Here we are then...fellow Indians...
O Bhaiyya...It happens only in India...It happens only in India...it has become such a cliche'...almost a license for us to justify anything that is right or wrong with our country. Jugaad the contraption? See...a wonderful example of Indian low cost innovation...the excesses of the political class...Arre...it happens only in India...
Let us move away from politics & economy for a moment & concentrate on other matters, shall we? What other matters? Ours is a country, in case you have noticed, where there is humour and mirth strewn around. Actually, the more serious we try to be, the more humour we create. Just read (and see) on...
Actually...this wonderful idea came to The Times of India first...to create an ensemble (excuse me, what a terribly difficult word to strike my fellow Indians with) or collection of pictures and videos that define the wonderful country we live in.
It's a country like no other. People profess...sorry...say that their Guruji has told (or is it tolded them...am not sure) that violence is bad, and that they should be gentle towards their fellow humans. The next moment...a poor cyclist hits their cars scratching a line on it...and out they are to avenge...Iske paise kya tera baap dega be??? I don't have to tell you what happens next.
It's the only country in the cosmos where we have jagratas...with wonderful & colourful personalities like Pushp Rangila conducting them..."Contact Pushp Rangila for Mata ki Chowki" or something like that.
Anyhow...enough said...the proof of the pudding lies in its eating...(Did you by any chance know it was a British guy called William Camden who first said it...but then..."Is Britain the same as England?" my fellow countrymen will ask me...so let's not get into that). So, every week I will leave samples on this blog that will justify the adage forcefully "It Happens Only In India".
Sample 1: Hollywood is good...Bollywood is better...but Hollywood converted or translated to Bhojpuri is better than the best Bhaiyyajee...take a look...and for good measure...watch Spiderman 3 dubbed in Bhojpuri
Sample 2: This wonderful signboard is the work of genius...feast your eyes...(in Hindi...aankhon ko daawat do)
Sample 3: Now feast your eyes (double feast for you) on this clip from the movie Don (the original one so you are spared a wrinkled Shahrukh with a bear like hairstyle) featuring the veteran Pran. Otherwise a fine actor, something happened to him in this movie. For one, he looks a bit cocky, which is strange for a man who looks like a bread pakora with a wig on throughout the movie. Secondly, he hams...and hams...and hams...truly our very own Ham Prasad. Check him out saying "Koi Chance Nahi" to the flunky sitting next to him.
Sample 4: And the last one for this week:
Ain't that something guys? The album sung by "mashoor gayak" Pappu Suppliyan Wala; produced by Bittu Jalandhari and directed by Parminder Dolly. What else do you need?
That's it for now. I will be back next week.
Do let me know your comments & feedback. More than that, I look forward to your zany, irreverent (I mean funny) contributions: pictures, videos...anything will do.
Do check out my website: www.theadvertisingcollege.co.in...and join the short term advertising course with us. It's designed to make you live, breathe, dissect and create advertising...and above all...appreciate it
O Bhaiyya...It happens only in India...It happens only in India...it has become such a cliche'...almost a license for us to justify anything that is right or wrong with our country. Jugaad the contraption? See...a wonderful example of Indian low cost innovation...the excesses of the political class...Arre...it happens only in India...
Let us move away from politics & economy for a moment & concentrate on other matters, shall we? What other matters? Ours is a country, in case you have noticed, where there is humour and mirth strewn around. Actually, the more serious we try to be, the more humour we create. Just read (and see) on...
Actually...this wonderful idea came to The Times of India first...to create an ensemble (excuse me, what a terribly difficult word to strike my fellow Indians with) or collection of pictures and videos that define the wonderful country we live in.
It's a country like no other. People profess...sorry...say that their Guruji has told (or is it tolded them...am not sure) that violence is bad, and that they should be gentle towards their fellow humans. The next moment...a poor cyclist hits their cars scratching a line on it...and out they are to avenge...Iske paise kya tera baap dega be??? I don't have to tell you what happens next.
It's the only country in the cosmos where we have jagratas...with wonderful & colourful personalities like Pushp Rangila conducting them..."Contact Pushp Rangila for Mata ki Chowki" or something like that.
Anyhow...enough said...the proof of the pudding lies in its eating...(Did you by any chance know it was a British guy called William Camden who first said it...but then..."Is Britain the same as England?" my fellow countrymen will ask me...so let's not get into that). So, every week I will leave samples on this blog that will justify the adage forcefully "It Happens Only In India".
Sample 1: Hollywood is good...Bollywood is better...but Hollywood converted or translated to Bhojpuri is better than the best Bhaiyyajee...take a look...and for good measure...watch Spiderman 3 dubbed in Bhojpuri
Sample 2: This wonderful signboard is the work of genius...feast your eyes...(in Hindi...aankhon ko daawat do)
Sample 3: Now feast your eyes (double feast for you) on this clip from the movie Don (the original one so you are spared a wrinkled Shahrukh with a bear like hairstyle) featuring the veteran Pran. Otherwise a fine actor, something happened to him in this movie. For one, he looks a bit cocky, which is strange for a man who looks like a bread pakora with a wig on throughout the movie. Secondly, he hams...and hams...and hams...truly our very own Ham Prasad. Check him out saying "Koi Chance Nahi" to the flunky sitting next to him.
Sample 4: And the last one for this week:
Ain't that something guys? The album sung by "mashoor gayak" Pappu Suppliyan Wala; produced by Bittu Jalandhari and directed by Parminder Dolly. What else do you need?
That's it for now. I will be back next week.
Do let me know your comments & feedback. More than that, I look forward to your zany, irreverent (I mean funny) contributions: pictures, videos...anything will do.
Do check out my website: www.theadvertisingcollege.co.in...and join the short term advertising course with us. It's designed to make you live, breathe, dissect and create advertising...and above all...appreciate it
