On Sachin and Silsila

The net is such a wonderful place to find entertainment. Some unintended.

As this report today, on the home page of rediff – which only seems to get better and better with each pasing day – Sachin meets his lookalike

the pic – the effort of reproducing that photograph here is too much for me at this late hour – but go see the pic and judge for yourself. reading from left to right – embarrased and where-can-I-hide-now Sachin Tendulkar, plump and pleased as punch boy, plump and drunk-on-punch-pleased mother

the report – After the brief introduction Sachin asked Aakash what kind of sports he plays? Akaash said he plays soccer, basketball and tennis. Sachin was impressed and said good.

the comments – at last look, there were 131 comments – most of them much more insightful and interesting than anything rediff (or most such portals, including those of news channels) serve anyway as news. Among them, Next, we’ll have a snap of a lady who thinks her daughter looks like Salman Khan! and I am still confused whether the lady looks like sachin or the kid looks like sachin or sachin looks like the kid. Also from somone who hs cracked the resemblence – Yes, Rediff you are right. He is Sachin look alike… He has 2 eyes, 1 nose, lips, 2 ears, black hair and yes, teeth too…

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And then this truly funny gem from Baradwaj Rangan’s review of Traffic Signal on the character Silsila played by whashsisname…

…threatens to blossom between Rani and Silsila – yes, that’s the name of the “manager” played by Kunal Khemu, because he was born the year Yash Chopra’s ode to infidelity was released; I guess he’s thanking his stars he wasn’t born in 1988, the year of Paap Ko Jalaa Kar Raakh Kar Doonga.