From Four, To Fourteenth | Happy Birthday, I-F!

Khushi: Jaise chandi ki parakh kuthali par aur sone ki parakh bhatti mein hoti hai, vaise hi kisi bhi cheez  ki parakh logo dwara ki gayi prashansa se hoti hai! (smiles)

Arnav: Aur prashansa prathana se adh- adhi... oh whatever (flicks a dismissive hand) I just mean to say it's good to appreciate good things, and India-forums is climbing up the ladder of success!

Khushi: Hey Devi mayya Arnavji you're speaking all wrong, we were supposed to speak in hindi!  We had rehearsed so much!

Arnav: What the--- Khushi... I am trying and when I don't remember you should help me cover-up, you are not supposed to point my mistakes out! Aur feelings important hoti hai dialogue nahi!

Khushi: Cheers! (IF's Vijay Style) Arnavji kya dialogue mara hai!

Arnav: Your cheers just reminded me what we are here for! To discuss the connection between the stars and the fans on this very site. Remember, there used to be celebrity blogs... famous faces of TV used to have personal blogs which they would update regularly allowing personal interaction with fans and also allowing fans to learn more about their favourites. Kuch stars ke blogs to main bhi follow karta tha.. (Winks) Shweta Tiwari ka blog.

Khushi: Achaji... blogs ka mujhe bhi pata hai. Main to khud Hussain aur Tina ka blog follow karti thi. It gave an insight into their lives and the adventures they got upto together. Hum duno ko bhi unki tarha adventure par jana chaheye. (Arnav nodded in agreement) And the most amazing feature of IF that I love is the idea of having live chats with my audience, you know I'm really very active on social media but it's so difficult to go through so many comments... but IF sorts them out for me and I'm really very glad about it!

Maan(nodding): I could not agree with you more Mrs. Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada (exhales his breath, it was a long name!)... the best thing is that even though it's called India-forums, it's become a world-wide network so people can access it from anywhere... and it has only positive vibes to give out be it for actors or members!

Geet: Yeah, I can now connect with my fans abroad too, they come to know about me via Tellybuzz, a part of IF which gives out television gossips before any other site. It acts as a source of advertising the show, some of my fans started watching the show after being intrigued by TB articles they saw on the site. It is also fun to read reviews our fans leave for us!

Maan: Yes indeed, I just read a series of complaints Geet had for Maan there!

Geet: What do you mean? Didn't we get a happy ending?! (Looks confused)

Maan: We did, but fans sometimes complained during certain tracks. Did you know, IF has proven to be a good platform for writers - the TV industry could do with some writers from IF you know. Just the other day, I came across a fan-fiction and was literally astonished by the writer's creativity! The narration and well the story even had a poster!

Geet: WOW! That means that India-Forums doesn't just help us grow as actors but also pulls out the best from their own members be it in graphics or writing! (smiles) Ekta Kapoor should find some writers from this site to join Balaji!

Zoya(annoyed): Allah miya what is wrong with you two? Ab sab kuch aap hi bologe kuch humare liye bhi chod doh!

Asad(follows an overexcited Zoya into the hall): Miss Farooqui log dekh rahe hai... Where is your tameez and tehzeeb?

Zoya: Woh duno gaye tel lene... Now let us continue! Will you please? (blinks her eyes dramatically)

Asad(Furiously): Miss Farooqui!

Zoya(Taking Asad's arm):  Toh dosto yeh hai mere Akhdu Husband Khan... chalo issi baat pe ek sher arz kiya hai (Looks at Asad)

Asad(tubelight mode): Irshad Zoya Irshad!

Zoya: Marne ke baad heaven mile sabko yahi mannat hai... Marne ke baad heaven mile sabko yahi mannat hai, India-Forums yeh toh TV ki duniya ki jannat hai! Shukriya! Shukriya! (Looks at Asad waiting for a response)

Asad (confused): Wah wah Zoya... Wah wah!

Zoya: So coming back where were they?!

Asad: They were-

Zoya: Oh never mind Mr. Khan! So lemme say something about India-Forums... I'm just in love with that site! A very big thanks to Mr. Vijay for merging Bollywood, Tellywood, Hollywood and even Cricket so that I can drool over my Salman, Shahrukh, Dhoni and all anhoni on TV!

Asad: Calm down Miss Farooqui!

Zoya: Allah miya what's wrong with you! Aaj ka din kitna suhana hai Mr. Khan how can you ask me to be calm?!... issi baat pe ek sher arz kiya hai...

Asad (interrupting her): I said calm down Zoya! (Adjusts his tie) So India-Forums, many times I feel amazed to see the extent to which the audience notice the very fine details which even we don't bother to notice! And then they discuss these details under the title "Bloopers" - Gosh it can be very embarrassing at times.

Zoya: Yeah I really have to be extra careful and exercise a great deal of caution Mr. Khan with my every move... every action is under the scanner of these hawk-eyed members! The tiniest details right from my head to toe are noted. Ab to they even produce regular "Kuch Bhi" articles, discussing the bizarre stuff that is shown on TV - presenting the bad points in good humour I suppose.

Madhubala: But everything has some bad points as well as the good points. Maybe we should appreciate the good points and learn from the bad points.

RK(agreeing): Yeah I get it, but sometimes people tend to forget the difference between actors and characters! The level of passion they feel for them is scary at times; the way members defend the story, their favourite couples and actors is really very----- (gets hyped up from self experience)

Madhubala: Relax RK, even if it gets bad, you don't really have to worry about it... India-forums has some amazing and stern people who are dedicated towards maintaining peace, harmony as well as a certain decorum on the forums! They work for free and are effortless at their jobs! Mr. Vijay has indeed achieved a spectacular feat in managing this whole site with his ideas and an entire Development team!

RK: Their work is really commendable then! Over the years, I have seen the forums grow and the need for more DT emerging to enforce rules and control behaviour. I must say, I seriously did not expect such a platform for television!

Ram: Well doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected?

Priya(confused): unexpected... expected, what are you saying?

Ram: (laughs) But you know what the best part is? That it is completely a non-commercialized site and the access to it is quite easy too!

Priya: And is it user friendly? Definitely!

Ram: I see it as a mediator and a liaison agent between stars and the audience! It was the first site I became addicted to. Initially, there only used to be something called Chaska Meter ranking for TV shows, but now it has expanded to include Celebrity ranking too. Ranking was such a good idea. The entire team makes it looks like running a site is as easy as taking a candy from a kid!

Priya: Was a good idea?

Ram (shrugs): Yeah, it was great when I was in top 20 ranking... but I am not anymore so I choose to ignore it and regard it as "not good" anymore. 

Priya (shakes her head negatively): Typical! 

Ram: I do agree with Madhubala you know, managing a site as large as this is no joke but the entire team make it look like it is as easy as taking a candy from a kid. 

Priya: Whoever said it is easy to take a candy from a kid definitely hasn't tried taking it from one!

Ram (giggles): So true! Mr. Vijay and his team are indeed doing a wonderful job and we really wish them all the luck!

Priya: Well who doesn't?! I wish India-forums prospers and prospers for thousands of years to come!