Sunday, February 3, 2002		Movie Magic

Starry airs
Madhur Mittal

NEVER thought it could happen to a cool guy like Bobby (Deol), but then, if you’re in the Hindi film industry, just about anything is possible....

Bobs, the epitome of gracious casualness, is a (highly) changed young man today. He seems only (too) aware of his sudden star status and is becoming a rather self-opinionated Bollywood boor!

For sure, he has put on a whole lot of muscle — inside his head! Evidence is ripe in the newfang- led way he walks, talks and stalks! The industry wags insist he’s trying a one up on brother Sunny, spurred on after the miserable flop of Dillagi and the superhit of Gadar.

Hey! Gotta tell you about this new fetish that’s sweeping across Tinseltown. Putting on weight. Both the males and females, if you please.

Eminent examples are: Raveena Tandon, Akshay Kumar, Esha Deol, Govinda, Aftaab Shivdasani, Sunny Deol, Aamir Khan, Anil Kapoor and even Kareina Kapoor, who has literally turned into a nicely ‘rounded’ purry-furry cat, heh!

Look, their approach is simple: Make the most of it while you got it, see? At this rate, I shan’t be at all zapped if, in the very near future, Bollywood gets to be (more aptly) renamed as "Bellywood"!!!

This Bollywood hunk is honestly going around in a (terrific) tizzy. To the extent that he doesn’t even know whether he’s coming or going or simply standing still! Yes, Arjun Rampal is virtually flying over the cuckoo’s nest ever since he and (gorgeous) wife, model Meher Jessia, have been blessed with a darling daughter.who has already been named Mahita.

You reckon the timing is right or what, huh? I mean, Rampal is just on the verge of breaking into bigtime showbiz and is a hot favourite with women. Which is no wonder, really, considering that this guy has the kind of sex appeal that sets hearts afire.

Just a couple of movies young (Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat, Deewanapan, Moksha), our macho man has moved the Generation Z in a way that’s, frankly, outright crazy.

Arjun Rampal, a Delhiite, initially appeared to have such a rough ‘n’ tough attitude that his new-found mellowness is a startling surprise. Just goes to show what becoming a Daddy can do.

What the hell is Sanjay Suri’s problem, anyway? The guy thinks no end of himself... without having done anything worthwhile on the big screen so far, despite some excellent opportunities. "Bekaar, yaar", is the general opinion about him as far as the cinegoers are concerned.

"I had to ditch so many beautiful girls in Mumbai to marry Medha in New Delhi," he sort of smirks. "All the heroines I’ve worked with, be it Rinki Khanna or Sonali Bendre or Bipasha Basu, just came on so heavy on me that I was floored. Even the sensuous Nandita Das went so ga-ga over me that I honestly blushed, y’know. What can I do if the chicks find me irresistible?"