Sunday, June 8, 2008

Why Amitabh Bachan Gets on my nerves...

I have started hating "sarkar raj" even before I have seen it....Although Ramgopal Verma is one of my fav directors. Part of the blame majorly goes to the Bachan Trio.

They give me the heeby jeebies....It is really sick to see each of them mouth politically correct "ooh aah..oh myies" at each and every occasion. Every interview or shot starts with the paens to the mighty troika. And all three walk in as if the entire world is waiting to hear them propound the path breaking theory of the groundbreaking films they are making. And they peek from their Gucci's to reaffirm the faith that they are indeed the "first family" of bollywood.
But what really gets my goat is the fact that each one praises the other in no less exaggeration..than the other does to the rest. So we hear from Mr Amitabh that his son is the next Al pachino , we hear from Junior that senior is a better actor than Brando and both chirp in that Mrs Ladida Rai-Bachan is the next best thing to happen to hollywood...(hollywood!!!...arrey yaar bas karo..ye thoda jyaada ho gaya)...

In reality I think
a. Abhishek bacchan is at most a mediocore actor who is taken because of the package deal that comes with his dad and he knows in the heart of hearts that stand alone he is as good or even worse than Mimoh(son of Mithun). His overt love and affection for his father is a sign that he has not grown beyond him and still runs to him when his toy breaks down. His most famous claim to fame has been that he was the most eligible bachelor...Thats because of the fact that he is nicey nicey in the cocoon he has lived all his life. There is no need to fight anything so why should he be less than nice. To tell u the truth I think he is slightly mentally dumb...And dumb people are generally too dumb to be evil.

b. Aishwarya Rai is the fakest women I have ever heard in my life. Its as if your bai learns a few golden phrases in English and starts talking to you about Keats. Its fake ,its a put on and it irritates the shit out of you. I mean how long can you give the "damsel in distress" act and still manage to have the face to call yourself an actress. The entire Hollywood.."light is shining onto our lives" facade makes me want to give her a tight slap. Madam apni aukad me raho. You are just a pretty model who got lucky ..please do not be the Greta Garbo of India..It sucks.

c. The Big B has made a comeback and rightly deserves the place that the industry has given him. But he is so politically correct that you feel like shaking him and sayin" baba, get up ..the shot is over". But he must be a sad man to see his son fail evertime ..and a dedicated father to pick him up and again get him online. As a father of a 30 sumthing son it must be utterly humiliating that he has to still support him.

The entire trio is a study in fakeness and stupidity. Aishwarya is a fake but shrewd gal, Amitabh ,the intelligent but majboor father and Abhishek the well meaning but utterly useless dumb Idiot in the family, the oldest "newcomer" in the industry.

I am waiting for the facade to collapse and the bubble to burst. THAT will be something isnt it?

1 comment:

Yemula Pradeep said...

I saw sarkar raj yesterday....!!
Mixed feelings abt the movie. The story, dialogs and Amitab's role get 10 on 10. But the show is spoiled by aishwarya roy, according me who scores... -10 on 10. Averaging out the rating is 0* on 10.


The error of not adding Abhisheik's share in the above calculation is minimal, because we know he is somewhere close to average.