Who had the last laugh?

Indian cricket fans perform Yagna, a special prayer for the victory of the Indian team as they hold the postors of the Indian players in Bhopal, India, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006. The Indian team will play its third one-day against South Africa Wednesday. (AP Photo/Prakash Hatvalne) Source: Yahoo!

What made god shift his abode? Ash-Abhishek's prayers at Varanasi...

The newspapers are splashed with the Ash-Abhishek pooja. Read any damn newspaper and you will find this as the cover story(on page 1) with Iraq and Nuclear Deals pushed to the other pages...Whats wrong with you, mediafolks? :( Do we buy your paper to read 'who married whom', 'whose onscreen kiss set torch to the screens', 'which hero gets linked with the heroine just before the movie thereby pulling off a publicity stunt' etc...Uff...

As per some astrologers the duo did pooja to overcome some hitch in their impending wedding. I am sure the duo would come up with foolish answers. Ash with her infectious giggle would say that 'I cant help the media following me everywhere. I really wonder what they saw in me afterall I dont think I am beautiful' (Yes babe, you are not beautiful. Thank heavens you realise it but please tell the producers who cast you in their movies this fact.) Abhishek would evade the question and start yapping about his metrosexuality and what an honour it is to be chosen as the sexiest man in Asia. (Sexiest Man or Silliest Man! Who cares? Just come out of your dad's shadows! We are tired of seeing you and your father big B in every damn ad from an oil to toilet brush)

In a lighter vein perhaps this could be the reason why the pooja was done...These nutcases could have prayed for the following:-

Aishwarya Rai: Oh god. Let me sign some high budget movies before I get into the Bollywood's fussy family oops first family. Please cast me in some classics where I get to depict Mona Lisa, Mary Magdalene where I can just be myself i.e. just smile and yap and call it acting and not strain myself trying to act. Please cast me in more International Projects so that I could share screen space with the likes of Tom Hanks, Sean Connery, even a one minute brief appearance would do, I just want my name to be added to the title. Please help me get back the 'sati savitri' image which I had shedded (un)intentionally for Dhoom2. I have been endorsing Nakshatra for the past 2 decades oops 1 decade so its high time they give me diamonds for myself...I think I will ask them to take care of my jewellery for my wedding...

Abhishek Bachchan: Hey Bhagwan, mujhe UP puraskar jaisa Bihar Puraskar bee dho (Just like UP Award, please give me Bihar Award too). Please cast me in more multi starrers so that I too noticed and get the oppurtunity to share screen space with Hrithik, Shah Rukh, and my dad. I want to be on the hot seat of "Coffee with Karan" again, but, wait, I heard that Karan is not doing the show anymore as he is busy writing the screenplay for his next K venture 'Kabhie Meri Movie Math Dekna" but whoever is going to do the show, I want to be in it for atleast an episode as I like to sit on the couch there and also I like the coffee mug given as a compliment. I drink Boost everyday with that mug while talking over the free Motorola phone.

Amitabh Bachchan(in his usual voice): Mein Amitabh Bachchan vinnathee kar raha hoon (Its me amitabh bachchan requesting...) The no of commercials I am doing now has dropped from 70 to 50. Please feature me in more. I am very upset with Aman Verma as he stole the role I wanted to do, i.e in Harpic Toilet Cleaner Ad. Also now that I have done Sexy Sam role, I wanna do 'lousy' Laxman, and 'rowdy' Rohan.

Jaya Bachchan: Please purge my prospective daughter-in-law of doing the on-screen kiss with Duggu in Dhoom2. Also please nominate me as Film Censor Board Chairwoman so that I could nominate my son and dil for the next year's national awards just the way my contemporarian Ms Tagore did for her son. Also I dont want any old heroine to be cast opposite my hubby as I dont want a new SILSILA to crop up.

Hearing these prayers Kashi Vishwanath (the deity at Varanasi) decides to shift his abode(ESCAPE) to Kedarnath :)

My stint at kolam...

Casino Royale rocks...

Hi, hi, hi

I am back in Tustin after a 1 month vacation at India. Chennai rocks and Bangalore is cool and polluted as usual...

More about my India trip in my subsequent posts...

Yday I watched 'Casino Royale'...boy...I liked the movie so much...So real, minimal use of gadgets, awesome stunts and a fantastic hero...Daniel Craig fits the Bond to a T! I think he is the 2nd charismatic bond next to Sean Connery!

As usual the seat next to mine in Theatre was occupied by folks above the Vindhyas who were probably watching Bond movies for the first time. The wife looking at 'M' asked her husband "Yen kaun hai? Kya yeh Bond ki maa hai?"(Who is this? Is she Bond's mother?) to which the husband replied..."pathaa naheen! Mujhe lagtha hai yeh uskee Boss hai!"(I dont know. I think she must be his boss)

Hee :) Hee :))