At the store
A (The dvd/cd seller) : Ahh madam, we got nice cds this week, Love Story 2050.
BC : Mmmph, actually, do you have Mission Istaanbul?
A (looking puzzled) : Ya, but why do you want that cd? Very nice songs on Love Story.
BC : Ummph no, I'll take Mission Istaanbul.
A (dubious, knowing my penchant for mushy dvds/cds) : Okay but it's not like a Shah Rukh movie.
BC's Mum (coming to see what I'm buying) : Which cd are you buying?
BC (mutters) : Mission Istanbul.
BC's Mum : Why are you buying that one? Why aren't you taking the one with Priyanka Chopra and that guy who looks like Hrithik.
A (exasperated) : I told her madam, such nice songs on that cd but she wants this one.
BC's Mum (shocked, looking at the cd cover): Since when do you like Vivek Oberoi?
BC (through gritted teeth) : I don't like Vivek Oberoi!
BC's Mum (still puzzled) : Are you buying it for T ? (T being my 10 yr old cousin who has a crush on Zayed Khan)
BC (trying to keep calm) : No but see it has Shreya Saran. (Sivaji was a huge hit in SA)
BC's Mum (even more puzzled) : So, you are buying this cd just because of her?
BC (cracking under the pressure) : No, No, No! I'm buying the cd because of him. (jabbing poor Shabbir's picture with my finger).
BC's Mum : Who's he?!
A (looking at me pityingly) : Madam, he is a new comer, never saw him in any other films.
BC (defeated, weary) : He acts in soaps.
BC's Mum (the soap fanatic) : Which soap?
BC : It was one on the test channel we had for 2 weeks.
A (even more pityingly): Okay, I'll sell it to you at cost price.
In the Car
On hearing the title song
BC's Mum (horrified): What is this ?!!!
On seeing the album cover again
BC's Mum : I prefer Wentworth Miller as my son-in-law.
If this is the grief I got for just buying the music cd, god only knows how I'm going to explain to anyone why I want to watch the movie, yet alone get someone to watch it with me. 😆