo good
After story comes Acting : The seriousness of a filmmaker or the homework he has done is indicated by the acting of the “Junior Artists” and the transition between the shots, in that order, both were superb. I was very happy with every body who acted in the film except Priyanka. She had a chance of a decade to make it a memorable film for her , may be she has but I think she could have done better. She didn’t look like a girl from chandigarh initially in the film , neither was her accent any indicator for the same. She didn’t look ridiculously slim as did other models ( one who was her friend and married to the gay designer) for most part of the film. I saw her lower abdomen bulge out in the initial shots of the film, for most part her styling has been compromised ( she can/has looks better than this) but all these are less important where she really disappoints is in her acting , the film has touched us emotionally but not her , any comparison with Konkana Sen of Page 3 will be more apt. She could have acted better and I think Madhur was not very demanding of her, I can’t believe, she looked chubby for a super model! Other than the lead role everything else was great but then the lead role is the salt of the food called Film. Madhur how could u compromise on this !!
The camera is next: The way fashion Shows were shot was awesomeeeee, especially the cheorography and sets in the show where Showstopper was Priyanka’s Friend, wife of the gay designer. We did notice 2 out of focus (slight) shots . The Camera was great.
So all in all I luved the film can/will watch it twice more to critique on camera and edit : but aam junta should watch it !
P.S. The way Priyanka acts in the Rave Party after inhaling Coke was tooo good
Friday, October 03, 2008
Singur and Chhapra two sides of the same coin
It is sad that NANO will not roll out from West Bengal. I am not too sure if it will keep it’s deadline. The deadlock there seems to spread to other parts of India, Greater Noida being the other problematic area. The concern of the farmers is understandable. It is hard to decide which of the two sides are correct. Of course the press is busy trying to sell the ‘land for development’ concept but considering the advertisement/FDI lobby that invests heavily in the mass media sector I m not too sure if I should trust their version. I have my own experience growing up in one such township.
My ‘Bade Papa’ was a clerk in a Sugar Mill, we lived in a small house provided by the mill. He earned some 1500 bucks per month. We were a small KUSBA (I don’t know the English word for it, it is smaller than a town), every household had similar income/expenditure pattern. It employed huge no of people from the surrounding villages. A typical village household had 1-2 members working in the mill while their land was tilted by someone else for half the produce. This was a standard practice for almost all the household in the region. This arrangement made life convenient for everybody. The family elders would see the farming while the youngsters would work in the mill. The family need for cash was limited to buying clothes, cosmetics and school fees rest was taken care of by the mill (medical, rent, transport, bijli-paani). The family sold sugarcane to the mill for additional income. The mill got cheap labour and raw material from the villages and we got the much needed cash. But trouble was brewing in paradise and slowly political interference in every aspect of life in Bihar (early 90s) made all the sugar mills crumble. Now farming isn’t sufficient to foot the bills of the household, there is no cash crop cultivation in the villages and the unemployed youth took to vandalism. It was high time I left Bihar to study in UP. The middle class families became poor, the medical, electricity, transport, school fees crushed the household. The youth fled the state to become manual labour in factories of Panipath, Delhi, Meerut, Mumbai and everywhere else. Those who had no friends/relatives anywhere else became a Gunda or a political karyakarta with his hand dipped in the Kidnapping Industry. We had already shifted to Mumbai in 91 so we could only hear those stories. When I returned home( i only live in Mumbai it’s not my home as Mr Thackrey rightly points out we are outsiders here) after class 10th I could not locate one youngster there, the only schoolmate was a girl about to get married. By evening the muhalla would be filled with birds on trees making an irritating deafening noise but not any longer. I got to know that people hunted birds because no one could buy Chicken/mutton and hence they left. The busy Bazaars had a deserted look. The entire KUSBA which had a well to do financial structure was now in ruins thanks to the closure of sugar mills. The roads are no longer repaired, the streets are deserted by 7 pm and dark (earlier it was lighted by the generators of the mill). My dad told me about the Saturday movie screening in the mill auditorium for the employees free of cost when he was a child. I suspect the closure of the agro based industries in Bihar as the primary reason for mass migration of biharis.
The agro based industries definitely improve the lives of the farmers. Had we got a TATA Plant in our Kasba the financial structure would still be the same except that the mill would not buy it’s raw material from the farmers. Our village doesn’t/cannot grow sugarcane so for my family the sugar mill or a car plant meant the same economically. In that respect I have no doubt that Singur needed NANO. The non payment of land prices of farmers is a serious issue but that should be directed against the government but barring that Mamta should not have any issue. Almost all lands in rice belts are agricultural lands because of abundance of rains but some are very fertile lands. These are typically called DIYAAR and they r adjacent to river tributaries or Baandhh(mini dam) made by the villages themselves. These lands are spread across acres with no house in these land (farmers consider it a waste of space) only few huts for protection of the crop. It is this land that farmers will die to keep it to themselves. This land is visible to all the train passengers who cross the rice belts. If you see greenery all around the rail tracks with no hint of human dwelling it is most probably ‘the’ agricultural land. I am not too sure of the land allotted to TATAs is a ‘Diyaar’ if it is, the government really deserves to be kicked in the pelvic girdle but I don’t think the ruling class would be this naïve. In case some non-diyaar land is allotted I think it would be better for the farmers of Singur whose young ones would otherwise migrate to cities to become manual labour.
My ‘Bade Papa’ was a clerk in a Sugar Mill, we lived in a small house provided by the mill. He earned some 1500 bucks per month. We were a small KUSBA (I don’t know the English word for it, it is smaller than a town), every household had similar income/expenditure pattern. It employed huge no of people from the surrounding villages. A typical village household had 1-2 members working in the mill while their land was tilted by someone else for half the produce. This was a standard practice for almost all the household in the region. This arrangement made life convenient for everybody. The family elders would see the farming while the youngsters would work in the mill. The family need for cash was limited to buying clothes, cosmetics and school fees rest was taken care of by the mill (medical, rent, transport, bijli-paani). The family sold sugarcane to the mill for additional income. The mill got cheap labour and raw material from the villages and we got the much needed cash. But trouble was brewing in paradise and slowly political interference in every aspect of life in Bihar (early 90s) made all the sugar mills crumble. Now farming isn’t sufficient to foot the bills of the household, there is no cash crop cultivation in the villages and the unemployed youth took to vandalism. It was high time I left Bihar to study in UP. The middle class families became poor, the medical, electricity, transport, school fees crushed the household. The youth fled the state to become manual labour in factories of Panipath, Delhi, Meerut, Mumbai and everywhere else. Those who had no friends/relatives anywhere else became a Gunda or a political karyakarta with his hand dipped in the Kidnapping Industry. We had already shifted to Mumbai in 91 so we could only hear those stories. When I returned home( i only live in Mumbai it’s not my home as Mr Thackrey rightly points out we are outsiders here) after class 10th I could not locate one youngster there, the only schoolmate was a girl about to get married. By evening the muhalla would be filled with birds on trees making an irritating deafening noise but not any longer. I got to know that people hunted birds because no one could buy Chicken/mutton and hence they left. The busy Bazaars had a deserted look. The entire KUSBA which had a well to do financial structure was now in ruins thanks to the closure of sugar mills. The roads are no longer repaired, the streets are deserted by 7 pm and dark (earlier it was lighted by the generators of the mill). My dad told me about the Saturday movie screening in the mill auditorium for the employees free of cost when he was a child. I suspect the closure of the agro based industries in Bihar as the primary reason for mass migration of biharis.
The agro based industries definitely improve the lives of the farmers. Had we got a TATA Plant in our Kasba the financial structure would still be the same except that the mill would not buy it’s raw material from the farmers. Our village doesn’t/cannot grow sugarcane so for my family the sugar mill or a car plant meant the same economically. In that respect I have no doubt that Singur needed NANO. The non payment of land prices of farmers is a serious issue but that should be directed against the government but barring that Mamta should not have any issue. Almost all lands in rice belts are agricultural lands because of abundance of rains but some are very fertile lands. These are typically called DIYAAR and they r adjacent to river tributaries or Baandhh(mini dam) made by the villages themselves. These lands are spread across acres with no house in these land (farmers consider it a waste of space) only few huts for protection of the crop. It is this land that farmers will die to keep it to themselves. This land is visible to all the train passengers who cross the rice belts. If you see greenery all around the rail tracks with no hint of human dwelling it is most probably ‘the’ agricultural land. I am not too sure of the land allotted to TATAs is a ‘Diyaar’ if it is, the government really deserves to be kicked in the pelvic girdle but I don’t think the ruling class would be this naïve. In case some non-diyaar land is allotted I think it would be better for the farmers of Singur whose young ones would otherwise migrate to cities to become manual labour.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Rendezvous Hindi Play
I have an entirely different take on the plays we choose as institute play. In that respect the script was awesome. First an institute play has to have the entertainment factor it has to have juniors in good role and it has to have hard working seniors in the important roles. In this respect the play script was ideal. Sudha is a first year student so I think this play has given her the right to feel good about herself. The roles of GURU, Janmsejay(whatever the spelling) and Mahesh were gud roles. As a writer Danka has earned my enormous respect, he made a mediocre script a great one. Incidentally I choose this play for my interhostel play when I was in my first year (it might come as a surprise that a first yearite choose the script, but then those were the dayz) we didn’t do it for some very interesting reasons in the DND club. Coming back to this play jaspal is very disappointed that he couldn’t achieve the absolute “bhassad” at the end, in that respect it was his failure and he is disappointed with himself, but atleast we(me n him) agree that time was a great constraint. Having said all this I will rate this play for it’s potential and for me this stands right next to (after) CUT, the legendary play directed by His Highness Tarun Bhool. George (the judge) couldn’t believe we were doing serious plays for 3 years now. He said “college plays aren’t supposed to be very serious or mature”. All the 1st 2nd year are really fortunate to be a part of this play. All the talk of the play reaching it’s climax much before the end although true doesn’t take away anything from this play. The directors could have chosen a famous script and could have pasted it (Bade Bhai Saheb) with 2-3 senior actors and could have come out easy but then wat about the juniors? That is why I m so proud for all our plays (Hindi Eng and Street Play). I for one have always chosen a cast that has represented all the hostels and all the batches. I was always biased in favour of first yearites.
Now the tough part, my critique for the cast of the play:- Sudha was a great find she has an impressive attitude(mind you acting is just a by product of yourself) I just pray IIT /Hostel/Politics/Post/Academics doesn’t make her mediocre just like so many iitians. I love first yearites precisely for the same reason, they have a winner attitude. They are sincere, disciplined, hardworking talented and willing to learn. Most of it is lost in transition especially if one starts heeding the advice of some jerk in IIT (everyone in IIT is a consultant wen it comes to telling facchas what to do). So gud work Sudha, u were awesome, I m impressed and I can go on and on with the taareef….
The second yearites:::: Salooni was cast well, she looked and acted her part effortlessly the role wasn’t very demanding and she did just fine. Janmsejay had a good role and he didn’t do badly but I guess he could have easily done much much better. I got a feeling that he wasn’t working hard (mind you people who work hard do it in all spheres of life and that is why IITD alumni earn the respect of their peers, people outside are awe stuck by the amount of work we can do and the social skills some of us bring). The night he was in Street Play practise needed to be much more ugly but he escaped lightly. I got a feeling he wasn’t 100% in Play. Guru did fine in his role I think the Direction Department failed to extract the best out of him (his role had a hugeeeeeeee scope) probably because of time and our own creative limitations. But I think he could have worked harder………. Mahesh you are my hero [:D] I love you ( in a non sexual way). You did work hard on your role and I m very impressed with you hope u will work hard in future as well. You had the best entry in the history of Rendezvous man I can sell my soul for it! Bhardwaj has a real issue with accent but was good in his role. Sampu darling I know more about you than you think I do. I am a great fan of the integrity you have shown in iit. I just love your attitude. You are talented, hard working have integrity……………………………………………………………………….. I just hope that in future productions if you do not agree 100% with the interpretation of your role you should be more vocal.
Overall I loved being a spectator of this play both in the audience during the performance and during making. Danka your choice of script is better than everyone in the theatre circle of IIT at present so keep it up. I am very happy for what you have become. You have retained all the goodness you brought with yourself in 1st year. You have all the qualities of a true iitian and in your workplace you will be very successful.
Amen
P.S. I was more involved in this play than I was in any of my hostel stage plays after my 3rd year. It was great experience. So congrats TEAM
Now the tough part, my critique for the cast of the play:- Sudha was a great find she has an impressive attitude(mind you acting is just a by product of yourself) I just pray IIT /Hostel/Politics/Post/Academics doesn’t make her mediocre just like so many iitians. I love first yearites precisely for the same reason, they have a winner attitude. They are sincere, disciplined, hardworking talented and willing to learn. Most of it is lost in transition especially if one starts heeding the advice of some jerk in IIT (everyone in IIT is a consultant wen it comes to telling facchas what to do). So gud work Sudha, u were awesome, I m impressed and I can go on and on with the taareef….
The second yearites:::: Salooni was cast well, she looked and acted her part effortlessly the role wasn’t very demanding and she did just fine. Janmsejay had a good role and he didn’t do badly but I guess he could have easily done much much better. I got a feeling that he wasn’t working hard (mind you people who work hard do it in all spheres of life and that is why IITD alumni earn the respect of their peers, people outside are awe stuck by the amount of work we can do and the social skills some of us bring). The night he was in Street Play practise needed to be much more ugly but he escaped lightly. I got a feeling he wasn’t 100% in Play. Guru did fine in his role I think the Direction Department failed to extract the best out of him (his role had a hugeeeeeeee scope) probably because of time and our own creative limitations. But I think he could have worked harder………. Mahesh you are my hero [:D] I love you ( in a non sexual way). You did work hard on your role and I m very impressed with you hope u will work hard in future as well. You had the best entry in the history of Rendezvous man I can sell my soul for it! Bhardwaj has a real issue with accent but was good in his role. Sampu darling I know more about you than you think I do. I am a great fan of the integrity you have shown in iit. I just love your attitude. You are talented, hard working have integrity……………………………………………………………………….. I just hope that in future productions if you do not agree 100% with the interpretation of your role you should be more vocal.
Overall I loved being a spectator of this play both in the audience during the performance and during making. Danka your choice of script is better than everyone in the theatre circle of IIT at present so keep it up. I am very happy for what you have become. You have retained all the goodness you brought with yourself in 1st year. You have all the qualities of a true iitian and in your workplace you will be very successful.
Amen
P.S. I was more involved in this play than I was in any of my hostel stage plays after my 3rd year. It was great experience. So congrats TEAM
Friday, August 29, 2008
My problems with the Movie “Gandhi My Father”
I wanted to write this post since ages but I guess now is the time! In my school I was once awarded for my performance in a school play. We were to be awarded books and of course the better performers were given better books. So I was being awarded the “Freedom At Midnight”(the original hard bound cover costing 1200 bucks way back in mid nineties and d most costly book I had seen!) which my Principal (a history teacher) personally chose it for me. However I exchanged it with “My Experiments with truth” my Hindi teacher ( my 2nd mom ) couldn’t believe it she told me the Principal wanted me to have the other book so I exchanged it a month later. I guess now u know how big a fan I was. I must also admit that the best thing I like about India is we are secular I mean a lot of us are inspite of BJP and my dad( my dad is a pukka rajput, loves VHP and “used to” love Bajrang Dal before they burnt a church). My Dad and my Nana ( a Communist Karyakarta till date) fight it out everytime they meet. I also think India is the best because we were never plagued by Racism, we are the only country who have never denied Jews or Parsis their rights. The only country which has a hugeeeee muslim population that still is influenced by Sufism and not Wahabism. We are probably the most tolerant people in the world(alas we are slowly changing)…. If one person is chosen who truly represents India in Spirits it has to be Mahatma Gandhi. It is for this reason alone that I was happy when Nathu Ram’s Play was banned in India. I don’t care what were his points of view. Probably Mr Gandhi did go wrong so what ? Who doesn’t ? What did Nathuram expect? Did he wanted Him to behave like Bal Thackerey in response to Mr Jinnah? He did what he thought was best for India and he got it right more than Mr Nathuram. Even if Mr Gandhi was wrong many times, where did Nathuram help the country? what was his positive contribution? How was he a bigger Nationalist ? Just because he says he was !
Sorry guys for going off track but I had to let it out.
Now coming back to the movie, what did the movie want to accomplish? Why did the director think it was necessary to present his son’s view? All right so he was not a great father so what? Why do we need to know how his son felt? Who is he? Why should I listen to the story of a man could not do something for himself. He has one Father but Mr Gandhi had many sons and he did treat his sons fairly but of course he couldn’t see this point of view. Probably he was jealous of Mr Gandhi (Oedipus Complex) or probably wasn’t able to get out of his shadows and blamed Gandhi for being such a personality nstead of blaming himself for his own underachievement. Look at Mr Amte he died serving Leprosy patients and his son is famous in his own right he too has won The Award. So what do we expect from Our Old Man? We want him to lead us to Independence, we want him to be right all the time(nathuram; partition) and we also want him to be the best father ………. Arre itne stud to Bhole baba(Bhagwan Shankar) bhi nahi hai, phir bhi unki pooja hoti hai har jagah! So for once I don’t even want to hear the other side of the story Mr. Gandhi is beyond discussion and analysis. To quote from Mahabhartha ( just finished the series recently) “ Maa Baap galat to ho sakte hai parantu adarniye wo phir bhi hamesha hi rahenge” Since he is Bapu he will always be respected.
Sorry guys for going off track but I had to let it out.
Now coming back to the movie, what did the movie want to accomplish? Why did the director think it was necessary to present his son’s view? All right so he was not a great father so what? Why do we need to know how his son felt? Who is he? Why should I listen to the story of a man could not do something for himself. He has one Father but Mr Gandhi had many sons and he did treat his sons fairly but of course he couldn’t see this point of view. Probably he was jealous of Mr Gandhi (Oedipus Complex) or probably wasn’t able to get out of his shadows and blamed Gandhi for being such a personality nstead of blaming himself for his own underachievement. Look at Mr Amte he died serving Leprosy patients and his son is famous in his own right he too has won The Award. So what do we expect from Our Old Man? We want him to lead us to Independence, we want him to be right all the time(nathuram; partition) and we also want him to be the best father ………. Arre itne stud to Bhole baba(Bhagwan Shankar) bhi nahi hai, phir bhi unki pooja hoti hai har jagah! So for once I don’t even want to hear the other side of the story Mr. Gandhi is beyond discussion and analysis. To quote from Mahabhartha ( just finished the series recently) “ Maa Baap galat to ho sakte hai parantu adarniye wo phir bhi hamesha hi rahenge” Since he is Bapu he will always be respected.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Reality TV -- This is the New Shit
I just saw slaps exchanged between the female host and a male contestant in a Reality Show after the former slapped the smiling contestant. I don’t know the details so can’t comment who was right and who wasn’t. However only Aajtak manages to circulate such news which makes me curious, r they the media partners of such shows? Recently one of my friend took part in a Reality TV show hosted by a famous Bollywood Star and much to my amusement he was asked to make dramatic entry, say flattering lines to the host…….. I was surprised to find out that everything the participants told and did was rehearsed. I thought why do people act all star stuck on TV? I know it now. What really drives me mad is not the pseudo star stuck or tears by participants MOM but the shows where people get manhandled. One of the TV stars slapped a contestant because the contestant thought TV stars were no big deal….like what the heck, it is a free country. Half of India thinks Shahrukh overacts, Salman is a psyko that Mallika and Rakhi are you know what…. So what u gonna do? slap half of India! You must be an asshole to not take a negative comment on your face. Shouldn’t the participants/judges be chosen carefully I know for a fact that the Industry is full of SOBS and sluts who think they should be respected…….so y don’t we remove people who can’t face reality (mind you there is no such thing as a universal truth we make our own reality) from the reality TV. I loved KBC purely because of Mr Bachan not that I m his fan or something just because he treated the participants and their relatives with honour and dignity. O yes one of the female models wanted cameras in her bathroom in Big Boss so that she could flaunt her designer under wears while bathing and pulled out of the show because the producers didn’t allow that. You know what to think of such people. Somebody please alert the Censor Board there are too many wanna be Mallikas floating around who just want to shed their clothes. Why don’t they circulate their Videos as MMS and can later claim that it is some one else. That way they won’t have to face law suits or Censor Board and will be famous. Please Aajtak Spare me these shitty news about shitty people in a borrowed concept of Reality TV.
Did i miss out on Roadies that Survivor rip off: Why is Roadies so cheap and wanna be ? Y is Raghu Ram always acting like a bully and y do people take that kind of shit? compare it with survivor and it excels at all levels including the Cinematography! In Roadies Season 5 the last episode had mikes visible in the frame, can u believe it! If u throw some college going kids who r wannabes this is the kind of Shit u will get im more pissed off at the production team for shooting it so badly. If David Lynch can shoot a movie on PD150 im sure Roadies can be shot better. So what do we get? abusive, manner less, irrational, complete asshole participants (the auditions boasts of the biggest collection of losers in my beloved country). The team is shameless enough to come up with an equally disgusting show called Splitville. My gosh Raghu Ram needs to read this blog.
Title borrowed by a Rock Song
Did i miss out on Roadies that Survivor rip off: Why is Roadies so cheap and wanna be ? Y is Raghu Ram always acting like a bully and y do people take that kind of shit? compare it with survivor and it excels at all levels including the Cinematography! In Roadies Season 5 the last episode had mikes visible in the frame, can u believe it! If u throw some college going kids who r wannabes this is the kind of Shit u will get im more pissed off at the production team for shooting it so badly. If David Lynch can shoot a movie on PD150 im sure Roadies can be shot better. So what do we get? abusive, manner less, irrational, complete asshole participants (the auditions boasts of the biggest collection of losers in my beloved country). The team is shameless enough to come up with an equally disgusting show called Splitville. My gosh Raghu Ram needs to read this blog.
Title borrowed by a Rock Song
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