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SATYAMSHOT
May 27, 2012 at 3:10 PM
SRK finally has a title. Good going for him!
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May 27, 2012 at 3:11 PM
yeah.. it’ll give him some respite after staying in news for all the bad reasons.
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May 27, 2012 at 3:14 PM
Was a tight final-Worthy of a final
190 in 20 overs can be difficult for ANY team
And it was overtaken
After gambhirs exit, thought it was over
Have long considered Jacques kallis amongst the all time best all rounders (if not the best) played in typical manner.
SOme respite for SRK
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May 27, 2012 at 3:18 PM
ideally KKR should’ve win easily with 9 wickets remaining and 62 runs to win off 42. But CSK made a comeback.
Last three overs or so were really exciting. Kallis’ knock was brilliant
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May 27, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Jacques kallis is the uncrowned king of world cricket currently!
Have always considered his ‘currency’ to any team more than any superlative batter or bowler..
And this is when he is past his peak..
Ps-thought KKR had packed up after gambhirs exit …but bisla and kallis played match winning innings…
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May 27, 2012 at 3:28 PM
see my comment on kallis in the other ipl thread. btw only player in the 90’s who was challenging kallis for the top allrounder’s throne was the tall and big-hitting handsome kiwi ‘chris cainrs’- but injuries cut short what could have been truly a great carrier. actually only sobers ranks above kallis. btw chennai missed bollinger and murali big time in the finals
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May 27, 2012 at 3:19 PM
Why is Shah Rukh Khan still an outsider in the film industry?
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Dilip Kumar, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. It’s only Shahrukh Khan who, in the true sense of the word, has come close enough to be included in this hallowed pack of stars. There’s hardly any doubt about the membership credentials of Aamir and Salman Khans but theirs wasn’t ever as meteoric
a rise like Shahrukh Khan. And unlike the two Shahrukh was the outsider who broke through but in spite of it all, the burden of being the outsider weighs Shahrukh down.
Try to look as hard and far possible but you’d never find a world packed tighter than the one that operates Hindi cinema. This is a place where everything can be justified in the name of familial familiarity. Not a single moment would be wasted to defend someone who publically might be a happily married man but behind closed doors is a wife beater or someone who doesn’t think twice before forcing a filmmaker to cast his son’s sweetheart in a romantic role opposite him, who by the way happens to be the estranged wife of his one time close friend as long as they are part of the tribe. They will not stop at anything to preserve their own and they will go to any lengths to stop the outsiders from getting too close. Somewhere Dilip Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, and Amitabh Bachchan, the so called outsiders who like Shahrukh Khan were the biggest stars of their times, transformed into the insiders but Shahrukh still finds himself to be the outsider he started out as. Unlike those before him Shahrukh feted the outsider tag and used it whenever possible to show that he was different. He made it his calling card and on every possible occasion suggested that the lack of baggage and tradition that accompanied an insider made him better than everyone else. He sparked off a million dreams and his stories of walking along Marine Drive promising to be the king of the city one day became folklore. King he became, and yet the kingdom was never his to call.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/Why-is-Shah-Rukh-Khan-still-an-outsider-in-the-film-industry/Article1-860708.aspx
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May 27, 2012 at 3:50 PM
compared to other two khan he is far ahead in education(though not highly educated) while other two have nothing in terms of education to boast about
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May 27, 2012 at 3:51 PM
Agree rockstar
U speak less, but when u do-u make good points 🙂
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May 27, 2012 at 4:59 PM
A mishti doi and sondesh to oldgold and my dear friend Alex.Good display of resilience..KKR and SRK!!
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May 27, 2012 at 5:01 PM
thank you graduate
were missing u mate
and thanx for the sweets–they are lovely
any reviews of films u have watched lately…
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May 27, 2012 at 5:08 PM
btw graduate i have eaten oldgolds sweets as well
shes off sweets 🙂 for her upcming role to get a size zero…lol
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May 27, 2012 at 5:16 PM
Ohh..yeah watched a few films.some were a rewatch though.
1.sorry for not spelling it correctly…Nevvustanate Nevvu..Siddharth and Trisha.Simple,entertaining stuff.Like such movies.Liked PKTDK from which it seemed inspired.
2.Geetanjali…poetic,eloquent,moving,a complete film.
3. A Clockwork Orange– Visually and Politically arresting.Kubricks best acc to me.Must Watch!!
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May 27, 2012 at 5:22 PM
thanx graduate
a nice list
as for kunbricks films–what did u feel about ‘eyes wide shut”…
Hope u come uo with a full piece/review
satyam wont mind putting it up as a thread just bcos u r an srk fan…
talking about ‘mishti doi’ is that the yoghurt one…lol
r u negali
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May 27, 2012 at 5:47 PM
Eyes Wide Shut is somewhat a disturbing insight into a society that can pose a debate in front of the bourgeois who treat sex as taboo,at least in our country..also in western countries where sex might be a much openly talked commodity but then that commodity if used as Kubrick showed could be disturbing to them too.There is the age old debate between real and surreal too.What you see is what you believe but what if you see is so strange that the sub conscious mind accommodates it with the phantasmagorical.Strange world Kubrick weaves.When I watched it I disntinctly remember being puzzled after having completed it.It made no sense yet it completed a sentence about the essence of society,taboos,real and surreal.
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May 27, 2012 at 5:55 PM
wow graduate-well said
would love to rrad any full piece of this film or any other film from u –srk or non srk…cheers
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May 27, 2012 at 5:01 PM
Now let the Chennai Express roll..lol!!
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May 27, 2012 at 5:06 PM
graduate being a doctor–how much time do u get time to watch many films etc
im impressed with your allround knowledge
also will appreciate your comments on aamirs SMJ show on docs today–check the thread
think docotrs shluld speak up on this thread…
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May 30, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Thank you The Graduate 🙂
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May 27, 2012 at 10:05 PM
Aamir is a gradate in commerce from Bombay Uni and also a State Badminton Player.
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May 28, 2012 at 3:26 AM
thanks for correcting filmbuffi …was not aware about aamir as badminton player but ya acess for him was relatively much easier while belonging to a family of producer, director and even politicians aside if i am correct he has played child artist in the movie yaadon ki barat….even srk ‘s outsider story( that has been milked alot is not fully correct as he to belongs to a financially strong family)
lol alex thanks and for logic a famous proverb says sometime a broken clock to shows correct time in the span of 24 hours
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May 30, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Amir is not a graduate. He did not study after class 12
http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-just-how-educated-are-bollywood-stars/20120112.htm
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May 30, 2012 at 11:42 AM
I think Tennis player.
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May 27, 2012 at 10:06 PM
My comment about Aamir being a graduate was in response to rockstar’s comment but some how it appears some where else!
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May 27, 2012 at 3:23 PM
alex,
are you inviting another war of words between oldgold and the rest?
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May 27, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Haha don’t worry
This time I’m on the ‘winners’ side (as always…)
So Oldgold is under my protection 🙂
Ps–I have absolutely no doubt that the srk Mumbai incident rubbed onto the team and had a certain ‘motivational’ impact on this bunch who haven’t won anything till now..
For a change, feel that SRK has something to do with this win (even if marginal/indirect)
Ps2-Oldgold also knows about the ‘cocktail’ deal 🙂
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May 27, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Satyam, could some of mine and alex’s comment be moved here from the ipl 5 thread?
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May 27, 2012 at 3:48 PM
On a lighter note–
Folks must be remembering the amys chennai versus oldgolds krk deal I put up…
Btw note that Amy has gone ‘quiet’ and ‘depressed’
Has stopped commenting !
Cheer up Amy —
In my cocktail spoof, both heroines will get equal ‘length’ of roles and both will get ‘bold’ and impactful scenes 🙂
Lots of scope of negotiation and improvisation on /before sets 😉
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May 27, 2012 at 3:50 PM
well no one would complain that last ball of 19th over was a no ball or not..16 of 6 became 9 of 6.
ps – I think luck was on KKR side!
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May 29, 2012 at 11:39 AM
well, if we’re talking luck, then, Kallis’s injury was what got him out pretty much. His coordination was completely lost after the injury. So, that’s unlucky.
Also, Shakib only took 1 run from the the no ball, didn’t he? If that’s the case, it really didn’t affect the match much!
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May 29, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Well my comment that was a no ball was a borderline case. Batsmen knee were bent during the stance..But umpire gave noball before the batsman hit the ball.
Don’t you follow Cricket? Well they got extra ball (due to no ball) with free hit which was dispatched for 4 in fine leg side.
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May 30, 2012 at 12:45 AM
yeah yeah, sorry, i was just kinda excited when i posted this comment. my bad! I guess luck did go Kolkata’s side, but, AGAIN, luck was also on CSK’s side as well when Kallis got out. KKR woulda won with much ease if Kallis had stayed on. Kallis’s injury worked towards CSK’s favour!
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May 30, 2012 at 1:04 AM
KKR were consistent through out the tournament after the initial hiccups.
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May 27, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Good point
Think the bowler helfenhaus goofed up there —
B4 that bowl, it was still chennais game
Ps-but when u let the team batting second come so close to a winning total of 190 in a final, u r asking for trouble…
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May 27, 2012 at 3:57 PM
As per srk fans,If csk had won the final,IPL would be fixed.Now that KKR has won it,its not fixed as per them which proves that CSK came in final on merit.I will take that. 😀
if its fixed,i m happier,KKR won a fixed season so it doesnt matter who won.the trophy is unworthy of any merit.
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May 29, 2012 at 11:39 AM
lol…this is entertainment. I don’t care how I get this entertainment! This was a nail-biting final!
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May 27, 2012 at 4:00 PM
btw cant help observing a ‘typical’ order of users’ comments that follow on every thread in SS:
Satyam
rockstar
gf
alex adams
saurabh
tony
saurabh
alex adams
alex adams
alex adams
matrix
Shubh
ami
saurabh
ami
saurabh
ami
saurabh
ami
saurabh
ami
saurabh
ami
saurabh
ami
saurabh
…
…
…
sorry – couldnt resist!
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May 27, 2012 at 4:10 PM
LOL
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May 27, 2012 at 4:12 PM
I have been told since satyam has access to all ids , he comments on select members’ behalf to prove that he has support from ‘others’ when he wants to win a debate.He will comment something and then immediately 3 comments will follow (Gf,qalandar and rajen etc) .He makes sure the ratio is always 1:3 in his favour.
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May 27, 2012 at 4:35 PM
hahaha jiggy
now thats a scoop of the day.. 🙂
satyam–is jiggy true
btw–jiggy–are u a new member–whats your other name…
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May 27, 2012 at 4:46 PM
I hope you aren’t Satyam, jiggy. You never know with Satyam, he might be trying to show himself as very reasonable by contrasting himself with his fictitious opponent, jiggy. 🙂
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May 27, 2012 at 4:47 PM
hahaha matrix
this is making it “intriguing”
satyam–we are curious–
who is jiggy? 🙂
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May 27, 2012 at 6:35 PM
Ha.. ! This is how one is trapped in one’s own logic!
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May 27, 2012 at 6:09 PM
Oh no my secret is out!
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May 30, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Jiggy: I’m curious, who told you that? The truth is that I agree with Satyam because he pays me. Under the terms of the contract, I can’t divulge the details, but let’s just say it’s WELL worth my time. My only grievance is that Satyam hasn’t spilled the beans on his arrangements with GF and others, so I don’t know if anyone is getting a better deal.
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May 27, 2012 at 4:03 PM
Hahaha 🙂
Must say Minor has been working hard
And keeping us entertained lol
Ps- That reminds again-Amy has suddenly disappeared after IPL result lol
Poor Amy –I was just having fun
Even if chennai has lost to KKR, your role in cocktail will remain same in ‘length’ and impact 😉
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May 27, 2012 at 4:24 PM
Alex someday these girls r going to come after u- And Ami will say such nasty things to u in Tamil that u will never forget…LOL
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May 27, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Congratulations SRK and KKR.
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May 27, 2012 at 4:33 PM
‘Alex someday these girls r going to come after u”– i dont mind that actually , infact deal with that allthe time offline as well 🙂
inspite of repeated ‘provocations’ or “encouragements” to these girls from u and some others, to say something “nasty to me”, that doesnt happen usually!!
These girls are more sensible and cool than u or some others think…
Thank you gals 🙂
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May 27, 2012 at 4:36 PM
alex shoud thank his stars that girls on this blog are mature enough to not take his comments seriously. otherwise more than a substantial number of ‘gaalis’ are overdue on him! 🙂
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May 27, 2012 at 4:37 PM
I have NEVER provoked/insinuated any girl/person to say anything to u
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May 27, 2012 at 4:42 PM
another comment of ‘encouragement’ and ‘provocations” for the gals against me-have lost count of these attempts @
“Instigation” 🙂
but why are u poor souls so much ‘bothered’ when the gals in question, are clearly ‘silent”…
u dont know but amy and oldgold infact have been attending my auditions/shootings happily 🙂
ps–in this repsect, i feel that the ‘mature’ members like satyam are consistent
Neither do they try to ‘police’ or instigate the gals and nor do they make underhand attempts on their own when possible , hoho
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May 27, 2012 at 4:46 PM
its just banter, dude
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May 27, 2012 at 4:46 PM
must add that tonymontana is usually a ‘gentleman’
infact a sort of a “nice” guy who a gal should be happy to take to her parents…
so gals—any of u listening there…lol
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May 27, 2012 at 4:51 PM
Dude Alex, u know what i am least concerned abt what these girls say or do not say to u. but yes will agree with tony that these girls r very matured and sporting esp ami and oldgold.
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May 27, 2012 at 4:55 PM
“these girls r very matured and sporting ”
thanx for that minor–on behalf of the gals 🙂
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May 27, 2012 at 6:52 PM
“phantasmagorical.”–graduate–thats the word of the day..
btw as for ‘eyes wide shut’ and kubrick– it was good that u too could see past the obvious ‘explicit’ content and see the complex interplay of the deeper human mental and sucnonscious crevices and devices and also the ‘defense mechanisms’ constructed to ‘explain’ those and also those that are employed to ‘overcome’ those.
Funny since this very ‘overcoming’ attempts lead to the ‘undoing’ in all these attempts
and feel that kubrick achieved it v well
The slight ‘problem’ was that the ‘explicitness’ sometimes distracts most viewers who confuse it with elements of porn–not surprising since nothing but a ‘thin line’ spearates these–though in this occasion, kubrick is firmly saddled towards the ‘right’ side of the paradigm…
>”Oh no my secret is out!..”
satyam—yes agree it is funny, but who is jiggy … 🙂 and is he/she saying the truth…
this is another kubirck style mystery
ps–graduate–will await a proper full fledged piece from u –cheers
u surely are a ‘real’ full-fledged medic graduate…
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May 27, 2012 at 8:33 PM
It is Jayalalitha versus Mamata banerjee.
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May 27, 2012 at 9:45 PM
what a match! good that KKR won – they deserved it yday.
CSK put up a brilliang fight in the death overs.
SRK – really looked disturbed, dejected in last few overs – the man is really going through lot of inner turmoil – it was all over his face – hope this win brings some much needed solace for him.
His daughter looks so cute but pale and someone who has been over-protected (no complains or qualms here – i guess most of the superrich kids are like that?) any way – none of histrionics srk displayed after the win had his heart’s supoort – neverthless, the man was happy – good.
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May 28, 2012 at 4:23 PM
It isn’t clear whether you want to praise or find fault with SRK.
-daughter looks over protected..what’s that??’
-going through lot of inner turmoil … huh? turmoil? Tension at finals? Which will it be?
-none of histrionics srk displayed after the win had his heart’s supoort ….huh? *repeated* What’s that?’ *repeated* Come on!!
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May 27, 2012 at 10:13 PM
At the last IPL when KKR lost, SRK was really sarcastic about the team and their performance coz a lot of his money was riding on this. He must indeed be a happy man for getting returns on his investment.
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May 28, 2012 at 2:29 AM
What an insight ideaunique!!!!!KKR is his team.If in last overs,match is getting tense and there are chances that one might lose after reaching damn close,it is natural to get anxious.What is the bullcrap of inner turmoil here????Stop judging SRK when your own star looks fake and rehearsed on a tv show.No wonder TRP is such a pathetic one.
Whatis this about his action not having his hearts support??I mean heights of insight.kuch nahi mila to kuch bhi.He was believing every bit he said.The man and his team are well loved.So no question of any turmoil.Plain and Simple!!
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May 28, 2012 at 2:30 AM
Agree filmbuff
Srk has probably gone mad with joy … Hope those like Priyanka and katrina are safe..lol
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May 28, 2012 at 2:53 AM
did not like Eyes Wide Shut much, alex n graduate.
I think it did have the potential with all the quirks and weirdness on display in its initial scenes but did not live up to it. Goes nowhere actually.
A Clockwork Orange is a personal favourite though. Have seen it a number of times.. n then went ahead and read the book too
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May 28, 2012 at 2:30 PM
The pleasures of stills…Encompassing one of the biggest success stories of the subconitnent recent era…
There are pics and then there are pics…
In the middle of something, but came across this..
One of the better pictures ever of THE SRK
Now, am not a ‘fan’ @ all…
But bollywood would be a lesser place if he doesnt reclaim himself..
Hope this pic is an indicator of a ‘respite’ for him..
The pic says so much more than what one sees…
And not one to be ‘biased’ or deny the facts and dont mind the risk of being confused for an srk fan !!
The eyes (though closed) say it all….
The blood, the sweat, the gore….
The Man, The legend, Shah Rukh Khan…
http://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/bollywood-star-and-co-owner-of-kolkata-k-photo-1338201781.html
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May 28, 2012 at 4:19 PM
A very good picture. In fact in the last few pictures of his especially at the finals, he looks great. Tense in some (very normal), but good, nevertheless.
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May 28, 2012 at 4:22 PM
Thanx oldgold –glad u liked it 😉
Irrespective of whether one is a fan of srk, this pic encapsulates his journey over the last two decades…
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May 29, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Seems theres a full blown circus @ Calcutta
SRK style
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Cricket/IPL/Chunk-HT-UI-IPL2012-TopStories/Kolkata-turns-purple-all-roads-lead-to-Eden/SP-Article10-863089.aspx
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May 30, 2012 at 1:19 AM
Why a Mamata victory rally closely resembles a circus
http://www.firstpost.com/india/why-a-mamata-victory-rally-closely-resembles-a-circus-324625.html
Thousands thronged the streets, screamed when the jubilant Kolkata Knight Riders held aloft the IPL trophy and then shut up the moment Mamata Banerjee told them to. When Mamata Banerjee holds any rally, whether in victory or loss, and is armed with a microphone there is a typical sequence of events one can expect.
1. You can’t tell if it’s a official felicitation programme or a school function: Mamata Banerjee told the jubilant Kolkata Knight Riders to stop dancing, stand in line, smile and walk a victory lap. She told Mukul Roy to take care of the governor, who was quickly sent off into the background for the rest of the function. Even the thousands that thronged the Eden Gardens went silent when she told them to. While television audiences may have wondered what was going on, most of Kolkata knew that this was hardly unusual.
2. When even a firecracker like SRK stands in queue like he’s going to get thrashed for talking in class: Shah Rukh cartwheeled, babbled and generally has made little sense since his team won the IPL on Sunday. But if he was looking to repeat his performance he didn’t get any chance. He tried to get Mamata to dance to a tune but was told that she could only sing, ergo she danced to no one’s tune. Shah Rukh tried scaling the fence at one point but perhaps climbed down after Didi told him to. He should have asked the ministers and other officials present at the ground. They know the protocol.
3. When there’s a clutch of little-known, and littler-funny Tollywood stars in every frame of TV cameras: Rituparna Sengupta is relatively well-known across India. But Jeet, Locket and a whole host of local celebrities who danced alongside Shah Rukh at one point led the pan-India audience viewing the event to believe they were either team members or members of the crowd who had managed to wander on the stage. Perhaps it explains why at one point Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla went off to one corner of the stage to dance alone.
4. When every sentence is punctuated with Bangla: You’d better know your Bengali when you’re watching a Mamata Banerjee organised rally. No one knows when English will suddenly change to Bengali and more importantly it could be an instruction directed at you from Didi no less.
5. When photographers do a headless chicken act: Photographers hate being told where to stand. Most functions are punctuated by shouts asking an errant photographer to sit or stay calm. But photographers in West Bengal know better than to go against Didi’s diktat. She tells them to go left, they go left. She tells them to stand still, they stand still. Perhaps seeing the Union Railway Minister doing the same alongside them takes the sting out of following instructions.
6. When everything from the curtains, LCD display, water-bottles to the shawl being gifted is a government hospital-blue in colour: Ever since Mamata Banerjee took charge of West Bengal, Kolkata and the state no longer paint anything red and everything is blue. Kolkata Knight Riders got the blue treatment as well with blue shawls around their necks.
7. When Tagore is background music, Tagore is the speech opener, Tagore kicks Vishal-Shekhar right where it hurts the most: Whether it is an IPL victory or an election one, Mamata Banerjee believes the melodies of Tagore must be played. Shah Rukh Khan realised this when he suddenly found the team anthem abruptly pulled off, only to be replaced by a Tagore song, which he gamely attempted to dance to.
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May 30, 2012 at 1:25 AM
Circus is inevitable when you have the biggest clown of Indian politics & biggest clown of Bollywood at the centre stage…the captain, cricketers & most importantly the great game of cricket shamelessly relegated to the sidelines !!!
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May 31, 2012 at 5:35 PM
What about a midget clown who is veering towards mundane,ambiguous and superficial in the name of earning some social mileage.To add to the woes of the midget even the men who went to the circus to watch him have left causing the TRP to be such dismal that the heartburn is evident in above comment.At least SRK emoted what was true -happiness rather than fake a tear on television.
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May 30, 2012 at 2:18 AM
I simply fail to see what has the Bengal government got to do with taking all the credit? Not even a single player is Bengali in the team, and the captain hails from Delhi. SRK himself is a Delhiite
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May 30, 2012 at 2:41 AM
Eden Gardens yesterday was the theatre of the absurd ! Sadly not the first time this great stadium witnessed such a farce !!
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May 30, 2012 at 2:46 AM
yeah.. I remember the Eden Gardens’ world cup semi-finals fiasco!
Something’s indeed wrong with the Kolkata-ians
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May 31, 2012 at 5:40 PM
If The Eden Gardens famous for taking great cricketers on its awe is the theatre of the absurd,guess Jantar Mantar is the sitting place for idiots!
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May 30, 2012 at 2:55 AM
“Not even a single player is Bengali in the team, and the captain hails from Delhi. SRK himself is a Delhiite”
lol..FYKI Manoj Tiwari who hit the winning runs plays for Bengal. Then u have Shukla and DB das from Bengal. Dinda another bowler who came to limelight due to KKR got a good price from Pune and is playing for Pune.
Take an example of Dhoni or Pragyan Ojha. Jharkhand or Odisha don’t have IPL teams. Then what these players will do??
First try to understand the IPL format. You have 28 states and all of them can’t have IPL teams. So u will have to form the team by keeping good players from every region.
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May 30, 2012 at 2:57 AM
That wasnt my point. But whats yours?
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May 30, 2012 at 3:17 AM
Well ur point was that not a single player in KKR is from Bengal . I guess u know a few now from my comment. There must be some other players from Bengal who did not get a chance to be in Playing XI due to the format.
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May 30, 2012 at 4:44 AM
What I was referring to was Mamta’s unnecessary participation. Did Kolkata / Bengal lead to an increase in the World’s average GDP? Its just a random team in a random tamasha contest? Can still understand SRK’s over-the-top jubiliation coz he must stand to earn huge profits out of all this.. But Mamta ? Gimme a break!
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May 30, 2012 at 4:57 AM
Not just Mamata, the WB Governor’s comment was equally pathetic & hilarious !
According to him, KKR’s win was ” true paribartan” for Bengal !!!
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May 30, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Tony, this is what you said to which Bhalo Manush responded, and added some bits of further information.
>Not even a single player is Bengali in the team, and the captain hails from Delhi. SRK himself is a Delhiite
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May 30, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Tony may have made a factual error there but everyone can understand the larger point he is trying to make. And from his comments it is clear that Tony knows enough about cricket
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May 30, 2012 at 2:45 AM
Economists term KKR celebrations as colossal loss of productivity
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_economists-term-kkr-celebrations-as-colossal-loss-of-productivity_1695345
It was de facto holiday here on Tuesday as the Mamata Banerjee government pulled out all the stops to celebrate Kolkata Knight Riders’ Indian Premier League (IPL) win with thousands of people on the streets and offices reporting thin attendance.
Businesspersons and economists termed it a colossal loss of manhours and productivity.
The West Bengal capital came to a virtual standstill as office-goers either took time off to celebrate or couldn’t get to work even if they wanted to because of road restrictions and traffic snarls.
Thousands lined the roads to watch the victory parade of the Knights, an estimated 70,000 gathered at Eden Gardens where the team was given a civic reception and 20,000-30,000 stood outside, despite it being a working day, unable to get inside.
While the Mamata Banerjee-led government, fighting to clear a debt burden of over Rs2 lakh crore, celebrated, a section of Kolkatans and businesspersons tried to calculate the enormous losses.
“It is a colossal waste. We have lost so many manhours. Though I am not sure whether loss of manhours means loss of productivity to that extent because hardly anybody works in West Bengal,” an economics professor of Jadavpur University, who refused to give his name fearing retaliation from the government, told IANS.
He said the celebrations could have been held during the weekend.
“Today was a nice occasion to disobey the rules, to skip office. But what will Kolkata gain from KKR’s triumph? KKR will get all the prize money. But will it enlighten our state? Will (KKR co-owner) Shah Rukh Khan set up an industry?
Ruchhita Kazaria, who owns advertisement agency Aarcee Enterprises, was aghast
“The preposterous and outrageous celebrations are looking like India has won the Olympics in totality, in every sport division,” Kazaria told IANS
“When Ms. Banerjee has herself quoted that we are a POOR STATE and we can only give greetings and good wishes to the KKR team, has she forgotten that because of this act of hers of inviting the whole of the city during working hours to Eden Gardens, she is just making the city poorer?
“Business hours are being wasted felicitating Mr. Shah Rukh Khan and the KKR team mates. Work is getting hampered beyond tolerance levels and will result in a downward graph for Kolkata and for India on a bigger picture if viewed,” she added.
Another woman entrepreneur, who heads a chemical company, complained that she was unable to go about the daily business as the city had come to a standstill.
“At the end of the month targets have to be achieved, collections made and salaries to be given. Each hour is a loss to not just us but I am guessing to all businesses. It is only an IPL trophy won in the fifth year with very few Bengali players in the team,” she told IANS, also not wishing to be identified fearing retaliation from ruling Trinamool Congress cadres.
“Why is the city so starved of achievements that an IPL trophy calls for a standstill of the entire city? I am so disappointed that we Kolkatans have to resort to this and make a fool of ourselves,” she added
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May 30, 2012 at 2:47 AM
LOL. Even a World Cup win wouldn’t cause so much of chaos!
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May 31, 2012 at 5:51 PM
Rupee is facing a downward slide.Economy is in doldrums.Why not stop celebrating happiness?Why not ponder over bandhs!!Why not think that wasting time on blogs is also loss of productivity!The economists have suddenly had a soul as KKR won and the biggest of them all Dr.Singh is playing to the corporate by being unable to handle economy.Wahhh Mr.Shubb,your posting link was fine but the intent was not well substantiated with a rational thinking.Who attended the parade..mostly youths.The same youth also attends movies on weekdays,wastes time talking 24*7 to their jaan and jaanus,like us talks on blogs but then we ain’t SRK that we can be uselessly criticized.We are mostly like Aamir about whom no one cares.So well be it then.Stop laughing,stop shitting,sneezing and work..we are dying..we need to work.dnt we?Dnt retaliate or else I will think you are also a nom productive unit!!
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May 30, 2012 at 2:47 AM
Shah Rukh Khan is ‘cruel’, say Kolkatans as he fails to turn up for roadshow
http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_shah-rukh-khan-is-cruel-say-kolkatans-as-he-fails-to-turn-up-for-roadshow_1695221
Some cursed him, others called him “cruel”. Even the presence of IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) players could not take away the disappointment of thousands who braved the scorching sun for hours only to find Bollywood star and team co-owner Shah Rukh missing from the KKR victory parade.
“He is so cruel to be not present. We bunked our classes and have been standing in the sun for over two hours to see him. We are disappointed to say the least,” a college student said, speaking for his group.
Khan surfaced outside the state secretariat where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came to felicitate the team. He hugged the chief minister, and held aloft the Indian Premier League champions trophy.
Earlier, thousands thronged the Ashutosh Mukherjee Road to witness the victory parade of KKR though most of them had come to see the badshah of Bollywood.
Local councilors had put up a stage at the Jadubabu Bazar, south of the city, to felicitate the KKR players and Khan but his absence of took away all their enthusiasm.
To add up their woe a part of the stage collapsed causing minor injuries to a few.
As the police did not allow the convoy to stop, the councilors threw the flower bouquets towards the players.
The Knights led by skipper Gautam Gambhir waved frantically atop a trailer
“It is a consolation to see Gambhir and his team. We had come here to see Shah Rukh. We now feel like fools after braving the sun for so long,” said a teenager who had been chanting the cinestar’s name in anticipation.
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May 30, 2012 at 2:50 AM
“It is a consolation to see Gambhir and his team. We had come here to see Shah Rukh. ”
Basically sums up why yesterday’s so called “victory parade” was a complete joke !! The parade was not for the cricketers at all !!!
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May 30, 2012 at 3:03 AM
Aree yaar kabhi to credit de do…When KKR loses it goes in SRK list of failures, when KKR wins ..people are there for SRK and not for cricket 🙂
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May 30, 2012 at 3:10 AM
lol
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May 30, 2012 at 3:21 AM
Not everybody went for SRK. There will be some who went for SRK, some for the team and some for politics. What’s the problem in it? Should we put a criteria and then allow ppl to the stadium. SRK fans out, Trinamool supporters out, Juhi fans out, KKR fans in/////
BTW Are you a Ganguly fan???
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May 30, 2012 at 4:25 AM
Whenever Chennai won–the city did not turn upside down.
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May 30, 2012 at 4:27 AM
Celebration for KKR: All paribartan in West Bengal has been reduced to symbols!
Bibek Debroy
http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/policypuzzles/entry/celebration-for-kkr-all-paribartan-in-west-bengal-has-been-reduced-to-symbols
I do not live or work in West Bengal. Thank God for that. Exiting West Bengal has been good for me, professionally and personally. I, and several others belonging to my generation, have the Left Front to thank, for triggering that exodus.
I studied in Presidency College and a letter to the West Bengal CM, from a present student of the college, suggests that she and her generation will exit West Bengal because of TMC. Since I do not live and work in West Bengal and do not vote there, how the citizens of Bengal decide to celebrate and be happy, is none of my business.
I have nothing to say about your private parties, as long as you celebrate with your own money. The tamasha at Eden Gardens was anything but private, since public expenditure was involved. I may not pay taxes in West Bengal. But I do pay taxes in Delhi.
Those fund resources Kolkata receives through Planning Commission and Finance Commission and whatever incremental resources Bengal now receives through the begging bowl. Therefore, I have a right to know how much the West Bengal government spent on the Eden Gardens tamasha. No one gives me an answer to that. More importantly, few people in West Bengal seem to find this a relevant question.
Since when has KKR become equated with West Bengal’s success? SRK being a brand ambassador is one thing, but what is ‘officially’ Bengal about KKR? Has West Bengal government bought equity into the franchise? To start off with, I didn’t have much respect for the West Bengal Cabinet. Whatever respect existed, has vanished in the last 1 year. But why did the Governor agree to shake a leg at the event? National media, print and electronic, has carried pictures and images of the event.
But those were from inside the stadium, where there were an estimated 75,000 people. However, there were another 25,000 who couldn’t get in and were lathi charged. Such collateral damage is perhaps inevitable when such an event is organized at such short notice. But I have been wondering about those images, carried on Bengali electronic media. Blood-splattered, with tears in their eyes. These weren’t the glitterati.
These were ordinary people. Didn’t they have anything better to do? Why has happiness for them been reduced to KKR and IPL? Is there no other source of happiness? Has paribartan not meant greater economic opportuntites? These are rhetorical questions, certain to be branded as Maoist ones.
The bottom line is a simple one. All paribartan in West Bengal has been reduced to symbols and nothing more. The only part that is real and is not a symbol is the begging bowl. Let’s also make that begging bowl a symbol.
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May 30, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Is that a smell of something burning?….LOL
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May 30, 2012 at 3:47 PM
Yes. Shubh is on fire today. Hahahaha.
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May 30, 2012 at 4:01 PM
sahi mei yaar Shubh.. SRK ko akela chod de yaar.. jab SRK shaant hota hai tu Satyamev Jayathe mei ghus jaata hai aur jahan internet mei SJ pe articles khatm hote hai tu KKR ki burayi karni shuru ho jata hai.. 😀
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May 30, 2012 at 4:14 PM
Congrats anand!!!
Came across this on guardian
Is anand indias greatest sporting icon
Like this soft spoken ‘giant’
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/may/30/viswanathan-anand-crowned-chess-champion?newsfeed=true
Reminds me somewhat of rehman
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May 31, 2012 at 12:54 AM
ROFL !! The guy needs help !!!
SRK : I am not apologising to MCA
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl-2012/news/Im-not-apologising-Shah-Rukh-Khan/articleshow/13678072.cms
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May 31, 2012 at 1:06 AM
SRK never apologized to MCA and he is quite right in apologizing to his Kids and Fans…
This is an excellent interview by SRK….some really very good answers…No one can give a better reply than SRK…
“Some politician came out the other day and said Bollywood should not be allowed in IPL. My question is if Bollywood can be allowed in the parliament, why not IPL? What kind of logic is that?”
Now this is for Shobha De…I laugh at TV channels who invite her…
“You stupid red-wine drinking, uncool, good for nothing socialite… what right do you have to glorify yourself in tabloids or on TV like that? What life have you seen? How dare you go on some television channel and call me an overgrown schoolboy? What life have you lived?”
“Just heard one gentleman politician say why are they celebrating so much when only five Bengali players were there in the team. How dare he say that? Does he mean he doesn’t watch other sports if there is no Bengal player in it or my movies because I am from Delhi.”….Superb…
SRK is back in full form…Haters are quite disappointed with the IPL win….
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May 31, 2012 at 11:09 AM
agree with SRK
Who the f..k is Shoba De…she needs a slap!
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May 31, 2012 at 6:56 PM
Re: I hear people say… “Why does he (Shah Rukh) wear dark glasses at night?” I’ll tell you why I wear them. I wear them because the sun doesn’t stop shining on me… even at night! If you can’t wear and feel bad about it, I’m sorry.
haha… Deluded much? Let me quote Larry David here: You know who wears sunglasses at night? Blind people and as*holes.
PS: Larry David’s exact quote was ” You know who wears sunglasses inside? Blind people and assholes.”…so the quote is equally applicable in the above context. Since SRK wears them inside as well, maybe he’s an ubiquitous as*hole. 🙂
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May 31, 2012 at 7:10 PM
That quote by SRK is a famous quote by Nicholsan.SRK just said it here.Guess the Larry’s and the Parrys have a long way to go before being able to call likes of Jack an asshole.
There was a quote on opinions too.Every opinion is like an a##hole,all have one!! Guess then not only you but me,Aamir,Bachchan,SRK and Nicholsan along with that Larry,we all are assholes!!
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May 31, 2012 at 7:13 PM
So what you’re saying is SRK is not only an asshole but also an plagiarist…LOL
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May 31, 2012 at 9:50 PM
NO.What I am saying is that your reference of Larry to show that SRK is an asshole has turned back on you.Opinion and more opinion…that is all you have my friend but each opinion is akin to an a#$hole.You chose which one you reside in!!Loliyana bahut as an hai,par jab baat khud par aaye to zara hans lenge zara. 😀
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May 31, 2012 at 11:26 PM
What’s your problem dude? Why are you getting personal when my comments were meant to be taken lightheartedly and more specifically I’d addressed you in a normal bantering tone?
Since I’ve neither the time/energy/inclination to indulge in singing SRK’s hosannas nor any liking for being insulted by some random overzealous fan of his on the net, I plan to steer away from you in SS. I hope you’ll extend the same courtesy to me. Goodbye!
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May 31, 2012 at 12:56 AM
SRK: The case of the imploding mega-star
http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/srk-the-case-of-the-imploding-mega-star-325903.html
Out there in the cosmos, stars that shine much brighter than the sun die a spectacular death caused by their heavy hearts. Their core has such great mass, that gravity fuses gases into successively weightier elements. Sulfur, magnesium, silicon… and finally iron.
Iron at the core means death for a star. The energy consumed in fusing elements into iron is greater than the energy released in the fusion process. With no energy radiating outwards, the gravity of the iron at its centre makes the rest of the star collapse onto itself at tremendous velocities. As one science website puts it: “the star starts consuming itself from inside out.”
Are these the kind of cosmic forces that are causing the implosion of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan? You could say so. Just replace iron with a fusion of ‘ego’ and (a) ‘sense of entitlement’.
Like the healthiest stars in space, the early Shah Rukh Khan had a luminosity whose source was levity at the core. He never seemed to take himself too seriously. Had a sense of mischief, and an effervescent, unscripted wit. Once, early-ish in his career, when he was told he had only five expressions in his repertoire, he laughed and said: “the others have four.” Once, he had cleverly (and sincerely) said: “I would rather have peace of mind, than a piece of ass.”
Once. That time has well and truly passed. The year gone by has seen the hardening of the core (and perhaps a heavyness of the heart) that seems to move the superstar inexorably towards the fate that the greatest bodies in cosmos must face some day.
His behaviour in public is a symptom. Where once he ducked and weaved expertly, smiling at his adversary in the face of provocation, he now thrusts a jab (or slap). In January, his one-time friend and industry colleague (the irritating) Shirish Kunder felt one. Kunder hadn’t been kind in a tweet about Khan’s big project, Ra.One.
Recently, SRK got involved in a brawl with the security staff at the Wankhede stadium. He claimed that his wards were manhandled, so he lost his cool. But how appropriate is it to let fly all those ma behenkis and threaten to kill people in the presence of children? AFP
Recently, at Mumbai’s Wankhede stadium he got involved in an ugly scene with the police. He claimed (and there may be some truth in this) that his wards were manhandled, so he lost his cool. But how appropriate is it to let fly all those ma behenkisand threaten to kill people in the presence of children under your charge?
His work in recent times should be a source of further disappointment to him. But the sense of entitlement that tells him anything he does will work well, is capable of turning the argument around in his head when it doesn’t: ‘if they don’t like it, then they’re the fools’.
His films have hardly matched their hype. As for his television appearances, there have been some lamentable lows. The worst of them being a poorly scripted, juvenile ‘comic action’ show (where people are hit with large soft objects and have embarrassing falls) called Zor ka Jhatka. As the failures fused into one another, the core seemed to become denser.
And what of the heavy heart? After nearly two decades in the business, the first serious rumours of an SRK affair made ripples that would not die down. The lady in question is Priyanka Chopra. The tabloids feasted on the story: it didn’t help that the two were photographed together at 3 am, and their security details tried and failed to apprehend the brave photographer.
In Bollywood, such a thing affects the work of the lesser star and the home of the superstar. From invites to parties, to getting work, Ms Chopra was having a bit of a hard time. She fed the tabloids a juicy morsel. Speaking in the deniable third person (“thunders a close friend and associate…”) she spoke derisively of insecure star wives.
India got its clearest view of the aggrieved party, Shah Rukh’s wife Gauri, on the night of the IPL final. His franchise had won, but SRK made a pathetic spectacle of himself. He clarified that he wasn’t drunk (if not, then what?), offered belated apologies. Surrounded by the shield of his children, he tried to get Gauri to dance the dance of the happy family for TV—and failed. Her body language spoke clearly and scathingly that night.
What remained was the sight of a star consuming itself from inside out.
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May 31, 2012 at 1:12 AM
Now this one is from some Avirook Sen. Poor guy is either a CPM supporter or a Ganguly Fan. SRK’s closeness to Mamata will make him anti CPM. He should be careful of this. CPM might come back to power in Bengal soon.
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May 31, 2012 at 1:27 AM
Right ! Bibek Debroy & countless others who have slammed the Eden fiasco are all CPM guys / Maoists…that is the level of discourse in Bengal today !!
Shame !!!
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May 31, 2012 at 1:43 AM
Read the article again…it’s not a fair journalism…I can’t copy and paste the things here…I am not a Mamata supporter and i think Bengal did a big mistake by choosing her. But CPM supporters are not saints. CPM had become the party of Gundas…thank god they lost..but sad thing is that they lost to Mamata..
And then there are also Ganguly fans who have become SRK haters..go and check comments in the Ganguly fan profile in FB. Bengal media is highly biased and u can judge from the language this writer has used in this article.
Now check the kind of articles this site has
“SRK’s midlife meltdown: Real, raw and tragic”
http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/srks-midlife-meltdown-real-raw-and-tragic-313686.html
“The embarrassing theatrics of Shah Rukh Khan”
http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/the-embarrassing-theatrics-of-shah-rukh-khan-324243.html
Shame on such sites and writers and those ppl who follow them…Shame on such ppl who does not have any work and are wasting their time posting anti SRK articles..
“Bibek Debroy & countless others who have slammed the Eden fiasco are all CPM guys / Maoists”
There are ppl like Charu Sharma and Baichung bhutia who supported this also…then what???
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/india-decides-9/is-mamata-seeking-political-mileage-out-of-kolkatas-ipl-win/234062
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May 31, 2012 at 1:29 AM
Shahrukh and Mamata – IPL circus
http://zeenews.india.com/sports/blogs/34/blog198.html
f you needed any proof of the cringe making vulgarity that is the IPL look no further than the joint spectacle of Mamata Banerjee and Shahrukh Khan, as the two put up a Bonnie and Clyde celebration.
It seemed as if India had won the World Cup or got 100 medals in the Olympics – but since the word Kolkata would not be involved, kolaveri didi would not care.
We were earlier treated to the unedifying sight of a 47-year old superstar seemingly in the throes of a mid- life crisis flashing his black underwear while he turned cartwheels. Today the duo, along with several motley cricketers for hire, turned cricket in to a Roman circus.
Till date we have had spot fixing, molestation, sexism and a brawl. Familiar ground for both Banerjee and Khan.
But, to see the governor of Bengal – former spook – M K Narayanan with a poker face felicitate a private leagues victory was a sorry spectacle. A bit like Shahrukh Khan descending from the silver screen to play Hanuman in the neighbourhood Ramayana.
Since both bread and power is in short supply in West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee decided to turn the IPL in to a state branch of the Trinamool Congress complete with a ritual lathi charge.
Wonder how long people will be fooled with the IPL circus? Somewhere, while he erstwhile prince of Kolkata Sourav Ganguly sobbed, Lalit Modi must have smiled.
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May 31, 2012 at 1:51 AM
“Wonder how long people will be fooled with the IPL circus? Somewhere, while he erstwhile prince of Kolkata Sourav Ganguly sobbed, Lalit Modi must have smiled.”
This poor writer will one day get old and die. But before dying she will see that IPL will be shining more and more. Then also she will not able to understand that ppl who enjoy IPL are not fools and much more intelligent than her.
“prince of Kolkata Sourav Ganguly sobbed”
Full respect to Dada for what he did for Indian cricket but KKR sobbed for 3 seasons in IPL and then Pune sobbed this season under his captaincy. Dear dada should leave T20 and concentrate on Ranji and Duleep Trophy.
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May 31, 2012 at 1:57 AM
“Till date we have had spot fixing, molestation, sexism and a brawl. Familiar ground for both Banerjee and Khan.”
Haven’t we seen controversies in Olympics, Football, international cricket? Does that make the sports/game or Tournament a circus?
oh sorry this writer is intelligent and we IPL lovers are fools…
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May 31, 2012 at 1:30 AM
“joint spectacle of Mamata Banerjee and Shahrukh Khan, as the two put up a Bonnie and Clyde celebration.”
“We were earlier treated to the unedifying sight of a 47-year old superstar seemingly in the throes of a mid- life crisis flashing his black underwear while he turned cartwheels. ”
ROFL 🙂 🙂
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May 31, 2012 at 2:08 AM
Hmmmm.. Only negative articles on SRK’s antics..
He seems to be drawing unanimous negativity from everyone in the media.
or maybe… only articles with an agenda are posted here ??
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May 31, 2012 at 3:29 AM
http://www.firstpost.com/photos/special-pics-srk-grooves-with-prabhu-deva-akshay-in-chennai-327008.html
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May 31, 2012 at 9:19 AM
>Hmmmm.. Only negative articles on SRK’s antics..
I’m sure there are several positive articles around if one would look for them.
But alas, my fandom of SRK is weaker compared to Shubh’s much stronger hatred of him.
He’s stalking the internet so tenaciously that every obscure worthless site is getting their moment of glory by being quoted here 😀
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May 31, 2012 at 9:18 PM
“I’m sure there are several positive articles around if one would look for them.”
Positive articles on SRK are his PR work…negative Articles are the FACTS or Truths…
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May 31, 2012 at 4:12 AM
Yeh IPL hai boss!
Chennai Super Kings have finally lost, the recent controversies have finally taken a backseat, Poonam Pandey – who threatens to turn Twitter into Orkut at all costs – has finally stripped and Mamta Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has finally managed to lift the cup.
Let’s rejoice — the IPL has finally struck back and how!
The US of A has Apple and Coke. Swiss have watches. The French can boast of wine. United Kingdom has the Queen. Given India’s penchant for global recognition, what had we given the world until the IPL happened? Brand finance finally has an Indian chapter that isn’t just a footnote mentioning Infosys and Tatas. The IPL has caught everyone’s imagination, has become our saving grace.
Let’s not spoil this moment of success (can’t say Citi Moment of Success because I’m not paid to do so) by raking up unnecessary past issues like match-fixing, harassing women in after-parties, insulting them the next day morning, discussing brawls that happen in cricket stadiums, innocent young boys and girls attending rave parties and asking authorities like ED and IT about where they’ve reached with their investigations.
Let us look at the brighter side and debate if the time has come for Sunny Leone to give Poonam Pandey a run for her money off the field and how Preity Zinta has to now gather all the support she can from Bollywood to snatch the cup from Shahrukh next year. There’s so much to look forward to.
The IPL has also done a lot for the political and cultural fabric of this country. In 2008, the tournament’s inaugural year, it allowed Congress to return to power in Rajasthan, opening a pandora’s box to the series of allegations that rocked BJP in the state. In 2009, it was the IPL that ensured peaceful Lok Sabha elections by deciding to shift out of the country. In 2010, it gave the Telangana Rashtriya Samiti the much-needed impetus to demand a separate state which in turn forced BCCI to shift matches out of Hyderabad and centre to consider it a national crisis. In 2011, the IPL fought corruption allegations which in turn proved to be a shot in the arm for the Anna Hazare movement, underlining why it was important to have the Lokpal bill passed. In 2012, it saved the central government from falling by shifting Mamta’s focus in Bengal from petrol and Maobadis to cricket and the eventual victory.
It is appalling how critics only look at negatives. In fact, it gives PA Sangma another good reason to pitch himself as the next Presidential candidate considering that the northeast has been completely ignored by the IPL. In Kerala, now that chief minister Oomen Chandy has been forced to relent on the Mullaiperiyar dam issue, taking up the IPL cause and once again reigniting the debate to bring back the Kochi franchise is very much possible.
I’m already looking forward to IPL 6! It’ll be the last year of current UPA government before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and it won’t be a surprise if Rahul Gandhi’s very own Rae Bareilly, Narendra Modi’s beloved Bharuch, the RSS high-command in Nagpur, Muthalik’s Ram Sene in Mysore and Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Patna don’t pitch for their share of IPL matches, or maybe even a franchise.
India had to wait for 29 years to win the World Cup again. Kolkata’s Tuesday celebrations showed how to do it in less than a year. Those who think the IPL’s popular overseas just because it keeps trending on Twitter need to think again.
Australia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have started their own Twenty20 leagues. England don’t want to admit but they’re equally desperate to have their own similar league. South Africa and West Indies are more than eager to participate where India wants them to. Pakistan is just happy that they’ve been invited for the next IPL. The world has taken notice and sky is now the limit for this tournament that cuts across the length and breadth of this country like nothing else.
Lalit Modi is bang on target when he says: Yeh IPL Hai Boss!
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May 31, 2012 at 5:30 PM
Barkha Dutt Interviews SRK… again !!
NDTV Exclusive: ‘My son said he would hit me if I push anyone again’, says Shah Rukh Khan…
http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-buck-stops-here/ndtv-exclusive-my-son-said-he-would-hit-me-if-i-push-anyone-again-says-shah-rukh-khan/234348?pfrom=home-lateststories
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May 31, 2012 at 5:32 PM
Now he is blaming it on Unsecular remarks….
Babu jee ney kaha – Ghar chod do, Maa ney kaha Paro ko chod do, Paro ney kaha Sharaab chod do and Mumbai ney kaha – Wankhade chod do !!!
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May 31, 2012 at 7:16 PM
nowwwww!!he blamed it the next day only!!!
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May 31, 2012 at 5:37 PM
Haven’t watched this interview, but I’ve noticed that NDTV is like SRK’s PR agency.
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May 31, 2012 at 5:48 PM
Well he has built up these relationships over the years so anytime he wants to say something the journalists show up.
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May 31, 2012 at 6:03 PM
he took a major dig at Shobha De- designer sarees, wearing more make up than my attitude !! LOL have to admit that was a good one …
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May 31, 2012 at 11:40 PM
I think Shobha was most articulate in that debate and her point was good that if he had apologized and he would have come out bigger. And wearing designer saree or drinking Wine doesn’t take anything from her opinion. I for one would take umbrage at such an opinion from celebrity.
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June 1, 2012 at 3:37 AM
Thanks to the IPL win…we are getting to see some excellent interviews of SRK..
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June 1, 2012 at 3:40 AM
“Will never leave when I am loosing”…SRK at his best…
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May 31, 2012 at 10:02 PM
Shobha De deserves that.
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June 1, 2012 at 12:04 AM
Shobhaa De’s latest tweet…slamdunked SRK’s dig !!
“Did you watch Vishwanath Anand’s inspiring felicitation as Chess World Champion? I didn’t see him doing cartwheels…someone,tell him! ”
🙂 ROFL
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June 1, 2012 at 3:53 AM
This pathetic aunty Shobha De does not understand one thing
Vishwanath Anand (with all respect) does not know / like to do cartwheel or Dance so he will not do that if he wins a world championship…but SRK likes to do dancing or cartwheels so he will do it even if he wins a computer game against his son…
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June 1, 2012 at 6:36 AM
I’m an Aamir Fan….but I too feel everyone is turning against SRK …..although he always ridiculed Aamir at every opportuniy, I have to put my hands up and say this must stop.
And this Shobha De…….does she do any real work?
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June 1, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Shobha De is pathetic, but I feel Srk is even more pathetic. So does he not wear Designer shirts/suits and make up too?? Also suddenly the whole media and fans are making it like winning a silly ipl tournament is a super big achievement. Laughable!!! Its like winning a filmfare or iifa. He is using the occasion to generate maximum PR buzz. After a few days, all this will be as hollow as some of his so called hit movies. Nothing to remember!!!
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June 1, 2012 at 11:40 AM
I’d say two things here. First off the man has a right to be happy when his team wins. Wouldn’t call the IPL nothing though it’s true that of all the possible IPLs SRK could have won this was the worst one as interest/ratings have been lowest here by far. But yes where you are right is that with SRK everything becomes a cynical opportunity to milk things far beyond what normal ‘marketing’ would call for. In others even by the hyper-mediatized standards of today SRK goes overboard. But here he also needed to change the topic after the Wankhede episode (where in my view no one really believes his version). But leaving this aside I wouldn’t fault him for celebrating a win.
All of this though is an index to a larger problem. Bachchan said the other day that SRK had once told Abhishek that if he ever required any help with marketing he should contact him (SRK) as he knew how to do this very well. SRK has always been about marketing. Which is to an extent understandable in this age. The problem is he often thinks it is ‘only’ about marketing and to this degree it’s not surprising that when he’s needed reinvention once again he’s only gone in for the ‘marketing’ solution. This doesn’t solve every problem. Just as when SRK was on top it wasn’t again just marketing. sure he had his buddies doing all the puff pieces, inflating the numbers and what not but the underlying reality nonetheless was that his kind of cinema was being loved more than any other kind. With marketing this reality could be exaggerated and so forth but this is different from thinking this is all that’s required. In a sense what also happens is that in a hyper-mediatized age people make increasingly cynical films and what not and one could be forgiven for thinking that Golmaal or Houseful or Ready aren’t exactly about substance and fine cinema. They’re not of course but they are about something ‘specific’ nonetheless. They’re silly, empty films perhaps but they say something about the choices of a culture. And it takes more than a marketing ‘override’.
All in all though SRK’s problem has forever been that he takes even the positive moment and treats it completely cynically even by the normal cynical marketing standards. His fans then come and attack Aamir for his show or some of his other stuff. It takes some cheek to do this not to mention delusion!
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June 1, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Dont you think SRK needs a reality check w.r.t to methods he employs for selling himself? Being in-your-face might have een a thing of the past but he should realize that now such things irritate viewers..! He must also keep in touch with what people like to watch or read in papers.. These OTT celebrations and seizing the opportunity to celebrate KKR’s win have been turning people off, even some of his hardcore fan base. To me it seems he’s digging his own grave by having the media cover each n every of his dance move even if its just a celebration!
He can make things up anytime he wants by signing good films. He might still have some good directors ready to take him outside of the YRF / Johar camp but he dodges opportunities like these, to go for, for some strange reason, marketing himself through such tamasha
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June 1, 2012 at 6:34 PM
“whole media and fans are making it like winning a silly ipl tournament is a super big achievement. Laughable!!! Its like winning a filmfare or iifa”
Achievement is a relative term. Did any of the KKR fans who is Indian told u that it’s bigger than world cup win? Did the whole india or the indian media celebrated the win like the world cup win?
Now there may a person from Bangladesh who is a SRK fan and also Shakib al hasan fan. For him it must be bigger than India’s world cup win.
“Its like winning a filmfare or iifa”
LOL..Now u urself read at this comparison and can laugh about it…
Don’t compare IPL with anything. It’s a new thing in India and it will take time for you to understand it. IPL is IPL. With KKR’s IPL win KKR fans are happy and we are not saying it’s bigger than that and smaller than this etc.
“After a few days, all this will be as hollow as some of his so called hit movies. Nothing to remember!!!”
Have you ever celebrated some thing? Do you remember those occasions or forget after that? It’s SRK and his Fans and KKR fans who are going to remember these things for years. U can forget it no problem. We are gifted with good memory power to remember these things and also we have internet to remind us in future.
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June 4, 2012 at 4:59 AM
“talli” vidya balan–
Ps-c’mon can she not celebrate…even if she is a ‘nice simple gal’
Btw just came across a maxim cover pic of vidya –ooops
Not posting it here to avoid pulling her down unnecessarily
But it’s surprising
Is that a fake?
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June 8, 2012 at 10:14 AM
this is a very good “radio show” dedicated to the ordinary man in the series “Shahrukh Khan’s Heroes”.
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