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Meet the ‘obsolete’
Devgans! I’M really left wondering at the sheer perseverence and the persistence that our Bollywood stars have in so much abundance that they even flog a dead horse. In this case, the floggers (as well as the flogged) happen to be Shri Ajay Devgan and Shrimati Kajol Devgan...!
And yet, Ajay has launched a new, home production — Raju Chacha — to bring back the bubblegum babe to the silver screen. What’s more, I’m told that it isn’t Kumar Mangat who’ll be directing the film (as erroneously reported in some newspapers) but Ajay’s own brother, Anil Devgan, who’s making his directorial debut! At the launch party,
I was aghast to find the Devgan couple looking faded ‘n’ jaded.
What’s more, both Kajol and Ajay were (studiously) looking away from
each other when it was time for the flashbulbs...With just a half
handful of stars who turned up, the writing is on the studio walls for
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Sawaal faux pas ka! An entirely new, money game show is currently afflicting Mumbaikars, y’know. With so many TV channels into the get-rich-quick funda for viewers-turned-contestants, those unlucky (literally) ones who fail to get invited to participate, are merrily playing their own game in the comfort of their homes..... The basic idea is to discover as many flaws or faux pas in the "correct" answer announced by the quizmaster...and place big bets on the guy/gal finding the most! Already, Amitabh Bachchan and Anupam Kher have been nailed for giving incorrect "correct" (sic) final judgements! On Kaun Banega Crorepati, Bachchan fumbled when he stated that Mohinder Amarnath was never a captain of the Indian cricket team. He was. And then Kher, hosting Sawaal Dus Crore Ka, announced that tennis star Leander Paes won his Grand Slam doubles titles in partnership with Mahesh Bhupathi...conveniently forgetting Lisa Raymond of the US who doubled with Paes to win the crown in ’99 at Wimbledon!!! Bets, anyone...?! "Variety is spicey!" Bobby Deol is rather annoyed that the media has, of late, started to project him as "the complete family man", "one woman man", "Mr Clean" etc etc. Yeah, you read right — he’s annoyed as hell! But why should that be? After all, these are compliments and words of praise, aren’t they? "Not to me they aren’t!" Bobs fumes as he tosses back his curls. "I mean, just what the bloody saint are they (the journalists) trying to make me out to be, for Christ’s sake? Here I am, a fine specimen of looks, virility, libido and a surging healthy sex drive...and you Press persons are hell bent upon ruining my macho image and stud supremacy by making me out to be some sort of a wimp!" www.shahrukh.com The dotcom virus has just claimed another victim in Bollywood — Shah Rukh Khan! He (with loads of active help from pretty wife Gauri) is keen to "change the face of cyberspace film entertainment and information altogether." Quote, unquote. A brand new website called
www.srkworld.com for all those browsers who like their PC monitors to
sizzle with color and cuties! The Shah, at his press conference, made
the mike rock as he went smack into the guests and media and charged up
just about everybody with his jokes, posers...and promises. Of course,
it remains to be seen whether his (overly ambitious) plans do indeed
make an interesting dotcom...or turn into another (pathetic) sitcom! |
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These two are already
obsolete stars with no commercial value, especially ever since they
got married. With so many fresh faces and figures having come in, cine
buffs — know so well for their eminently short memories and fickle
fetishes — have to be shook up almost violently to joggle their grey
cells before a typical Mumbaikar would say (vaguely): "Oh, Kajol
and Devgan...they used to be in movies once, haan?" Just
look at that reaction...Sheesh!