From the eyes of a Couch Potato...

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 As I sit in front of this laptop and struggle to get out few words I have decided that I will not peek into my browser because Internet is such a web that once you get entangled in it, it becomes difficult to get out. As you all know I have been struggling with words to put it simply I am suffering from something dreadful called “Writers Block” it was something which I thought would never touch me but I guess the long break from office has made me lazy and being with Mom has made me lazier :D Add to the fact that as soon as I think of switching on my laptop the sunson rises without fail ;)

These days I have been doing nothing besides taking care of the l’lle one and watching TV :D in fact I have become a couch potato. So what better than telling what I think about the current TV scenario?

Let’s start with the queen i.e. Madhuri Dixit was a beauty, is a beauty and will always remain one. She might have gained some extra pounds but it goes without saying that they don’t make like her anymore. She smiles with same warmth which her persona exudes. As far as Jhalak Dikh La Ja  is concerned I will reserve my views as it is early days but the much anticipated premier episode was a dampener. But yes I absolutely love all the three judges.

Have been watching both the versions of Masterchef i.e. the Indian  & the Australian version and I must say they are as different as chalk and cheese. While our version is full of emotional drama and injuries (in the latest episode it even became Big Bossish with Pankaj shouting her lungs out) the Australian version is so damn professional.

Though am a pure vegetarian and the dishes in the Australian version are beyond me but I love the passion with which the participants cook and the passion with it is judged. On the other hand a specific episode of the Indian version had my blood boiling, it was the one where the judges wanted to prove to Jaynandan that the vegetables that he had cut were not perfect and how did they prove it? By throwing the unused, freshly cut vegetables into the dustbin. I was like WTH! In fact the judges in our version are too busy spiking their hair, wearing shiny suits & they don’t exude the same professionalism. The episode in which they had called in the families to judge was just too much for me and the icing on the cake was a kid tasting and judging the dishes. I hope next year they are much more professional and mend their mistakes which they can start that by dropping Akshay Kumar who is over acting & over reacting in there.

Then there is Koffee with Karan Season 3 , I had too many expectations from the show and it is turning out to be just another show. There is unnecessary bitching in the show, in “The Rapid Fire Round” one of the most awaited sections of the show, KJo has been asking the same questions to all the guests. Where is the novelty man?

When I think of KWK the next thing that comes to my mind is the news channels. The buggers see the ad of the upcoming episode and create an half an hour news item on that. “BREAKING NEWS; “When asked who is the sexiest of all, Kareena rates Shahid as sexist and Saif makes face”. When you see the episode things are very different and you realize that ad was nothing but slick marketing of copy & paste only to achieve high TRP’s and our new channels fall for it hook line & sinker by promoting it unnecessarily on their channels. All of this makes me ask the same question again, when there is so much to report and work on why are the news channels chasing no news or why are they into making baking & creating news?

An example of the no news getting the importance of breaking news is “Sheila Vs Munni” and the best part is almost all new channels doing an half an hour program on it. I would have laughed on their histrionics had this been a one off thing.

BTW that reminds me my Son just totally loves Sheila ki Jawani and he stops doing whatever he is doing just to stare at the T.V. he even stops chewing his fingers which trust me is a major thing for him.

Anyway as I was saying, the worst reporting which I saw was during the Varanasi Blast when a person called up a specific new channel and the following ensued.

Reporter: we have on line Mr. X who was an eye witness to the blast, so Mr. X please tell us what did you see.

Mr. X: there was a huge blast near Y Ghat.  

Reporter: Where were you when the blast occurred?

Mr. X: We were in the boat opposite the ghat, some 3 kms away.

 
Reporter: What happened? Did you see the blast?

Mr. X: There was a loud noise and a chaos

Reporter: Do you think there were some deaths?  

Mr. X: We were very far but I am sure someone must have died.

Reporter: So you have heard the account of an eye witness. *repeats whatever the person had said and adds* he believes that there might have been some deaths.

Other programs which have caught my fancy are Highway on My Plate & Chakh Le Academy. Rocky & Mayur from HOMP plate are just awesome, what sense of humor and what lovely places they take us to. I am always busy swooning, slurping & yearning to trail behind them. I also envy them for doing something that enjoy and eating all the way :D

I even saw two movies which I had been wanting to watch, Shall We Dance & Marley & Me . I loved the former for the simplicity of its theme i.e. of enjoying the life & not just living it. As far as Marley & Me is concerned, I have never kept and pets & neither been fond of the idea of keeping one but the movie touched me like hell. I had not expected to like this simple little film but what was totally shocking was me with tears in my eyes at the end of movie. Some movies I tell you. 

Besides that I have been wanting to watch Band Bajaa Baraat but it isn’t possible for next few months but Ranvir Singh the hero for sure looks promising. Have you guys seen the movie? How’s it?

Hmmm I guess this is it, have you guys been watching TV the way I have been? Do share your views.

Coming up next are the reviews of Another Chance by Ahmed Faiyaz & Urban Shots a collection of short stories which FYI has the first published work of our fellow blogger Prateek.