INDIAN IDOL !
Well, my attendance record on the blog log is getting worse!! The blog headmaster (i.e my conscience) has been giving me warnings...and finally I have relented...
Well what should i write about...a lot actually has happened...at office, i am overworked and underpaid (but yes, I love my job)...nah, thats the same old story, so not worth writing...umm...India v/s Pakistan...the most mundane piece of cricket in recent times....so lets give this a pass too...Rang De Basanti. I am dying to watch 15 Park Avenue.too..so cant write about the movies until i watch them..INDIAN IDOL.....Well whats there to write about this??
Last weekend, I happened to catch a glimpse of this TV show. This is its second season. The first one was hugely popular. Especially the last few episodes which had the indian TV audience in the same frenzy as some of the popular shows like Ramayana, Buniyaad etc did. I was amazed how reality TV can touch peoples' hearts. And how much a show like this (yes yes, modeled on the American Idol), can unravel the glorious impossibilities for the hard pressed middle class. It gives a platform to non glam folks, who are reasonably talented and who can create a mass appeal for themselves over a period of 6 weeks.
The most striking aspect of this show is that everyone has potential. To supplement this thought, during one of the commercial breaks in the show, an advertisement crops up. The advt shows that a trust is dedicated in giving free education to slum dwellers as each of them has infinite potential. How true! A Kareena Kapoor gets an easy ride into the glam world. A Mallika Sherawat(MS) gets in too, but has to package herself the way she has done so that she can get her share of the pie too! I am not a big fan of MS as I have not seen her movies, and definitely I am not a big fan of Kareena Kapoor either. But I respect MS for the way she had made her mark in the industry of god fathers. No debates on the skin show, as all actresses resort to the same because thats how the society has shaped up. Anyways, coming back to the Indian Idol show, this year is no different. Each of the final 12 are hugely talented and show immense potential. Its only a matter of good fortune for the one who wins....