Aping Hollywood has been something our Indian film industry has been doing since as long as I can remember. Rediff.com has now come up with a very inventive phrase to describe the Abhishek Bhachan - Aishwarya Rai relationship. This is what they have got to say...
The phenomenon has captured front-page imagination across the country, dominating news channel and keeping tongues wagging, and the buildup is too enormous to be ignored. Therefore, in the tradition of Brangelina and TomKat, we at rediff.com decided to christen these two superstars Abhiwariya.
I said goddamn, goddamn!! Abhiwarya, it seems. I tell you, how down-market. The word sounds like something out of a medieval drama. I would rather call it "Asshake". Sounds cool and contemporary, you know.
Next...
Saturday morning i woke up to catch up with the Ashes series on TV and this is what I see being reported in CNN-IBN. I am not much of a TV watcher and what I saw definitely indicated that I was not missing much.
England follow on after they are all out for 157 in 1st Innings.
No, i am not lying. I took a picture promptly for proof, you know.
I change the channel to ESPN and is see that Australia is all set to pile on misery on the English bowlers in it's second innings.
In their hurry to report news first, they forget that the Australian captain might choose to bat or they might have thought that the only possible thing is forcing a follow on.
Last heard of, this particular channel was handed out "The best English News channel in India" award. The best English News channel, forsooth!!!
Next...
If Levi's says 'Since 1853' it is understandable or if Raymond's says 'Since 1925' it is meaningful or say, I tell 'Arvind - Since 1976', it is okay. I can give more examples but that would amount to beating around the bush. There is a restaurant in Bangalore named Biryani Merchant which says 'Since 2004'. Come on, be reasonable. The fellow serves some good Biryanis and all that, alright. But, isn't 'Since 2004' going a bit too far? I ask you. Isn't it going a bit too far? If this is not confidence, then what is?
Oh!! by the way, was I using the present tense in my previous paragraph? Sorry. I stand corrected. There was a restaurant in Bangalore named Biryani Merchant which says
'Since 2004'. The fellow served some good Biryanis and all that...
On his website the fellow says that he hopes to be back sometime in the future. A small piece of advice; unsolicited, of course. He will do better in his next innings if her takes note of the old adage that says something about counting chickens before they are hatched.
RIP.
you wont believe this but i had a similar conversation with some of by shuttle brethren and said the same thing: that the aish - abhi should be called assshake :) talk about your coincedences.
also i wouldnt really invest too much time in the advertising propoganda. just the other day i saw an advert for a brand of electronics which claimed (and i qoute) to be india's second largest japanese electronics brand. i mean how specific can you get? are they known in japan is the big question.
pleasantly surprised to see you at secon. hopefully i'll be back someday myself.
cheers
Posted by: Atul Savur | November 30, 2006 at 04:05 PM
I don't see you in SECON. where are you working from now-a-days?
Yeah, i am sure co-incidences to happen. Sometimes strange ones.
Posted by: Arvind | December 05, 2006 at 02:06 PM