Outdoorsy

Times of India Mumbai Edition Dated June 27, 2010

 

Chetan Bhagat writes and I quote “I am no trade expert or film critic”; in his opening paragraph..

You need not have a critic degree to say if you like a film or not. As an audience everyone has the right to choose to like a piece of art or not. He in his article has mentioned that Kites too didn’t do well. As far as I understand the film world and its trade, there hasn’t been a great hit this year, with exception of Rajneeti and My name is Khan..

 

Going to what he has written about the movie Raavan. I am an ardent fan of Mani Ratnam.. He has done some brilliant work in his movies like Roja, Bombay, Dil se, YUVA, Guru etc.. His movies always have a different feel and touch about them.. So the expectation with him (Mani Ratnam) is obviously high. It has to be..

 

In his article, Chetan writes about the history of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s acting. Well he writes, that the media has slated the 40 film old actress as “plastic”, “ice-maiden”, “wooden”, “artificial” and “non-actress”. He vouches for the fact that she being a non star kid and without a Godfather has survived the film industry..

 

My personal question to Mr. Bhagat is, Who was a godfather to her father – in – law? Or if you want me to be recent how about Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar? They are the biggest Hits in India today, yet they are no star kids and without a GODFATHER..

Lets come to Mr. Abhishek Bachchan. No offence Mr. Junior B.. But when you started your career please tell us how many flops did you have in your kitty.

He again writes that Aishwarya has had a remarkable career in movies and her rise is the cause of envy.. Now after reading the article it seems that Mr. Bhagat himself is envious of her as in one paragraph he states that she is the most successful person  ever and no one seems to change the channel if she is on TV.. Where on the other hand he speaks for the Indian audience and says that INDIA is envious of her.

 

This is funny.. how can INDIA be envious of people like her. I am sure in the near future he would again write an article about Sachin Tendulkar and would say INDIA is envious.. :P

 

My blog is a request for bloggers and article writers to be sensitive to what they publish in public forums as accessible as a newspaper. If Raavan didn’t work, that would never mean that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s presence is one possible reason..

 

~NJ