filmi baap!

One tends to get very crazy ideas when there is nothing much to do. I have been watching a lot of Bollywood movies lately and in most of them, the lead "actor" is the son of some past actor. Now, this is no surprise anymore, Bollywood is less of an industry and more of a family affair these days. Anyway, I am not here to talk about this family affair, it's not very interesting. What I noticed was, the initial movie(s) for most of these guys was always promoted or produced or directed by their dads, which is again no surprise.

Now, after watching a lot of these movies I wondered, if one had to choose one of these dads as his own dad, whom would he go for? I know what you are thinking, what kind of weird question is that? I got the same reaction from some of my friends. Well, look at it this way. Whenever you think of a person, an image comes in your mind based on how you perceive him and in this case, the perception comes from the kind of movies one has acted in or made or the kind of person media had made out of him. So, when I think of Dharamendra or our Dharam paaji, I get an image of this macho punjab da puttar who probably grew up drinking bowls of milk and eating loads of butter. Or take Jitendra who is like this honest, dull and boring guy. Now based on the image I have of these actors and the kind of movies they made to launch their kids, I tried to reason who would be an ideal dad.

Now, there are tens of such dads to choose from, Amitabh, Dharamendra, Suresh Oberoi, Rakesh Roshan, Jitendra, Feroz Khan, Vinod Khanna, the list goes on and on and on. After going through each one of these potential dads (Naah! I would say just 3 or 4, I am not that lukkha), I finally settled upon Feroz Khan. I won’t go into details why I reasoned out others but I will tell you why I decided to go with Mr.Khan.

Firstly, he is one of the most stylish men in the industry, pretty outspoken and bold in his approach, doesn’t give a damn what people think. During his younger days, he has acted with the best (read the sexiest) female cast of his time which includes Mumtaz, Saira Bano, Rekha, Zeenat Amaan and others. And now comes the best part, launching his son. The movie was Prem Agan, which is among the top 5 on my “Worst Movies Ever” list. But I am not here to talk about movie credentials, it’s about Fardeen and I am sure he had a great time working opposite his female lead. And then came Janasheen where again Celina didn’t care much about wearing clothes and Fardeen wouldn’t have mind either, after all, papa says that’s what the movie demands. Now, would he not be the coolest dad?

You may or may not quite agree, which is fine. But if you are not doing much these days, get crazy and choose your filmi baap, after all, one doesn’t get to do that every day.

Disclaimer: This was just a random crazy thought; I think I already have the coolest dad.

Five Pegs Down!

I got up this morning with a severe headache, wondering why, why did I drink so much last night? It was about having self control. I could have stopped at one, but no, I was in control and thought one more wouldn't harm. And with each drink I was getting more and more in control and before I knew, I was down five pegs!!

I went home, straight to the wash basin, and threw up. It did hurt watching my thousand bucks go down the drain and I realized, it really was all about control, the only difference being, it wasn't I but the alcohol which was controlling me, but alas, the realization came too late.

The thing is, the more I drink, the more conscious I get. Conscious, not to the extent that I stop behaving stupid, something you get a license for when you are drunk (Oh, I do that, what's the fun drinking and not getting drunk?), but conscious, about being under control of all my thoughts and actions. For example, people get concerned if I would be able to drive, which is a genuine concern, after all, I have to drive some of them home. My reply is quick, "I am fine". Now, I don't lie there, I can drive safely when drunk, or at least I like to believe I can (so what if the cops few months back thought otherwise and slapped me two thousand in fine for drunken driving). And this belief comes from me getting conscious and keeps me going.

And the journey continues, I know it's not very safe, but now is not the time I want to worry about it. Till then, maybe I will stop at Four, rather than being Five Pegs Down!

Cricket or Crisis: Isn't it time to take decisions?

The recent controversy surrounding cricket in India has made a complete mockery of the game. Who is to blame? Some have come out strongly in open for Ganguly's support, while others feel its time for him to bid farewell to the game.

But the saddest part is that the governing body, the BCCI, has yet again failed to make up its mind. Be it the television rights issue or the internal elections, I haven't seen them taking a firm stance. I don't care if they prove to be right or wrong, taking a decision is what matters today. One learns from wrong decisions, even a child does that, but I am afraid the so called caretakers of the sport are afraid to even try. Cricket and in general, the whole country has suffered thus far due to lack of firm decisions on the part of people who are capable of doing so.

Of course, politics is playing a big part in all this, and who knows, the seed to all this controversy could well have been sown to get some political mileage. I may be paranoid here but when it comes to elections and politics anything is possible. It's easy sitting back and writing all this, everyone seems to be an expert when it comes to discussing the corruption surrounding the whole system, isn't it time to do something, isn't it time to take strong decisions?

Why Blog?

I see so many of my friends blogging and I wonder what is so interesting about it? I am yet to figure that out. And the best way to do that, I thought, is to start blogging myself.
This is my very first post, I have hardly written a couple of lines and already I am lost for words. Maybe, thats only me, but it gves me a lot to think about. I remember my school days, when we were asked to write essays and compositions on some topic. This is very similar, choose your topic, write what comes in your mind and forget. I find it difficult to put down my thoughts on paper, maybe because I never sincerely tried doing so. So, I decided I will give it a try, penning or rather "keying" my random thoughts and maybe I will figure out..Why Blog?