Immortalised Accessories(Roles)

"Hasta la vista, baby" , I said, staring at the mirror while I was trying out a pair of shades, envisioning myself to be Arnold from Terminator2 for which the sales guy goes, "may I help you sir." I am sure this has happened to almost everyone. This just shows the role accessories have played in immortalising characters. Whether its the actor or the accessory that has immortalised the role, is subjective.
Indie's Whip and Hat in Indiana Jones, Rambo's knife, Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood's shootout scene in For a few Dollars More, Kate Winslet's necklace in Titanic have been etched in our minds.
The same accessories have been used by many others but what makes us say, "OH YEAH!" when these people use them? It is the way these geniuses carry it off. In spite of watching countless Western movies with actors dawning hats and whips, Jones enthralled audiences by using them in the most ritzy manner. Kate Winslet made magic with JUST a necklace in Titanic.
Everytime you wear a tuxedo, there is that moment when you wish you had a pistol, a woman to bill and coo, and a name that rhymes with "Bond, James Bond."
There are other greats in the film industry who have been associated with stuff like cigars, alcohol, pipes etc. but according to me, they ain't the true 'heroes'. But that apart, actors continue to captivate audiences with/ without the accessories that makes them legendary idols.

The 'S curves' of reality TV

If I were to rate the top rescue operations ever, the one that would top the list would not be 'Operation Entebbe' or 'T20 rescuing people from Test Cricket', it would be 'The Introduction of Reality TV' saving the youth from sitting by the dinner table with their parents everyday, consuming precious prime time watching Soap after soap after soap.;)
95% of the reality shows are targeted at the youth (the 'youngistan' ;)) based on purely the insanely large number of wannabes in our country today. But every show , unless it's a mega serial has to have a saturation point at the end of its S curve. This instils a compulsive need for the makers of these shows to constantly innovate.
MTV's Roadies has been a clear winner in terms of TRPs but since the departure of the baldies, Raghu and Ragiv from MTV, the competition has opened up. This just shows how reality TV has made hosts/creative directors of these shows, 'Superheroes' also justifying Color's successful gamble to robe in the big B (Not me, the oldie;)) for BIG BOSS.
So with the understanding that innovation is the key, 'sadism rules' and youngistan love to watch and make fun of wannabes, and with loads of more doltish reality shows from 'Rakhi ka Swayamvar' to 'Splitsvilla', Bindass has come up with the 'ingenious', EMOTIONAL ATYACHAAR. The show that takes candid cameras and sting operations to a new level exposing crooked relationships and double timers. This show is a massive HIT but the problem is again, that its S curve is small, so people are going to get bored of it very soon. Roadies has been able to survive 7 seasons not only because of the baldies, but because of the fact that the show has matured, technically and psychologically. In spite of the fact that the roadies 7 auditions didn't have the original sting, the show is alive because Bumpy, the director of roadies 7 has his own style of running it.
Overall whatever be the show, no matter how asinine it is (the more asinine, the better it is) there will be an audience, provided the makers are mindful of the 'saturation point'.

Ruchika's Case ..... Next is What?

Frankly, I get affected by very few cases/scandals that make it big on the News because in most of the cases, the fault is on both the sides, with the side with a fatter wallet having the last laugh. But the Ruchika Case got me wondering....
I can't stop appreciating the press especially Times Now for their rather fiery, relentless efforts giving this case all the exposure it needed. So the court rooms have woken up and the case will hopefully take the path it should, but what next, after the case is over????
MOVIE!!!! Yes, this case is perfect movie material. I bet film makers have already started researching and penning down a script based on this. Former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore would of course make the perfect villain. It would be a classic tale of good winning over bad, right at the very end with the most electrifying court scenes which we in India relish.

Promenade

Phew!!! A painting after almost a year.




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KurBANAL

Would you be alive after a deadly explosive, fabricated to kill hundreds explodes a meter away from you? Well the firang FBI agent in KURBAAN was. This was the level of banality and doltishness this film offered.
Starting with the plot, . . . I don't even want to talk about it. If you have seen the Katrina Kaif, Irfan Khan starrer New York, then this is pretty much the same. The usual muslim turns terrorist story. The desperate attempts to bring twists and turns into the film are barely exciting and are a total failure. Saif and Kareena are devoid of emotion. Kher and OmPuri have been wasted. Vivek Oberoi, I must say has done a good job(as usual) but dear Mr.Oberoi, consult an astrologer, you are a very 'unlucky star'.

Now why did I decide to watch this film?
1. TOI gave it 3 and a half stars
2. The Kurbaan hua song video, with the Adam and Eve concept and the rose catching fire was brilliant so I premised, the movie would be half as good.
3. I had great company(Although it was a crappy movie, the seven of us made sure we had fun)
4. I had to choose between this and 2012.

If you haven't watched any film that is even remotely close to terrorism, or bomb blasts or gangsters etc. and you are spending your miserable life watching 'happily ever after' stories with angels and magic wands, and don't know how to spend your papa ka paisa, then you might want to watch this film.
Overall a thumbs down from me. A BIG thank you to the front row audience who, with their humorous parodies kept us entertained.