Movie Blues

Here's what is wrong with Hindi movies these days.....


1. There is no hypertensive dad, a.k.a "Ghussat Baapu":


Mock scenario in days of yore.....
Daughter wants to brush her teeth in the morning and announces the same to her parents.


GB: HARGIZ NAHIN! Hamare khaandaan ki izzat ko mitti mein mila rahi ho! Arrey, log kya kahenge? Hum to baahar muh dikhaane laayak bhi nahin rahenge. 


Beti: Err, I just want to brush my teeth!


GB: Lakshmi, Isse kuch samjhao.....


2. There is no overreactive mom, a.k.a "Philmy Maa" (last word to be said in a nostril flaring, nasal tone....think Dharmendar)


PM: Kya keh rahe ho, beti ke babuji, yeh kaise ho sakta hai? Yeh kalmuyi khud bhi badnaam hogi aur hame bhi badnam karegi. Hamari kismat hi phooti hai!


B: You know what, I'm just going to brush while you finish up with your nervous breakdown.....


GB's chest starts heaving and eyes rolling and PM rushes to his side while a "Beti ke babuji" shrilly rents  the air. Beti runs towards GB and PM teary-eyed, the toothbrush forgotten.


These days you have movie parents who are such pushovers, it is quite sad.....


Beti: Hey Yashraj, Lakshmi! How goes it?


Pushover Parents: Hey beta!, with fist bump.


B Guess what, boyfraand and I are leaving today for the mosquito infested Congo Basin Forest for six months on an expedition. When we return, we plan to announce our engagement.


PP: But, beta, you are just six years old!


B: Oh, grow up folks! We kids start young these days...did you not get the memo?


PP, with fake laugh: OK beta, I hope you got the necessary immunizations. Have a good trip and send us a postcard!


Fist Bump!




to be continued......