tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post6555579187513293513..comments2024-03-19T09:03:49.770+05:30Comments on Shobhaa De: Drag Artists... and moreShobhaa Dehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05610708004901279105noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-73011685234345209362008-08-30T00:19:00.000+05:302008-08-30T00:19:00.000+05:30What are you talking about Anonymous?About what I ...What are you talking about Anonymous?<BR/>About what I as so critical?<BR/><BR/>I didn't get you. Please clarify further.<BR/><BR/><BR/>--<BR/><BR/>Double7Double Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00143198059518826575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-29292803990614982502008-08-29T18:27:00.000+05:302008-08-29T18:27:00.000+05:3077 suyashhh U R TOO MUCH.. Y R U SO CRITICLLE ABou...77 suyashhh U R TOO MUCH.. <BR/><BR/>Y R U SO CRITICLLE ABout Evrything<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your viewzzz mate... but lets not plague Shobhaaaz Blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-51609762048748353952008-08-29T18:08:00.000+05:302008-08-29T18:08:00.000+05:30Another Kiran in NYC, you should consider about sw...Another Kiran in NYC, you should consider about switching to DirecTV... You will get NDTV and Star Plus and all that...Double Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00143198059518826575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-16841113120523278512008-08-29T11:32:00.000+05:302008-08-29T11:32:00.000+05:30amen the bit about biz journos. I have a few as fr...amen the bit about biz journos. I have a few as friends. All sorts of insider info to be had *nudge, nudge, wink wink*Mister Crowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410688259466030384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-78128934923198719882008-08-29T11:12:00.000+05:302008-08-29T11:12:00.000+05:30I think they have sensed that ad films are not for...I think they have sensed that ad films are not for any awards and rewards!So they can do anything they want.Being so choosy in selecting the movies, aamir might have thought to relax himself in the ad world.Srinivashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455493402953212036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-32174758151995292072008-08-29T08:33:00.000+05:302008-08-29T08:33:00.000+05:30M'am De',It's the case of make Hay when its rainin...M'am De',<BR/><BR/>It's the case of make Hay when its raining cats and Dogs. All media bodies print, internet, Tv or Wireless want to claim their share in the Pie. I mean the BIG corporate funds being deployed to the 'cash by Bhai" starved industry called Bollywood. <BR/><BR/>Beware the KING makers have arrived. WELCOME!!<BR/><BR/>Vinod Agarwal - Desperate for his ENTRY!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-58897373504806854382008-08-29T03:39:00.000+05:302008-08-29T03:39:00.000+05:30Dear 77Thanks for the link to AK (another Kiran th...Dear 77<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link to AK (another Kiran this time!)<BR/><BR/>Ooouch... I just saw the ad. What the heck was that? Surely, he was paid an arm and a leg to have done this... but why? Why? WHY?<BR/><BR/>I guess when MONEY TALKS... SHIT DOES WALK!<BR/>Shobha.. you know these people, right? Please talk to them on our behalf.<BR/><BR/>Now as far as Vogue is concerned... that's desi mentality. Every thing revolves around Bollywood and Cricket in the desi media. (Look at HT and Sahara news!) Sorry folks that's all DISH offers here in US! I don't know when these people will realize that models can't act and actors can't model. <BR/>Again Shobha... talk to people!!rekha badlanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496894496079177169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-82341982152847710472008-08-29T02:07:00.000+05:302008-08-29T02:07:00.000+05:30Another Kiran In NYC, here's the link to that ad v...Another Kiran In NYC, here's the link to that ad video on youtube:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07xM40xTvEQ<BR/><BR/><BR/>--<BR/><BR/>77Double Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00143198059518826575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-41897570696179964882008-08-29T01:30:00.000+05:302008-08-29T01:30:00.000+05:30Havent seen the ad so wont comment on the awfulnes...Havent seen the ad so wont comment on the awfulness (or not) of the advertisment but I do like me a fun drag queen/drag act! Honestly I have never interacted with or seen a full on drag queen, who has bored me or been less than sincere about being a performer in all aspects.<BR/><BR/>The act of being in Drag is vaudevelian (sp?) in its extreme. Even as a lifestyle, being in drag is very performance based. It revels in being over the top. Not perfect. Its imperfections and obvious fantasy are so different and delightful. Not so much the lady boys in Bangkok who are selling a performance that is completely different from the act of DRAG. They are selling sexuality, plain and simple.<BR/><BR/>I dont expect Robin Williams (Doubtfire) or Steven Rhea (Crying game) or Bacchan to BE the woman they are portraying. Because it is not that particular woman they are portraying in any case. It is thier idea and interpretation of the woman only. That is a drag act. They know it and we know it and they know that we know it... ad infinitum. Tis the ankh micholi played between the audience and the performer that makes the Drag act so fun, so unexpected and so bawdy.<BR/><BR/>Yeah Drag is about being bawdy and getting away with it, at some level. There I said it!<BR/><BR/>I guess Aamir was paid a lot of money to do the ad. He is a very shrewd business man. I would like to think (because I love him so) that he also wanted to be "the performer" and see if he could do it. Yeah, that is what I would like to think! Is it?<BR/><BR/>I write long stream of conciousness and combative comments(ok, only sometimes... I am really just a softie), I really should just write my own blog. But it wont be as interesting as this one. So I shall cease and desist.<BR/><BR/>Another Kiran in NYCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-42432192461880171072008-08-28T23:40:00.000+05:302008-08-28T23:40:00.000+05:30I don't understand why people are not looking at t...I don't understand why people are not looking at the "innovative" side of that ad!? Why??<BR/>What creativity man... crazy....<BR/>What an act... mind boggling<BR/>It is definitely eye candy if not eye-catching.<BR/>i know all the homo phobics would have easily got intimidated at first by AKs drag queen character... But nevertheless, i think AK has his own flair of performing different roles so neatly... i especially love the way how quickly he switches sides-of one being a drag queen and then moving on to the opposite facing and being her husband... simply incredible stuff.. and the makeup done by Mickey Contractor is fantastic..<BR/><BR/>--<BR/><BR/>77Double Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00143198059518826575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-52413237479339778362008-08-28T19:35:00.000+05:302008-08-28T19:35:00.000+05:30Whoa! I'm yet to see tht AD... must be fun huh! :P...Whoa! I'm yet to see tht AD... must be fun huh! :P<BR/><BR/>Drag acts look gross to me! <BR/><BR/>ADs, magazine covers, reality shows, serials.. bollyppl are found everywhere.. guess bcuz of the masala tht they tend to add to whatever they're a part of.. thts wht SELLS and thts wht the indian audience wants... sigh! ;)Divoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028749311499807860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-12431295936340546682008-08-28T19:29:00.000+05:302008-08-28T19:29:00.000+05:30Let me imagine what the AK Productions must have b...Let me imagine what the AK Productions must have been "thinking" (if at all) on drag?<BR/><BR/>Wannabe a drag queen? Get ready to cross "performance" with "sexuality".<BR/> <BR/>What do you get? An act of exaggeration and a guise of femininity. <BR/><BR/>How do you define exaggeration? Exaggeration in performance is all about staging the abnormal.<BR/><BR/>How do you define femininity? Femininity is a feature underlined by subservience. Period.<BR/><BR/>So who is the audience for the final act? The grotesque egotistic and "straight" Indian Man of course!<BR/><BR/>End message of the commercial: Nautanki is never too far removed from the real, you see.<BR/> <BR/>[my reaction: aghast!].kaleidoscopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472012267885644306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-27820553535455128212008-08-28T17:09:00.000+05:302008-08-28T17:09:00.000+05:30With all due respects for your tastes and likes, I...With all due respects for your tastes and likes, <BR/>I say this- This is the best Aamir Khan ad I've ever seen... this is of course after "thanda matlab coca cola" and the other one again being of Coke- "Paanch...!"<BR/><BR/>and as far as you said about top actors doing silly ads and they are paid a staggering sum to do it; I say that Aamir Khan himself must have got attracted to the script and all that apart from money of course, because I have heard that the whole production that went behind producing this Tata Sky ad was done by Aamir Khan Production... so ...Double Sevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00143198059518826575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-69939158715219811222008-08-28T16:59:00.000+05:302008-08-28T16:59:00.000+05:30De, maybe the ad is supposed to be 'bad' to make i...De, maybe the ad is supposed to be 'bad' to make it look funny. Maybe the public wants the acting to be mediocre. And maybe Aamir Khan wanted to act like this to give out his idea about sad a drag is. Can't all these be possible?Kris Basshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968227615966356396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-73652980776730823342008-08-28T16:20:00.000+05:302008-08-28T16:20:00.000+05:30we watch mtv each morning... and guess what the SA...we watch mtv each morning... and guess what the SAD AD is always ON!<BR/>I appreciate innovation and artistic license... but this one didn't get past the gates!<BR/><BR/>Like Supriya, my wife, always says - how did he even agree to do it?Arjunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203981203578698788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-74391204947109902862008-08-28T15:51:00.000+05:302008-08-28T15:51:00.000+05:30But it also made me wonder why actors , whether fr...<I>But it also made me wonder why actors , whether from Hollywood or Bollywood love doing drag</I><BR/><BR/>In our day to day life and in the streets (in Europe or in USA or Australia) when there is a party scene on a Saturday night these men always love to wear short skirts (ah those hairy legs! guys, please think about it) and a fake wig ! When there is a foot ball or rugby match, you should see these men partying with bottles of beer after the match...I have witnessed this so many times in Europe and the past two years in Hong Kong during the RUGBY 7 HONG KONG match in March. <BR/><BR/>It is indeed a good question, why Men love to do this fake/bad cross-dressing and not Women ? <BR/><BR/>Why ? Why ? Why ? <BR/><BR/>Is this the way, Men love to show their feminine side ? If yes, they need to seek some advise because it certainly is a bad idea.Prashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035011813347477952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-11652141473074282872008-08-28T15:48:00.000+05:302008-08-28T15:48:00.000+05:30And HELL no ... I thought Robin William's turn as ...And HELL no ... I thought Robin William's turn as Mrs. Doubtfire was one of the most endearing drag acts on that side of the globe. It wasn't so much of a drag show anyway... the emphasis was on a theme that personally touched me... it was about a desperate father who could do anything to be with his kids coz loving hem was all he knew. And it was hilarious n heartwarming at the same time.Anuj Talpadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04792975111203283396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-16075872075558338762008-08-28T15:30:00.000+05:302008-08-28T15:30:00.000+05:30OMG Aamir's at it again? Haven't checked the ad ou...OMG Aamir's at it again? Haven't checked the ad out yet!<BR/><BR/>Aamir sure loves to drag ... remember that song from what-was-that-film-he-did-with-Mamta Kulkarni? Looking a tad more appealing than the Khol-karni, Aamir is easily the best drag queen Bollywood's had. A close second would be Riteish Deshmukh .. I forget the name of the completely OTT film but he looked as close to a REAL woman as one cud possibly expect of a drag queen.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the Bollywood MEN (!) should plan a trip to Bangkok and dazzle the crowds with the sensational 'Lady Boy' act!<BR/><BR/>I loved Kareena on the cover of Vogue and Bips too .. god knows why they cudnt do a better job with a stunner like Priyanka!Anuj Talpadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04792975111203283396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-87970263762584774012008-08-28T12:48:00.000+05:302008-08-28T12:48:00.000+05:30From Jillele to Jingalaala. Our taste buds have me...From Jillele to Jingalaala. Our taste buds have metamorphosed. For the good? well thats difficult question to answer. Tata ke bacchey have taken a lot of bold steps,image make over from their image of being the mai baap of indian corporate worlld to their traditional philanthropic indulgence to the recent trendy and bold Virgin Mobile (hinting at issues like lesbianism, traffic policing , extra marital affairs ekcetra )and Tata Sky commercials (jinngalaala, a new word). Though I simply adore the Virgin mobile ads, this tata sky thingie is a real put off. Drag? whats their message? they wanted to show aamir in drag and sell their product? How stupid. Andmaking a dolt of the indian bride. That aint funny at all. <BR/><BR/>No indian actor looks good in drag. And if they are in drag. Its done with no dignity. Why arnt the woman rights groups not speaking anything about this ad. <BR/><BR/>They are only interested in protesting against open air Pappi's and Bra and Cheddi shows.. is it? <BR/><BR/>What needs to be stopped and censored is this typification of the Indian Woman. Its a big jolt to India. But we would look only at the obvious. <BR/><BR/>there is a thin line between a mirthful experience and derogation... and missing that line is a habit for the corporates. <BR/><BR/>De, kaunsa fashion glossies mein U are going to come. Batao Batao... you give us aadhi khabar. bad gurl!<BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>Kool that you were doing some bonding shonding... nice nice waise bhi there was "Yudh" happenning in your blog that kept our eye balls on your blog. I mean , I did miss you. but we were entertained. :)<BR/><BR/>Priyanka chopra... overused. She doesnt have any extraordinary looks. atleast I feel so that she doesnt.(o m g... Priyanka fans, please dont send me hate mails. lol) <BR/><BR/>dearth of models? yes, i am aking the same questionHarishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609011423304441643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-33419561831915934602008-08-28T12:19:00.000+05:302008-08-28T12:19:00.000+05:30Even none of the heroes have dont the drag scene p...Even none of the heroes have dont the drag scene plus, plus I laugh at the directors who give them minis and sleeveless to wear showing their muscular arms and hairy legs.Somebody must be out of mind to go flat over them the way they do in movies.<BR/>Mrs. doubtfire or chachi 420 were at least believable in their looks and acting, ecverybody else has been always over the top.Renuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052079745061422542noreply@blogger.com