Posted on: Jun 17, '08
I hear dumb people. (Time to go to the loony bin!)
I can't explain what has been happening to me over the past 90 odd hours. I've been at home all the time, waiting for this cursed fever to leave me. And everyday approx four hours are being spent watching soap operas or Sanskar. Mom gets all annoyed if I stay holed up in my bedroom all the time. Watching such ghastly stuff should explain a lot of things - constant fever, nightmares, inability to focus and sudden and recurring urge to kill someone (read Ekta Kapoor).
But that's least of my problems. There is something worse I have been going through. I've started hearing voices, particularly when I read interviews or quotes of Bollywood celebrities. First it freaked me out because what I was hearing was nowhere related to what I was reading. Dig? Then I pondered a bit and realized the following...
That reading Bollywood interviews is very good for one's spiritual growth. They are so mind numbing that it would be near impossible for you to think anything. Jab aapke mastishk mein shoonyataa utpann ho jaati hai, toh ek gehri saans len aur chintan karein. Aapki aadhyatmik yatra praarambh ho jayegi. Jai ho!
That after having interviewed these filmies for so many years, there has been a chemical lochaa in my brain and it instinctively generates that which is unspoken. Simply put, what they say and what they mean. Here's what I mean...
What they say
What they mean (colour deliberately chosen for effect)
I'm a responsible citizen of this country. (Salman Khan on his various car-naame)
I'm responsible for taking lives of citizens and animals of this country.
Both have the incredible ability to switch between immense intensity and straight-faced comedy. I don’t know about either acting to save my life. (Aishwarya Rai on both the ABs' acting)
As a matter of fact, I don't know about any acting to save my life or anyone's else's. Oh, Lord, gimme this day my 'Crazy kiya re' and 'Kajra re'!
I did not admit to Kaanav sooner because he’s very special and I didn’t want to jinx it. (Amisha Patel on her beau Kaanav Puri)
Actually, I wasn't sure if we'd last till the time this story got published the following day. You know how fickle we are when it comes to relationships. I left home and family because of Vikram Bhatt but we aren't even together now. So, there...
Bhatt saab has an articulate opinion on everything and I doubt if the impersonator has the capability to manage that. (Mahima Chaudhary on someone impersonating Mahesh Bhatt on Facebook)
Uh oh! Just the thought of another geek who enjoys hearing his own voice nonstop for 25 out of 24 hrs gives me nausea. No one, I repeat, no one but Butt saab can achieve that... I hope.
As an actor I constantly need to experiment with my looks, clothes and makeup. (Soha Ali Khan on her bold Maxim cover)
Hey, come on, how long must I lose roles to the likes of Mallika Sherawat just because I refuse to expose?
I have taken to reading quite a bit lately (Amrita Rao on her newfound hobby - reading)
For example, I just finished reading the entire Champak digest!
Books possess vivid description of characters, they help us largely in understanding and playing different roles with ease. (Amrita Rao again)
As it is, most Bollywood scriptwriters and directors are inadequate at character definition and description. And if I had the brains to understand characters myself, would I be doing roles like Vivaah and Main Hoon Na?
I find nothing wrong with doing item numbers (Tanushree Dutta)
Are you kidding me? To get paid as much as the heroine for 1/10th of the mehnat... plus opportunity to do stage shows and make more money. Plus getting to show my real assets. (Yeah, yeah, you are right... T and A. Who cares about the dancing?)
Tags: khan, soha ali khan, soha, film, films, bollywood, amisha patel, tanushree dutta, aishwarya rai, ash, aishwarya, abhishekh bachchan, amitabh bachchan, salman, salman khan, mahima chaudhary, amrita, amrita rao, mahima
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