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I have always wanted to meet a man. His name is L K Advani. Some might grimace at the thought. But I have always been fascinated by him. I was taken by a colleague who is almost like a son to him. So I got a nice reception. I chatted with him for an hour. In the beginning, he seemed a bit stiff. But as time went, he became friendlier. You know what I liked about him? There was no coyness or hesitation. He even talked about the Jinnah episode. The quotes were cool. I didn't have to egg him on. Of course, he was prepared for it, but you have got to give credit where its due.

The man reads Mitch Albom. Now he's reading Shantaram. I guess that was enough to floor with me. It was one of my most satisfying interviews. Of course, his wife reminds one of a barracuda. But a funny and sweet barracuda (if that's possible). She insisted on showing me her favourite photograph, where she is glaring at Advani and he is very consciously looking at his plate.

It was a contrast of sorts with my interview with Maneka Gandhi recently. Who I swear is a bitch. She had the nerve to say to me, "Enough Bubbly. Now haven't I given you a long time? I normally don't give so much time to the others." My bloody left foot!

I was very excited. But look at my parents' reaction.

Me: Baba, I interviewed Advani!

Father: That's nice. Probably you should meet a famous architect friend of mine who would be as interesting.

Me: For god's sake don't say this outside.

How can people be so stoic I don't know!

Yesterday evening I also went for the launch of Farah Khan's jewellery collection. Farah Khan as in Zayed Khan's sister and not choreographer Farah Khan. Her whole family was there. Sanjay Khan, his wife Zarine (is rumoured to have beaten up Zeenat Aman because she was having an affair with Sanjay. P told me that Sanjay used to beat up Zarine. So I guess it's all a cycle), Fardeen, his fiancee Nitasha, Zayed and his fiancee Mallika, Farah's hubby DJ Aqueel, and Fardeen's mom Sundri.

Zayed resembled a monkey on the move. He was a show-off. Kept jumping up on the ramp, crossing it, hugging people, flashing perfect teeth like there was no tomorrow and crossing the ramp to get back to his seat where he sat at times with his legs raised halfway up. And he stared hard at the models, so that it seemed that given a chance he would eat them up. Fardeen on the other hand seemed like the perfect gentleman, sitting upright with his collars standing stiff in dracula mode. He kept whispering into his fiancee's ears every time a model appeared on the ramp. There were times though when I caught him catching a quick look through the corner of his eyes. Men will be men.

Then Bipasha Basu walked down the ramp as the special guest. And she was stunning.

At the end of it all, I felt distinctly grumpy because I couldn't speak to a single person except Fardeen's fiancee. I did't try though. What with huge bouncers trodding on my feet, all I could do was abuse them loudly while P kept saying in hushed tones, "What are you doing?"

49 comments:

PS said...

If you abused them AB (something that's totally out of your character), then I absolutely LOVE YOU for it...these pseudos deserve each syllable of it ;)

Arjun said...

Can't understand why you fancy an oldie like Advani when there're such hot chicks like Bips around!

Maneka Gandhi, I agree, is a bit of a bitch!

mad angles said...

You met Advani? It was a dream come true? He reads Mitch Albom and shantaram? He reads? Hey bhagwan!

eM said...

Goodness you've been busy no? And all these political type interviews also--I'm most impressed :)

SwB said...

what do I gotta do to have ur job, man!?! Life is so unfair.

Penny Lane said...

This DJ Aqueel character... does he also DJ in Madras? And did he also visit Melbourne at the end of last month? All the Indians here got damn excited about it, I feel!

Vignesh said...

And she calls me a boast... hrrmppff !

Quite busy I feel, do let us know how the architect friend of dad's comes up ! :)

Anonymous said...

PS: Uh oh... which pseudos are you talking about? I was talking about the bouncers hun:)

Couchpotato: Err did you say a bit?

Essar: You would be surprised at how well read he is. Babe he's got 10,000 books in his collection. I even detected Sidney Sheldons and Erich Segals. I clearly didn't expect them.

eM: Yeah I was excited initially. Now I feel it is all a part of a job.

Saltwater: Simple. Join the brotherhood:)

Penny: Very possible. But sadly he's become a bit hammy.

Vignesh: You calling me a boast! (indignant tones)

Arjun said...

Ok ok ok. She's THE bitch!

arvindiyer said...

The perils of this field..but really when u do end up meetin all the p3 crowd up close and personal..Most of them DO STINK!!peace

Anonymous said...

Couchpotato: Now that's more like it.

Arvindiyer: Depends on who you are talking about.

Parna: Why interview Advani or why I like Advani?

PS said...

No AB, I was referring to the stupid celebrity clan...Zayed, Fardeen et al :)

n.g. said...

my most frustrating memory is associated with LKA. I was on a flight to Delhi when suddenly minutes before take off we were told there was a technical snag. We waited an hour inside the flight, assuming it was a technical snag. After an hour we realised that the bloody airline was waiting for LKA who was late.

Anonymous said...

Great, while you have been hobnobbing with Advani INSIDE his place, I have been spending hours OUTSIDE Vajpayee's pad watching politicians drive in and out. This Khurana issue will drive me nuts. Certainly my most boring journo experience so far.

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PS: Well, I wouldn't abuse Fardeen for nuts. He's HOT. And Zayed, however funny he might act is not exactly bad you know. I hate the secys. They act like they are the celebs themselves.

Nish: Now I can't blame you for not loving him:)

Toe Knee: Awww. So you are covering the Khurana issue. I thought political stuff can be pretty exciting.

Anonymous said...

Parna: Oh he's so suave. At the cost of sounding like a bimbette might I say that I have always had this urge to tug at his cheeks;)

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