How To Guides- Part 2

We continue to look at this business of businesses and the following How To Guides which are next in line for publication-

1. How to get your kid admission into Kindergarten. An associated book will be on How to Beg for Favours and a supplement titled Standing in Line and Enjoying it! Sequels will cover High School, College and Post Grad studies.

2. How to Copy a Hit TV Show. Warning: This may not sell well, since all ideas for TV shows have already been copied.

3. How to Dance Like Govinda. Most important tips here will be on getting that manic expression on the face right. The dancing anyways is tough to describe in writing.

4. How to Join the Army. This will have a couple of chapters describing the various ranks that the army has, distinguishing between the various shoulder straps of various colours and the medals that you can get in a lifetime. And a little bit about holding a gun correctly.

5. How to make a mythological for TV (we still do, and some of these are better than the contemporary shows). This will come with a free DVD of all mythological films and TV shows that have appeared on screens big and small. You just pick one and redo it. Costumes can be supplied if needed-they are the most important thing in a mythological. Everyone knows the story, so no exertion is required in that direction.

Bade Miya, Chhote Miya

While flipping channels yesterday, I came across the old Govinda- Amitabh classic (don't frown, it's a classic of sorts) 'Bade Miya Chhote Miya'. Made in the typical irreverent style of David Dhawan, it unites two comedian cops in a caper that is fairly mindless, but very entertaining. Leave-your-brains at home kind of a movie.

But what is more interesting about the movie is one of those fun songs which starts with a grunt that sounds like "oonh" and continues through its 'lyrics' such as they are- Kisi Disco mein jaayein, kisi hotel main khaayein,' and so on. Not exactly poetry, but Govinda and Raveena bring a sort of uninhibited zaniness to it. That reminded me of yet another of my Govinda favorites, the only song that was ahead of the prevailing technology at the time- I am talking about "What is mobile number, what is your smile number" which I think Karisma and Govinda absolutely rocked in. Such an unusual way of wooing a girl for those times!

If you think of Bollywood as entertainment, then many of the Govinda films would qualify for No.1 status. Though Amitabh looked a bit jaded in Bade Miya, he held his own in all the comic scenes, adding to the fun.