THE BLUES AND THE YELLOWS

*Final year finally* read my facebook status a couple of weeks back. Now it isn’t really something to brag about but then the things I’ve had to go through for the past 5 years to actually get into final year are really something. The 40 odd likes I got for the status bear testimony to that fact. Agreed, 40 likes when you’ve got 800 friends is really a miniscule percentage but then, I am MALE. And on fb, if you are male, 40 is the equivalent of 400 likes! ;D

But I’ve already been whining enough of this so I’ll move on.

The ipl is finally coming to a close, what with only the playoffs left. Though Danny ‘MAD’ Morrison keeps pointing out every now and then how this year’s IPL has been the best of the IPLs thus far with so many nail biting finishes and last ball miracles, on a personal note I feel the ipl has lost its charm.

72 matches, 72 close matches yes but still, SEVENTY TWO is quite a large number. And having to put up with Danny Morrison and Navjot Singh Siddhu every other day does push you to the brink of insanity, attempts at mass murder even.

But then, this blog post isn’t about the duration of the qualifiers or the douche baggery that they call EXTRAA INNINGS (this doesn’t include you, Mr.Harsha Bhogle #RESPECT), hell it isn’t even about archana vijaya (IPL’s version of mandira bedi; only, slightly more taller and definitely more stupider). This blogpost is actually dedicated to self confessed soccer (or golf perhaps?) fans who jumpat every opportunity to say the IPL is fixed!

Just because CSK got extremely lucky ( they don’t call M.S.DHONI the man with the MIDAS touch for nothing) to have 3 results going their way and eventually qualifying for the playoffs doesn’t mean the matches were fixed. This isn’t WWE for heaven’s sake!

Which brings me to the UEFA Champions league finals between CHELSEA and BAYERN MUNICH. Bayern played brilliant football easily overshadowing Chelsea in the ‘corners won’ and ‘ball possession %’ columns, but then they forgot that a game is won only if you score god damned goals! The way robben and ribery were going, the match definitely looked fixed! (ha, take that soccer loving, cricket hating fother muckers!) but then, everyone knows that such a thing is bull shit. *I am a Chelsea fan myself!* B)


Which brings me to my point; just because a couple of fools decided to earn some extra cash by bowling a no ball doesn’t mean that every single person who does play cricket is a cheater too. This is an amazing game. Agreed,there are a few weeds to be pulled but then just because you have a set top box and an internet connection doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want about the game! You might say I am doing this just because I am a cricketer, more so a lover of the game. But no, my actions have a broader perspective. Remember kapil sibal, the chap who decided to have a censor board give U, U/A and A certificates for your tweets and fb statuses? Well, the rate at which the country is progressing at the moment, he could very well be owning an IPL team next season and considering the nature of some of the comments on ipl fixing that have been doing the rounds, well all I’ve got to say is “I wouldn’t be doing that if I were you.” B) :P

kapil sibal, if you didnt already know :P

So yes, be it soccer or cricket or even WWE, watch it just for the love of the game. Don’t put too much thought into it though, you aren’t really qualified for that yet.

Until next time,

ADIOS!

ADvantage television ;)

The IPL and my exams(:P) have kept me glued to the idiot box for the past few days. The IPL, in true business sense has been doing its best to screen advertisements every time they get an opportunity. Unlike last year when advertisements used to be screened at the end of each over, in this edition, they've started doing it between overs as well, not to mention, the strategic timeout which is really nothing but a bumper offer to screen Ads.

But one thing i did notice was the brilliance with which these ads have been conceptualised and shot, true works of brilliance. Infact, these ads are so brilliant that they captivated me to a point where i watch the ipl for its ads and not the other way round. :D

Few ads that really caught my fancy were the PEPSI ad featuring Ranbir Kapoor, MAX NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE series featuring an upper middle class family, HAVELL'S CABLES & WIRES, VIRGIN MOBILE, VIDEOCON, SAMSUNG ad ft Aamir Khan, IDEA ads ft Abhishek Bachan, AIRTEL ad ft Sharman Joshi and not to forget, the oh so popular VODAFONE Ads featuring the current heartthrobs, the ZOO ZOOS.. ;)

But one AD that really had me in splits, at the same time, had me clapping out loud in appreciation for the creativity and superb integration of humour into it was the HAVELL'S CFL ad. It showed the master of the house plugging in his hair dryer and then suddenly the music starts and the man is seen break dancing his way around the house. the maid sees this and when she comes in contact with him, starts dancing with him. the guy's wife sees him dancing with the maid in a I'M-CHEATING-ON-YOU way and in anger goes and grabs his shoulder. And then they all start dancing.
Enter, guy's hockey stick wielding son. he takes a quick look around and in one quick movement, knocks off the hair dryer from his dad's hand using his hockey stick!!! and then walks off as if nothing happens. And then a voiceover announces "SWITCH TO HAVELL'S CFLs FOR A SHOCKPROOF LIFE"
Considering my extra long narrative, i know i might have made it sound a bit boring, but with a superb background score and brilliant acting, it truly looked extraordinary on screen. :)

i know i might be reading too much into situations here but i feel that these ads in a way give us an insight into the competetive world that is waiting for us out there. "THINK HATKE" is the new mantra now. To survive here, you need to innovate. And innovation doesn't come easy. Thus in a sense, these ads show that in the big, bad world out there, its indeed "Survival of the Fittest". Why i say this is because considering the ads that used to appear on tv a few years back and the ads that seem to be coming out now, there seems to be a huge difference in the way of thinking of the ad film makers. This really is one huge leap for mankind because it shows that now our levels of thinking have been elevated to whole new levels, thus in a sense showing how mankind has evolved over the past few hundred years.

Truly a great sign of what's in store fron Gen Next, in short, you and me.

keep watchin this space for more,

Until my next post, ADIOS!!!