DesiDabba - Boss, Thoda Sa Roomani Ho Jaye

When everybody was tired of watching fake emotions, exaggerated drama, typical plots in the daily soaps, Bigg Boss, the Indian version of the internationally acclaimed show - Big Brother- was launched by Sony.

As per the plot, Bigg Boss ruled the life of 13 celebrities from different fields. He would get them to do things that you could never imagine and show you a side of them you have never seen before.

Bigg Boss built a house which housed 13 celebrities for three months. Cameras would capture each and every move of those celebrities and they did not have any privacy, except Of course, they had privacy in bathrooms. No source of communication with outside word, which means there was not any television, radio, music player, books, Internet, phones.

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Well I have been meaning to do a review of Koffee With Karan’s episode starring the so called “Brat-Pack” of today’s Bollywood industry, namely Kunal Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh and Konkona Sen Sharma. But blame it on folks like Mandira Bedi, Femina Miss India 2007 and Beyonce Knowles for taking up my precious blogging time.

Continue reading ‘Review Koffee With Karan, Ep. 209 : Who The Fuck Is Kunal Kapoor?’

I sincerely believe that Mr. Bachchan and his family (including the soon-to-be bahurani) should be given permanent space in our news tabloids and television – considering the magnitude of buzz they generate, even by the sound of their farts (literally speaking). Its sort-off become a fad, be it tinsel town or the political world, say anything about the Bachchans and you get your share of lime-light.

Besides the whole Abh-Aish marriage fiasco (oh! Lord I am so dreading 20^th of April and I am sure most Juhu-residents are feeling the same), Amitabh Bachchan has been hitting sore notes with certain desi-celebrities, which our ever-news hungry media has made it a point to over-highlight every now and then.

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Chris Sligh has always impressed me as a man with a plan. Walking into the sixth season of American Idol, he and his fellow contestants obviously had to have an idea of how the show works. I don’t doubt that he’s genuinely snarky, but his quip during the auditions (“I’m here to make David Hasselhoff cry”) was pretty much an indicator of Idol things to come: nicely calculated to make an impression on the judges and the viewers at home without offending anybody save The Hoff’s German fans (who can’t vote) and those who are in eternal mourning for the cleavage that was Baywatch (who wouldn’t vote for him anyway).

By the time the top 24 were finalized, however, it must have been obvious to him that he hadn’t landed in the two prime Idol spots that gets everybody talking: the best of the best and the worst of the rest. The girls pretty much had a lockdown on the best section while Antonella Barba and Sanjaya Malakar were shoo-ins for the worst (Sanjaya fans, please don’t email me, I know you love him already. Believe me, how I know!).

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Sandiip Sikcand : Where have the Good days gone?

When Sandiip Sikcand left his adopted family as in the Star Network and India’s drama-queen Ekta Kapoor, it gave plenty of reasons for the Television Industrywallas to predict the channels downfall in the coming future. After all Sandiip was not just an ordinary employee, he along with his (then) closely-associated Balaji Telefilms achieved glorious heights in terms of TRP rankings which others could only dream off.

But how long can a man live under someone else’s shadow (Ekta Kapoor in this case) and so one fine morning Sandiip decided to be his own man and in that attempt joined hands with none other but Star Network’s rival channel Sony Entertainment.

However for Mr. Sikcand things are just not going as per plan and success continues to knock on neighbor’s door.

Continue reading ‘Sandiip Sikcand Not So Happening Without Ekta’