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FOR the first time in his career, perhaps, even Govinda is beginning to get the jitters! This (strange for him) new sense of insecurity and stress is so obvious that you can practically touch it!
Chi Chi is optimistic (although a wee wary now, as well) that his fans ardour for him will not let him falter — or fall. On his part, he’s having a number of scripts rewritten and/or changed entirely! And yes, even working with heroines he has not worked with previously? Govinda’s forthcoming films include Kunwara, Albela, Hadh Kardi Aapne, Dil Ki Dhadkan, Chalo Ishq Ladaayen,Shikari,Dil Ke Aas Paas, Pyar Deewana Hota Hai, Joru Ka Ghulam and Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare, amongst others. Phew! Which one(s) will recreate his magic spell. |
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Khan era over? Frankly, the year 2000 is throwing up all sorts of (nasty) surprises in Bollywood. Other than big movies flopping at the box office some kind of a bug has definitely bitten a (large) number of the top stars, too! To the extent, in fact, that certain filmdom soothsayers are already predicting ‘the end of the Khan era"! Three, conspicuous casualties are Salman Khan,Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan, would you believe it? All these three high riders may soon he licking the dust....if the industry prophets (of doom) are to be taken seriously.Aamir Khan has been spared (for the time being) but then, in the ‘dicey’ game of showbiz, who can really tell....? How to say "no" These days,Rani Mukherjee is on a new trip: She’s trying to learn to use the word "no" more frequently. And, to push in that make-no-mistake emphatic quality of finality in her tone, sometimes she even raises her voice to rehearse yelling "no, no,no!" Hey! Considering that this lovely lass has a rather sweet and soft voice, why the hell is she bent upon torturing her larynx, huh? No, Rani hasn’t gone bonkers or become a masochist; it’s simply that she discovered (to her horror, I daresay) that many filmmakers were exploiting her habit of nodding (absently) while listening to a new movie’s script....which later landed her in scalding hot water — as in Hey! Ram, in which she had to do certain sexually intimate and explicit scenes! Naturally, this has led to a whole host of similar offers. But now,Rani is confident that she’ll automatically say "no". After all, practice makes perfect they say.And Ms Mukherjee has had enough of it, surely!!! Bobby vs Sunny! Is it true that kid brother Bobby Deol is taking pot shots at ‘big’ brother Sunny for making a mess of Dillagi" To the extent that he (Sunny) should lay off direction and stick to mature roles while he (Bobby) runs around trees, romancing the comelies?! Deol Jr had better watch out ‘coz Deol Sr is not only a terrific action man ‘n’ fighter on screen, but off screen as well. I, for one, would hate to see Bobby pounded, punched and pulverised to a (pathetic) pulp!!! Gulp! Tailpiece Can you guess what (cheeky) much married Arshad Warsi said to alluring (still single?) Ash Rai?"Why do you want to marry that e-mail Shabbir Bhatia when you’ve got a blue blood male right here? And, if it’s Hotmail you are lookin’ for, man, the mail I send will set you on fire!" |
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Yes, he’s tense about his
success....or, shall I say more aptly, his non-success.
Govinda, the once infallible box office mascot of
mainstream, commercial Hindi cinema, is on shaky,
slippery ground right now.He desperately needs a couple
of big hits to resurrect film flocks’ waning
confidence — and, most importantly, his own.