i am a little apprehensive today...after almost 2 years, i have managed to write an opinion piece and don't yet know if it is going to meet the cut... honestly speaking, i don't think it is unprintable...and i have did all i can...fingers crossed for now...
i will be a little disappointed if it doesn't make the cut though...
so as i told you i am a little unsettled today, and there are random thoughts going around in my mind... i will try weaving them in here for the blogosphere...
almost 1 in the night and i am surfing through channels... have you noticed katrina kaif acting? i saw her dancing on a number from her movie in an awards ceremony about an hour back and noticed that she was performing as good as a puppet... dancing immaculately well but the lip-sync was missing... just came to my mind what will happen if rakhi sawant gets to act in a hollywood movie... that's how out of place looked katrina to me while dancing live...
speaking about the idiot box and the programmes it airs... i so don't like the shows they are coming up with these days... i have a particular dislike for rahul mahajan's swayamwar... first i don't think that man has earned anything in his life to have one show dedicated to him... secondly, i have serious doubts about the maturity and the mental state of the girls who have come out to be his match...i mean, gimme a break guys...we are all not lunatics... but i don't blame the audience as well... i have notice how much The Lady enjoys watching that show just for the sake of idiocy... what all can these girls do to find some fame...
staying with the reality shows...i don't quite like them...sure it gives a much needed platform to the amateurs...but lest face it...there are so many of them on every channel...and what's the output? we still have only one shreya ghoshal and only one kunal ganjawala... do you remember who all else won these kind of reality shows? they have just fizzed away in oblivion...
but i still enjoy comedy circus and so you think you can dance... sudesh and krushna just rock on the former and there is so much energy in the latter that can just blow your stress away... and i have just read that it is one of the most popular shows in the US...
staying with popularity no one can deny the heights of it when it comes to SRK... rare are the S species who won't buy lovely reebok shoes just because SRK wore them in MNIK... i mean i do agree with the phrase that in this country only two things sell--SRK and sexx...
talking about MNIK, i don't know what nikhat kazmi was thinking when she gave the move 5 stars...was she dreaming? sleeping? anyone has answers? it is just so not worth it...in fact, i think the readers of The Times of India have done a better review giving the movie three-and-a-half stars... i gave it the same... such predictable movie...so ordinary performances except one kajol scene...such incredible complex...and so unreal, melodramatic SRK... i mean it all looked like a dream... i personally would rather watch Ishqiya to spend a weekend...
talking about spending a weekend...i only enjoy spending it when i am with Her... and i was...last weekend...she being a religious SRK fan, wanted to see MNIK... i also couldn't stop myself (yours truly was also a fan of king khan in younger days)... i have said what i have to about the movie...watch it only the spirit of the movie...the never say die attitude...and for nothing else...
it was around half past seven when we were coming out of pvr priya in vasant lok... as we discussed the pros and cons of the movie, we stopped at a corner where some pencil drawings were neatly arranged... i don't say we are great art lovers, but we value honest effort and the drawings just got our feet glued there... we kept looking and suddenly The Lady picked up one of them and bought it and asked the kid to sign it for us... in a swift move the kid put another drawing of his in the vacant space and wrote his name in english for us on the piece we bought... vikas...this one is for you son...i was very impressed to know you can write your name in english... was it a marketing strategy? may be... who cares, for a 10-odd-year-old kid, who has to sell his drawing to let his ends meet, i didn't expect much...
it was heartening to see that vikas hasn't yet lost his innocence... the glimmer of hope in his eyes and his smile when we earned that drawing of his, was worth paying 10-times more than we actually did... someday...may be someday...if i am man enough and worthy enough...i would come back to you son...
my heart sank pretty soon... for i saw people who had spent around three hours for the movie and at least 125 bucks per ticket didn't have one minute or ten bucks for his sincere effort... for them, he was a non-entity....
but this world is full of disparities... on one hand an SRK gets millions for a few songs, some same-old dialogues, and repetitive performances... and on the other hand a true artist is content selling one drawing per day for Rs10... a rahul mahajan has scores of pretty girls to keep him company... and on the other hand scores of vikases are silently appealing for that one look... that one opportunity...
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