Saturday, May 28, 2005

No flavour in this koffee

My favourite RJs - Jaggu and Taraana on Go92.5 FM- hit the nail on the head this morning when they dissected what went wrong with the grand finale of Koffee with Karan.

All that happened was Shahrukh Khan sucked up to Amitabh - "aap kitne mahaan hain". Why can't he be asked some tough questions for a change?

Because in Bollywood everybody has to scratch each other's backs. Just that doing so in public does not make for interesting television.

And it goes against the spirit of the show. In contrast to the saccharine sweet "Rendezvous with Simi Garewal" Karan Johar did - to an extent - put his guests in the dock. He asked some 'tough' questions (by Bollywood standards) - but in a way that no one took offence. The rapid-fire round , for example, was rather fun.

The stars who were most comfortable with him - like Kareena, Rani, Preity, Saif, Shahrukh and Kajol - shared a little more of themselves than they normally would have. They gave more honest answers to the usual questions - and appeared more human.

Now if only the finale could have lived upto the same high standards. Instead of icing on the cake it ended up feeling like crumbs.

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:13 PM

    same here Rashmi, this was THE most boring Koffee with Karan Show and it really sucked big time. All that was going on was flattery, 'chamchagiri and chaploosi'. Everyone was behaving like a sycopanth. It was a complete let down. The show now seems to me just another oppurtunity for Karan Johar to do PR giri for his chamcha actors.

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  2. Anonymous1:17 PM

    When asked about product endorsements, SRK said there is nothing wrong when attributes like trust, honesty, yada yada are transferred to the product he is promoting. Hmm.. I wonder if he agrees to an assignment based on the valus that a product stands for... or for the fat paycheck!

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  3. Anonymous2:23 PM

    yeah, i picked up JAM> It sucks. You seem to think India's youth don't have brains. expected better of you

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  4. Anonymous12:02 PM

    Hi Mr.Anonymous,
    Yes criticism is accepted in a democratic world. But it should be constructive and detailed with what exactly went wrong,why you feel it is wrong, how it could be done better etc.. Not a simple 'sucks' and nothing follwoing it.

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