Wonder where the media will go if Kejriwal decides not to throw a party, or launch one?
Those of you who enjoy a good mango pickle would have relished the Aam Aadmi Party held on Sunday and Monday. Everyone was invited to the gig — hence the carefully crafted acronym, AAP. Everyone but, we presume, the man who's in a pretty pickle since AAP ka Arvind (hey, that's a suitable name for a TV show with Kejriwal bhai) called him a man of property and impropriety. By the way, where is Robert Vadra nowadays, after the media, with its two-minute memory, lost interest in him?
Kejriwal was the chief guest at the Aam Aadmi Party, as he always is at any IAC get-together. News channels were his special invitees, pleased as they always are to be there with him. This marriage of convenience between the two has been mutually satisfactory, with both getting mileage out of each other. Wonder where the media will go if Kejriwal decides not to throw a party, or launch one?
Well, there's always cricket, you say. After Monty Panesar bamboozled and bowled out India twice, TV news spun whatever was left in the pitch into a spider's web that entrapped our cricket stars. Once Kapil Dev pitched into Sachin Tendulkar, depression set in: is it finally over for the Boy Wonder? Time for another kind of show.
So switched to Qubool Hai (Zee). What can one call this but a Muslim modern — as opposed to the good old-fashioned Muslim social? There's Zoya and Ayaan who will fall for each other, and Asad who looks mesmerised by Humaira. But for their names, they could be Pinku, Rahul and Amit. That seems to be one point the serial wants to convey: underneath the burqa, Zoya's heart beats like Pinku's. The characters fall in love, attend swinging parties (not Kejriwal's), walk the ramp as Humaira did this week, suffer heartbreak and bear it all in the name of "khandaan" instead of "parivaar". Here, the lively Zoya challenges stereotypes and is more fun than most heroines on TV.
Not sure what to make of Jeannie (Sab). She's unlike any other female character on TV. She's a genie, like her namesake from I Dream of Jeannie, the popular American sitcom. In Jeannie Aur Juju, she's a genie trapped in a bottle for 200 years, rescued by Juju, a commercial airline pilot. She's up to all her tricks to complicate his life, his love life and win his love. You've seen it all in the original, so don't watch the show for new magical moves. The question is whether to watch the show at all. After a few episodes, still trying to smile. Maybe it's all those aam aadmi parties we've attended; the fight against corruption is no laughing matter, so when was the first time you saw anyone at a rally smile?
On Super Fight League (Neo Prime), the only time you see teeth is when the fighters grimace after being kicked or socked or otherwise dealt a blow. Fighters like Michael Page kick, box and employ martial arts stunts to stun their opponents and the commentators alike: "Oooh"', exclaimed a commentator, sounding as winded as Page's opponent, "What a right hand!'' Watching such men settle scores inside a cage are Mumbai's rich and famous — the series is backed by Sanjay Dutt and IPL owner Raj Kundra (married to Shilpa Shetty). Look, Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier this is not, but if you like some blood in your Bloody Mary, then it's a nightcap with a double whammy.
Bigg Boss (Colors). What can one say about a show in which Salman Khan does not play himself, but acts as a counselor and confidant? This year, the inmates seem a little less volatile than previous years, or have we become so accustomed to the bad behaviour we can no longer tell the difference? What's certainly different is that eliminated players like Vrajesh Hirjee, voted out this week, do not get to go home and hug their loved ones; instead, they enter "padosi ka ghar", where they hug former inmates of the Bigg Boss house who now have nothing better to do than to watch Bigg Boss on TV.
Source-https://www.indianexpress.com/news/look-who-s-at-the-party/1037693/0
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