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May
Author: tigger // Category:
Sania Mirza,
Shahid Kapoor,
Vidya Balan
That's not the most original of titles, but what can you do? Let's talk about Shahid so we can all have a good weekend.
Shahid Kapoor has spoken out about Sania Mirza and Vidya Balan again and guess what he said? Um, the usual, that they're just friends.
"Vidya is my co-star and we are good friends. But this isn't your Bollywood kind of good friend. I mean, she's a nice girl, a fantastic co-star and one of the many friends I have,"
"Incidentally, Sania Mirza is also a friend and we meet, but there's no romance. I guess I'm an easy target because I'm single."
No, you're an easy target because you're drop-dead gorgeous...am I crossing the line here, from admiration to slight obsessiveness? Oh well, it's Shahid we're talking about here.
In another cute story, Shahid was shooting in school in Pune recently and when it was recess, it's not hard to guess where those kids were. About 200 kids clambered around Shahid, demanding attention and refusing to go back to class once the break was over.
Well, even if Shahid couldn't make them go, he did spend some time with them and told them to study hard and stay in school. Not exactly the most original of advice but it's good advice nonetheless and it's great that Shahid spent some time with the kids...lucky brats!
And there we are for the week. I'm officially on holiday, so updating should become more regular now but I'm on a new life path here where I do the most important things first...so while I love you guys, family, friends, work, chores, keeping my room clean etc all come first...but then it's definitely SoggyCornflakes readers! Have a brilliant weekend!
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June 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 am
Shahid Kapur was good in Jab We Met, surprisingly mature acting, Kareena was really good. Tigger, we both dislike the bug-eyed, flat, obnoxious woman with a non-existent figure, but I was surprised by her performance. And it wasn’t an easy job, playing a giddy, immature girl who then discovers her deeper feelings. So, I started watching some of her older films, no not Asoka, ones like Chameli, and I thought I would never live to say it, but she was good, she does have range. Still not as good as Rani or Shabana or Konkona or Tabu, but not too far behind.
Yous should have seen the look on Shahid’s face at the Star Screen Awards when they announced the Best Actor Award (for which he was one of the nominees). Disappointment yes, but more one of utter disbelief, that it went to the idiot Shahrukh Khan. The same emotions on the face of Ritesh Deshmukh, although he isn’t in the same league as Shahid and he has made crap like Hey Babyy. I am not a mind reader, but I seriously think Shahid would not have minded as much if it went to one of the other nominees.
It has become almost a ritual at every award function to dutifully give awards to this hack SRK, and the other overrated ass, A.R. Rahman, the music man. No matter what has been produced these two crapolas have to get recognition, like a mantra that everyone must always recite Have you seen The Blue Umbrella? Pankaj Kapur’s performance will simply blow your mind - unbelievable. It is amazing that he was even nominated in any category in these puerile award functions that recognize complete no talent idiots like Akshay Kumar, but thankfully he was. But in what category? Best Actor? Even, Best Supporting Actor? Nope, in best actor in a negative role.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:21 am
Aamir Khan is right on the money. He never attends these award shows and never personally accepts any awards from them, because he says the shows are all political and don’t recognize talent or performance or art objectively and fairly. Even though Taare Zameen Par won many trophies at Star Screen, Filmfare and Zee Cine, he continues to totally spurn them.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:26 am
By the way, at Star Screen, Kareena (thru her sister) thanked everybody, including…Shahid, by name. She won Best Actress, as she did at Filmfare.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:38 pm
I also noticed Shahids expression of utter disbelief but hey this is Indian awards we are talking about. For years its been about inside politics like Amitabh Bachchan getting undeserved awards many a times. So, I guess if Shahid wants to compete with these people, he will have to get huge mass acceptance or else suck up to Bollywood biggies or join a camp with huge connections or be a commodity like SRK…or he can have an Aamir ‘I don’t give a damn attitude’ and just concentrate on making films he believes in.
I will love him always no matter what
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Well, you’re right about Shah Rukh Khan, although Chak De India wasn’t a bad movie. It is true that every time Shah Rukh makes a movie, it’s like he’s entitled to the award, which isn’t fair on everyone else.
I guess when you phrase Kareena’s acting that way, lol, it makes more sense. So shall we say that she has the potential to be a good actress but she acts in stupid movies like Tashan, plays idiotic bimbo roles and will therefore probably remain a never-great of Bollywood?
I know Aamir Khan doesn’t attend those functions and quite right too, maybe if more of Bollywood started boycotting, then there would be come change.
I watched the Star Screen Awards and I know about the rest. I mean, no matter what happened between Shahid and Kareena, you can’t say that he didn’t contribute MASSIVELY towards the success of JWM. So if she hadn’t thanked him, it would have just been really sour grapes.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Lol, hear hear Sarah! I was just wondering when you’d comment on Locust’s opinions.
June 2nd, 2008 at 8:03 pm
And sour grapes is something the arrogant Kareena is perfectly capable of expressing. She doesn’t care about appearances or sensibilities, never has, so I think the thanks was because of feelings/softspot for an old flame. I totally agree that Shahid contributed heavily towards the success of Jab We Met, because the success was due, in my opinion, primarily to the on-screen chemistry of the two. What I have to admire is that they pulled it off at the most difficult time, in the middle of their break-up. How many couples do you think could do that? Kudos to them both, they are real professionals.
Shahid is developing as an actor. Of course, I am not in thrall of him and I can say it, he has a ways to go, though I think he will make it. Sarah did a thorough job of identifying his options. I saw a brief interview of his, and while I cannot sy whether he is or isn’t a brainiac (Tiggy, not like Sophie!!), he seems to be a rational and fairly smart guy with self-esteem, unlike the neanderthal competition he has (Akshay Kumar, etc.) all around him. I think he may go for the mass appeal or the AAmir Khan route. But the SRK route? I don’t think so. I have spoken to several different people, all residents of Mumbai (who don’t know one another), and they have all mentioned a rather dark streetlore prevalent in Mumbai, viz., SRK was foisted upon the industry by the underworld (specifically the Dawood Ibrahim gang). Is this true? I have no idea, but it is a fact that the underworld sometimes interferes with and intimidates the film industry, which many news articles (attacks on the Bhatt Group) and Suketu Mehta’s book “Maximum City” attests to. Read the book, if you like, Suketu explains why the underworld had such a hold on the industry, for many, many years (remember the scandal of Chalte, Chalte?).
Tiggy: one other thing. I saw Imtiaz Ali (the director of Jab We Met) in the Zee Cine Awards, and was surprised. He looks a lot like me, only, as you well know, I tie my hair back in a ponytail.
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:31 am
hey tigger, ….I wanted to say that the new layout is a bit confusing, don’t you think?
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Wow, I’d never heard of the underworld rumour. I mean, it was Salman Khan who had underworld connections, not really SRK. Weird…lol, but things started making a whole lot more sense. I always thought that the judges and people who chose the winners of awards were just ultra-biased in SRK’s favour (and a bit stupid) but this just puts a whole new spin on things…
Really Sarah? I wanted to make the site easier to use…what’s wrong with the layout? Just so I know if I can fix it or whether I should bring back the old theme…
June 3rd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
its just that the columns are overlapping, you have the blue column that covers a part of the picture. And the name of other actors on the right side is also half overlapping on the Shahid picture which makes it hard to read the name of all actors with names starting with A’s. And the column where the comments are written is too narrow now so I have to navigate a lot to read any comment. Isn’t that the way it appears in your browser??? Unless for some reason my browser is showing a different layout to yours, I wonder?
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Ok, there you go Sarah, problem fixed. The picture was overlapping because I have a constant width on them, which obviously became too big because this new theme is narrower than the last one.
I can’t change all the previous pictures, sorry, so you’ll have to deal with an untidy blog sometimes if you read an older post. All new posts with pictures will be the right width however, so that shouldn’t be a problem.
Please lemme know if you see any other problems, getting a new theme is always a hassle.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:45 pm
And who is Pankaj Kapur who gave the blowout performance in Blue Umbrella (and every other project he has ever been involved in)? Shahid’s father. Like I said, Shahid has a ways to go.
The reason the underworld was and has been so involved in the film industry in the background is because making films requires a lot of up-front cash. Unlike in America, the banks in India were never interested in lending to the producers. So, who in India would have that kind of ready cash? The criminal underworld. That is why as late as a couple of years ago, Chalte, Chalte was rocked by the insinuation of underworld funding. However, this was simply a public revelation for a specific film. The reality is that for many years organized crime funded the industry, from its inception, until even now. Lately it is beginning to wane a little bit, as producers (and actors & others) have made substantial capital accumulation. But just think, a film with a lot of special effects, specialized sets, high-priced stars, foreign locales, still require fantastic amounts of up-front cash, e.g., Krrish, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, etc. You get my drift, I am sure.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
And it is not only SRK or Salman, what about Sanjay Dutt? After the riots he made one call and obtained illegal AK-47s, for which he was caught, indicted and jailed. Who do you think he called?
Tiggy: just get a copy of Black Friday, like I suggested to you long ago, and watch it. Awesome film. Kudos to Anurag Kashyap.
June 4th, 2008 at 1:39 am
I know that underworld had a huge hold on film industry in the late 80’s early 90’s. And still has some hold now, thats why you get these stories of death threats to Rakesh Roshan or the murder of the guy who started TIPS music I think, forgot his name plus there are many stories that come around of underworld threating the Bollywood actor/directors once in a while. So, I can see what you are saying?
June 4th, 2008 at 1:39 am
Thanks Tigger for fixing it.
June 4th, 2008 at 3:05 am
You are absolutely right Sarah, a few months ago, some gang made a physical attack on Mahesh Bhatt and his daughter Pooja. It was hushed up and nothing ever came of it. If you are interested, I recommend reading “Maximum City”. It isn’t only about the film industry or organized crime. It is about Mumbai and a returnee’s view, and includes all aspects, the film industry, organized crime, prostitution, widespread young middle class sex, the filth, the corruption of the police, the politicians, the slums and their dwellers, the crappy education sytem. It makes for fascinating reading and only gets a little tedious when he goes overboard describing his source of info on the “bar scene”, because, in my opinion, he got altogether too fascinated by a “bar line” dancer whose stage name was Mona Lisa. Suketu, thru his contacts, actually made contact with gang members who were murderers.
June 4th, 2008 at 7:03 am
I have lived in India all through my teens and a few years after and actually quite believe all this and have also had some friends from Mumbai who have at times given me first hand info on the kind of things that happen.
Only problem is it will only elevate my hatred for this kind of society that co-exist in India esp. in Mumbai (and stress me out no end!). That’s the reason I prefer to watch light romantic films starring Shahid and stay away from these things 
I will try to get a hold of this book and read it when I am in the right mood for it
June 4th, 2008 at 7:13 am
Hey Tigger, can I really demanding and ask if it is possible for you to reduce the font size by mabye
2 pt. (same font size as inhttp://www.blogcatalog.com/post-tag/Shahid%20Kapoor/)
Sorry for being a pain. Others might not agree with me as it might be too small for them but I thought I ‘ll ask anyway just in case it is possible!
If I am being too demanding & unreasonable, just delete this post ….
June 4th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Hmm, I didn’t really think about it like that Locust, but you’re right. Bollywood hasn’t always been as rich and successful as it is now.
Thanks for the reco Locust, I’ll check them out. I have a question though, why did Sanjay Dutt even want those guns?
Sarah, I’ll see if I can reduce the font size…but maybe I’ll just change the theme. I don’t really like it that much anymore
June 5th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Sanjay was asked that question, naturally. His answer was that he was afraid for his family’s safety. Why? Who knows. Perhaps because his mother was a Muslim. His answer was not believed by anyone. We have to remember though that he used to from time to time go to Muslim neighborhoods and hang out with them, smoking pot. He was a terrible debauch in his life. How do I know this? Once again, “Maximum City”. Suketu interviewed Sanjay at length. It is sad to hear his story. He is a big buy, but when he was little he was bullied. That is not an excuse, of course, millions of people alive today have been bullied but they don’t become wayward.
Maximum City gives tremendous inside information, about a lot of things, because Suketu Mehta had sufficient contacts to meet every type of person and enter all of the different worlds in Mumbai. He worked with Vidu Vinod Chopra, the film producer (Mission Kashmir, Lage Raho, etc.). He met gangsters, bar line dancers, he was on a first name basis with Rakesh Maria, the famous policeman, whom in his book he calls “Ajay Lal”. Anyone who knows Mumbai and the investigation of the Mumbai blasts case will easily infer it is Rakesh Maria.
Tiggy: once again, get a copy of Black Friday and watch it. You know very well my taste in films as I well know yours, and yes, this is not one you would normally watch, but do it. It is superbly directed, totally factual, takes no sides and is a multiplex movie that will make an impact on you.
June 5th, 2008 at 6:54 am
Sarah: I understand you completely. If you read Maximum City be prepared for some sordid stuff when it comes to the gangsters, but you know, sometimes if you want to really know what’s going on, you have to address it. The book is a mine of information. Suketu even interviewed Chotta Shakeel (Dawood Ibtahim’s lieutenant), he met and interviewed Bal Thackeray (the goonda scallywag leader of the Shiv Sena). It is published by Vintage Books, ISBN 0-375-70340-3.
June 5th, 2008 at 7:02 am
By the way, who was the star of Chalte, Chalte, the movie known to be financed by the mob? Shahrukh Khan.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
That sounds like an interesting book Locust and even though my taste in books matches my taste in movies, lol, I actually can read some serious stuff, as long as it’s interesting.
BTW, I watched Life in a Metro, but I’ll reply to your email for that, lol.
I didn’t think that SRK would need the mob by the time he did Chalte Chalte, since he had already established himself in the industry. Oh well…everyone needs a few gangsters in their life at some time or another
Sanjay’s excuse sounds like crap…very pointless and full of holes. And they still let him out of jail after that…tsk, tsk.