'She was not my friend. She did not know me. But Sridevi belongs to me,' unwinded Rama who prefers Munram Pirai to Sadma and of course enjoyed Mr. India which she saw in Tilak theatre, Dombivili East. Madhubala, Rekha, Dreamgirl.... Yes, film actors and actresses always belonged to the Indian family. Our soul. Rajappan Anna, Alleppey Mami and Dadi Ganesh own Shivaji Ganesan; Mohanlal is Radhai and Rama property; for long Dakhi had colour pics of Shah Rukh Khan, her All; today, she turns a 400 watts bulb glimpsing King Khan in a theatre; perhaps, all Indian families have their favourites, like today, Sridevi, is; today, Sridevi will be cremated; but she will belong to me. They are on par with the many gods and goddesses in the prayer rooms; maybe, they are a floor above gods as they make dreams and sell them to us with swaying music, burnishing an ordinariness of Indians. There is no class, community, religion or cash about it. No god has scripted a dream but Mr. India has. Indians could buy it. Today, they can be with them in their one or two room homes. Of course, dreamers paid for it. Females much more. They are touched by drinks, drugs and demons. How many of us are not? Nawab of Pataudi played cricket, wife Sharmila acted and they lived happily. Are they that? Me does not know having never seen a film actor from close. Saw Jeetendra in a car at a traffic junction and he waved at many of us. Thats the nearest to the kingdom of filmdom. Every Indian has his lover or love, a roll of a film; and none is ashamed. Every Indian wants to be an actor or actress... as there is no age bar. That probably explains the love of Indian cricketers for films, mostly Hindi films. BS Chandrasekhar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Virendra Sehwag.... and Virat Kohli could get inducted by actress wife Anushka. Cricketers age not films, filmstars, film music. Possible, we may not be able to relish a Khuda Gawah of Amitabh today. But one day we did. Today, it may be a Khan. Our screens can never go blank. Each of us at some moment has stood in front of mirrors, awoke a Rajesh Khanna or Sridevi or someone else in us .... me has ... havent you? Films do not start wars and bombs and hates. Sridevi swung me. She happied me. Today, Mogambo is teary.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Sridevi, Bye
'She was not my friend. She did not know me. But Sridevi belongs to me,' unwinded Rama who prefers Munram Pirai to Sadma and of course enjoyed Mr. India which she saw in Tilak theatre, Dombivili East. Madhubala, Rekha, Dreamgirl.... Yes, film actors and actresses always belonged to the Indian family. Our soul. Rajappan Anna, Alleppey Mami and Dadi Ganesh own Shivaji Ganesan; Mohanlal is Radhai and Rama property; for long Dakhi had colour pics of Shah Rukh Khan, her All; today, she turns a 400 watts bulb glimpsing King Khan in a theatre; perhaps, all Indian families have their favourites, like today, Sridevi, is; today, Sridevi will be cremated; but she will belong to me. They are on par with the many gods and goddesses in the prayer rooms; maybe, they are a floor above gods as they make dreams and sell them to us with swaying music, burnishing an ordinariness of Indians. There is no class, community, religion or cash about it. No god has scripted a dream but Mr. India has. Indians could buy it. Today, they can be with them in their one or two room homes. Of course, dreamers paid for it. Females much more. They are touched by drinks, drugs and demons. How many of us are not? Nawab of Pataudi played cricket, wife Sharmila acted and they lived happily. Are they that? Me does not know having never seen a film actor from close. Saw Jeetendra in a car at a traffic junction and he waved at many of us. Thats the nearest to the kingdom of filmdom. Every Indian has his lover or love, a roll of a film; and none is ashamed. Every Indian wants to be an actor or actress... as there is no age bar. That probably explains the love of Indian cricketers for films, mostly Hindi films. BS Chandrasekhar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Virendra Sehwag.... and Virat Kohli could get inducted by actress wife Anushka. Cricketers age not films, filmstars, film music. Possible, we may not be able to relish a Khuda Gawah of Amitabh today. But one day we did. Today, it may be a Khan. Our screens can never go blank. Each of us at some moment has stood in front of mirrors, awoke a Rajesh Khanna or Sridevi or someone else in us .... me has ... havent you? Films do not start wars and bombs and hates. Sridevi swung me. She happied me. Today, Mogambo is teary.
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