It's another dreary afternoon in office. I am killing time & in turn time is killing me. In between all of this mayhem I am browsing rediff. I see a link which says "Chat with Kalki Koechlin". In a blink of an eyelid i don the nick of "sg-fanboy" and jump onto the forum which is already swarming with thousands of fanboys like me. I see desperate shouts like "Mam, please atleast say Hi to me". I pray that I don't end up with a plea like that loser & quickly start drafting a question in my mind. Something which would make her notice me, without resorting to blatant flattery.
It seems like my stars were aligned favorably as Kalki (or whoever was moderating the forum) deemed my queries (yes, 2 of them) worthy enough for reply. Here'z a cut 'n' paste for posterity..
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Sg-Fanboy asked, Hi Kalki, the scene in which you are seen coloring Abhay Deols face in the balcony.. what is it meant to signify ?
Kalki Koechlin answers, It was improvised at the shoot, it was kind of a reflection of how Chanda and Dev paint on happy faces when there's so much pain going on inside.
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Sg-Fanboy asked, What was the need of re-interpreting Devdas story ? Minus all the gloss , it is still a very simple & linear story. IMHO, a talented guy like Anurag should use his energies on telling new universal stories. The kind of stories which would bring an Oscar home. Dev-D is totally India centric.. don't you think so ? AK is meant for bigger stuff.
Kalki Koechlin answers, It is India centric. But it's a step for Indian cinema, I think this allows him to do bigger stuff.
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There was a 3rd question which I slipped through shamelessly.
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Sg-Fanboy asked, Will you be my Valentine.. plz plz say Yes.. (lie if you must, but say Yes)
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Unfortunately, it didn't make the cut. One would hardly blame me, for being so blunt. At my rapidly advancing age, I am entitled for little bit of desperation. Sprite, "Seedhi Baat. No Bakwaas". That is my mantra for finding everlasting love, in 2009.
Cheers to me & my never ending singledom.
p.s : Happy Valentine's day to all of my loyal readers & disloyal valentines.
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18 comments:
u're on a roll man ;-). the thing is, u didn't follow the seedhi baat no bakwaas mantra. u wasted your luck on those pickup lines... err questions.
happy valentine day to you.
cheers,
asuph
Asuph,
Oh yeah, first cricinfo & now rediff chat.I am on a roll. I am going places without getting out of my chair.. Err therein lies my folly. Ephiphany strikes! I should kick the chair (or rather my PC) & get out more often to find love in 2009.
Thanks for your wishes, hope you have a poetic & SS-MNS-nuisance free V-Day.
hehe.. reminds me of the movie beautiful mind where russell crowe asks the girl in the bar "so will you sleep with me tonight"
anyway.. i will be spending my valentine's, stoned and drunk with my ahem.. boyfriend and iron maiden.. off to bangalore today :)
ABIW,
Well if i looked as cool as Russell Crowe, most likely it would be the girls who would be asking me that question.
Enjoy your (coming out of closet) trip to Bengaluru with your BF ;-)
:) post after a long time!
I won't say happy v-day , its so stupid a thing...have a nice weekend.
vi
>> I won't say happy v-day , its so stupid a thing...
Vi,
So nice of you to say that. I know you want me to feel that valentine, love, romance are such trivial things and that I am not missing out much in life.
Appreciate your sensitivity & dis-honesty ;-)
Happy Valentine's day to you too IW, and all the best. I hope you find 'true' love (whatever that is)
While you consider kicking the chair / comp and getting out, I have actually done a bit towards it and got myself a T-Bird ( http://www.royalenfield.com/ThunderbirdTwinspark/home.html )
Hopefully my coming weekends will be more colorful...
>> 'true' love (whatever that is)
CN,
That (true love) is most likely a classic example of the term oxymoron.
Congrats for your new "hot wheels". Alas! I was born with an impaired sense of balance & judgement, so the idea of driving gives me the shitties. When i go out, i am at the mercy of Public transport. I can never be cool like you guys who drive. Another nail in my singledom coffin, i guess.
Herez wishing that the pillion seat of your Thunderbird be occupied by a member of the fairer sex. Amen.
No! It was not to save your feels...I actually believe its a stupid thing...honestly!
Vi,
Kamaal hein log aap ke khaatir Vi-Day celebrate karti hein aur aap hein ki kuch bhaav hee nahi deti.
I was just pulling your leg earlier. V-Day is more for the under 20 crowd who are gullible enough, first to fall in love & then to fall to the tricks of V-Day Marketeers. But yeah, today when I roamed the streets of Sg, I saw many cute young girls coyly carrying flowers, heart shaped baloons , the works ! It does make a pretty sight.. (looked like a scene straight out of some Yash Raj film). Bacchey hein, Umr hein unki behekne ki. But be rest assured, I totally get what you meant by the whole silliness :)
blog to achha hai guru lekin v-day commentary waddi sahi chal rahi hai.. me had a kinda creepy exp this time - my ex called upon me and asked me to help her out in selecting a poem for her current beau.. can imagine my plea?? been glued to emosanal attyachar since then and i didn't find it funny this time :-) - AB
AB,
I thought aisa aksar mere saath hee hota hein ?! Now you tell me that I am not alone. Tccah.
Ok but in my case, she isn't my "ex" or "ey" or "ez". Just a colleague. An attractive colleague at that. Just 2 days back, she asked me to draft a love-hate kinda email to the guy she has been seeing lately. She said, aisa likkho ki it would totally ruin his V-Day weekend mood (coz he was flying out on V-Day eve for some workshop).
I dutifully drafted the email and sent for her approval. Upon reading she said, if i send this mail, instead of crying he would die laughing. Her verdict, my mail was too teenagy and sounded like her 18 yr niece writing to her BF.
I hope yu did a better job than me in your choice of poem. Please accept my commiserations. I tell you this whole "good guy" "best friend" act is a thankless job.
how about posting that letter here :-D
You choose strange places to use those cheesy lines :)
I am sure koi ladki khud tujhe pakad legi... just ensure that you keep encountering the other species. Mathematically chances depend upon the frequency of encounters...
From encounter specialist
:)
AB,
It's classified information. I am afraid I can't put it up here :)
Vivek babu,
I try my cheesy pick-up lines only when i am 100% sure of rejection. I can't risk losing the only worthy thing i have in my life - my 'bachelor status'.
given up blogging in favour of tweetering?
vi
Vi,
Thanks for reminding me that I have a blog. Seriously, I am checking it after almost 2 weeks!
It's getting increasingly difficult to write a piece which would qualify as a blog post.I am having less & less interaction with humans (other than my 2 flat mates & colleagues). It's really tough to wax eloquent about my color-less,conversation-less, relationship-less, event-less life.
Btw, I did visit your blog URL and found that stillvi has become now "By invitation only" place ! Steering clear of online stalkers ?
lol I empathize with you...ditto reasons for me giving up blogging as well...and the "by invitation only" was to make it available to people who know me only as "vi" ;) but its "open" now
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