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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Salman Ka Dum

"Shahrukh ya Aamir? " asked my friend angesh. This was way back when i was in 9th standard. Another friend of mine Ashish was looking at me with curious eyes. I knew this could be another chapter of groupism in the class like "Sachin or Azhar", "Mohanlal or Mammootty", "Aishwarya ya Sushmitha". This time i did not wanted to be pulled into another verbal-assault and point proving. I thought for a while and answered "Salman Khan". Both of them gave me a puzzled look, I continued "I like Shahrukh for his energy and he is from delhi, aamir is like everybody's heartthrob and extremely chullan (mallu lingo for handsome)". My diplomatic answer would have pleased them, ashish said to me "Correct, salman is good too. He is like gym of the world". I think he meant salmans extreme good physique.
After that though not with a big backing up i silently followed salman. Those endless hours in the gym and dum-bells at home hoping to be like salman. But salman is salman, from one controversy to other he maintained his cult through out. But every once in a while, there was this one movie of his which kept him close to me. I virtually cried when he bid farewell to Ash in HDDCS. The other khan's meanwhile had become giants of indian movies though by different means. Salman kept going on relentlessly the way he had started.

Recently i saw Salman's "Dus Ka Dum" episode video in internet. My general perception was this would be like any other show trying to copy KBC-Bachan version. And in the end he would join the almost band of SRK,Govinda,Manoj Bajpai, Madhavan, SarathKumar(tamil),Mukesh(malayalam). But here he proved me wrong, he was stylish, he was himself and ravishingly different. When other stars are posing a media friendly always smiling faces with a grin inside, salman was refreshingly frank. One episode where he frankly tells about hus life in jail, his fight with SRK etc. Above all the dancing rikshawala's. The show is an absolute cracker and the creators have used salman's image in a well polished manner. KBC rejuvenated Amitabh Bachan's dented personal and film life. May be 'DKD' turns out to be the lucky mascot for Sallu Bhai.

Now he has been issued a 'fatwa' for performing ganesh pooja. To hell with them, salman you are our modern day icon "Karo jo Dil Kahe". Crazy hair style or Six pack abs or Singh-Is-King keep coming but dudes like you rock in our hearts.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Shabbu, YOu are very much correct abt Salman in DKD. He played himself..... bindas to the fullest. DKD has helped to revive his image [its there from the beginning] that media had created.
You know why media writes so bad abt him... everyone is just jealous of him.
Public was aware of his nature and DKD just confirmed that public view was right. Media is still after him. You know why? They cannot servive without his name. They earn their bread butter using his name, otherwise who buys their mags and papers. Poor chaps!!!
About his acting career, he is far better than SRK. latter knows only one style of acting. Rona dhona. Salman has proved himself in all genres viz. drama, romance(even Aamir cant beat him here), comedy, action. He is just a pure entertainer. Aamir is definately a class apart. An intelligent actor. So these two are Kings of B'wood in their own ways.

Destiny's child... said...

i agree with u...salman's new avatar as a host was good..have to admit it...
i personally am not a big fan of his..but after dus ka dum...i kinda like him...:)

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