End of Year Blog

Looking Back at 2006

Dear Friends & Others,

2006 is coming to an end and we have all had a very eventful year.

Prabir & Shraddha got married. And promptly got pregnant too.
Shyam too got married. I dont know about the pregnancy bit but with the amount of time they seem to be spending on an extended honeymoon, i wouldn't rule out triplets.
Prash got a new flat and also got lucky in Nepal. (wink wink)
Cathy showed tremendous courage to attend an ex's wedding.
Dom moved to Mumbai and promptly forgot us.

And Persis got wodden giraffes!

By the way Persis wrote some comments about Ash (Miss Rai) which got me thinking.

All of you must have seen the drama with Ash & Abhi and their visit to a temple in Varanasi.

I am a religious person myself but what worries me is what kind of message the Bachchan's are sending out to the gullible indian people. To go and perform "cleansing" pujas just because Ash is (allegedly) a 'manglik'? I thought such mumbo jumbo was only in regressive movies like Baabul. To have the so-called first family of Bollywood (so-called because for me that honorofic will always belong to the Kapoors) behave in such a despicable manner just shows how hollow they are as individuals. And what of poor Ash. Can't have been easy to have her horoscope tom-tommed about with crazy 'priests' pronouncing crazier & crazier 'futures' for her. I've personally never heard of a guy dying after marrying a manglik girl. If any of you have then do let me know.

There was a nice movie recently, Lage Raho Munnabhai, and if you remember the girl in it (Dia Mirza) is also a manglik and her to-be father-in-law refuses to let her get married to his son. His son defies him and marries her stating that love is paramount. Ofcourse Munnabhai and Circuit do their part in proving how fake the superstitions are.

And do you remember who did a guest appearance as the practical son?

Abhishek Bachchan. Coincidence Huh? IIIIIIIIIIIIIII Don't Think So.

Only wish he was as strong-willed with his real parents too.

Not to diss the bachchans again, but i also get pissed off at the continuous attempts to glorify the father through the media into some kinda poet-laureate. The constant referrels and recitals of Madhushala on KBC has thankfully come to an end but the family and that pimp Amar Singh, seems to keep referring to him like he was a saint. Granted that he was a freedom fighter and a decent writer (may he rest in peace) but most definitely not GREAT.

I mean, wasn't there anything better to rhyme with Agneepath than lathpath, lathpath, lathpath?

And as far as the Sush vs. Ash comparasion goes, well.......

Sush is definitely a better actor (just hasnt got the roles) and also more classy but at the same time Ash too, hasn't gotten her due. She has been victimised too much for looking the way she does. She does falter sometimes (like everytime she opened her mouth in D2) but can act well when she wants to (I am putting myself on the line here because i managed to catch a viewing of Provoked recently and she is Good with a capital G).

Her beauty has definitely led to her being judged unfairly.

Do you think some of these actors would have been feted so if they were as pretty as Ash?

Shabana Azmi, if she wasn't buck-toothed?

Nandita Das, if she wasn't dark & oily skinned?

Nana, if he didn't look like something a dog dragged in?

I could go on but i think you get the message.

Wow, I have a training to do in half-an-hour's time and going by this post, looks like my staff have a rough day in front of them. Ha Ha :-)

Would love to know all your New Year Resolutions and will post mine when i blog again.

Have a rocking New Year's Eve Party and a great 2007.

With Warm Festive Regards,

Vish