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Comic Strip
 Nothing to lose your shirt about, but
Salman Khan created a stir in London the other day. At a Bollywood
stage show at Wembley where Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu and some others also performed, Khan
did a well-rehearsed semi-striptease. First he did what he often does these days: flung
off his shirt. Then he vanished behind some dancers and took off the rest, stopping just
short of his shorts. While Khan is off now shooting abroad, let the record show that not
everyone, especially the older lot, was amused. Comments ranged from "he went too
far" to "he's got skinny legs". Enough to make a man lose his shirt.  A Prayer for Our Players
Anything to get noticed. Last week, two former BJP MLAs from Bhopal, Ramesh
Sharma and Shailendra Pradhan, performed a yagna for India's
World Cup cricket team. Politicians are rarely short of idols. These two put a bat and
stumps in place of the usual deities. Said Pradhan who was denied a ticket in the last
election: "It was not a religious act, but a display of our sentiments." A
display. Period. Will cricket fetch a ticket?
 No Go
After Aamir Khan, it's Govinda's turn to boycott film awards.
Forever the choice to dance at these shows, never the Best Actor winner, he now rants:
"In so many years, I've realised that awards are obviously manipulated ... Next time,
agar mujhe suit karega, to hi main suit pehnoonga (I'll go only if it suits
me)." A Best Comedian Award for Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan earlier this year
was the last straw. By the same logic, he asked, shouldn't Shah Rukh Khan have been Best
Villain in Baazigar? Arre miyan, answer him. 
Shake A Leg
Helen may have danced off our movie screens, but Sophiya Haque is
slithering in. With her job in Channel V on shaky ground, the sure- footed veejay has
entered a new leg of her career. In the Sanjay Dutt-starrer Khubsoorat, Sophiya does a jig
and shows off some leg in what's her first appearance in a Hindi film. "I can only do
dance numbers," the lady explains matter-of-factly. "I cannot speak the
language, so I have to do roles where I do not speak." Now it can be told, all very
PC. Garrulous veejay turns dumb belle. |
