Comedy QUEEN!

Being able to finish things sooner than they are DUE, has both its perks and its disadvantages! Perks, you have more FREE time, and disadvantages being having BORE time! And in order to constructively use this Bore time fruitfully, I have devised various schemes, 1) have productive conversations with colleagues from Different departments (Read Gossip.. who says MEN don’t Gossip??) 2) Call Mama, 3) Write a BLOG and 4) Attack the INTERNET! Browse through different blogs, gather information, learn, create databases AND “Download Music”!! I have over 250 Movie’s Songs and over 3000 other songs. (I know it’s know much, but mind you I am getting there!). By Movie Songs I mean, All the Songs of the Movies, each and every single one, downloaded, labeled and put into a specific folder which is Further labeled and Numbered and segregated as per Language, all done very very religiously! And No I am not Selfish I share as well... NOT the whole collection but part to people who I like, love and also WORK for. (My boss is a regular visitor to my Music Library!) And I take immense pride in being the Office’s Official DJ!

Today is the use the Downloaded Items DAY! I have been listening to tracks from the 1980’s and CHAALBAZZ sprung up on me all of a sudden!  Listening to all those songs and going down memory lane reminded me of how much I love SRIDEVI!

Sridevi is one of my FAVORITE Female Actor!

And CHAAL BAAZ is One of my FAVORITE *Time pass* MOVIES. It is certainly Flawed but simply fabulous Movie!

The Storyline is ZIMPLE - Identical twins separated in babyhood when a sly, conniving servant steals one kid away from their wealthy family's luxurious mansion.  One grows up in the slums, feisty and self-reliant, with dreams of being a dancing star and the other grows up under the care of her uncle and his companion, who are unspeakably cruel and sociopathic - the only thing that stops them from murdering her outright is that she is their ticket to the family wealth! But OF course!! Enter a handsome young heir (In this Case, I would like to say, NOT as charming and handsome as I would have liked) with a wild streak, meets the slum girl and the two are instantly smitten!! In the meantime Mansion one meets a rugged slum boy and sparks fly there as well. Needless to say, wacky attics ensue.

 Jaani Yeh Chakku Hai and the Makeup Scene.

  

Sridevi is the MAIN  reason I love this movie, her cuteness, her dancing, her gorgeous BIG eyes and her talent for physical comedy and her BEAUTY! Her gifts are evident here, being the highlight of a satisfyingly entertaining masala film!!! Of course there is a pile of unapologetic crap one has to dig through to find her and those moments, but they are definitely worth it.

                                                     Na Jaane Kahan Se Aayi Hai

Whatever moments of quality Chaalbaaz has are mostly thanks to Sridevi's skill. The best of these are the “Jaani yeh Chaaku hai” Scene, “Na Jaane Kahan Se” the wacky crazy rain dance and song routine, the direct quotation from Waheeda Rehman's snake dance in Guide - in the irresistible, almost trance-like passion of dance, in which Sridevi SHINES! Another one particular scene that is close to my heart is, "Tere bimar mera dil," an entertaining fantasy sequence between Sridevi and Sunny Deol. The Number of times I have tried doing what she is doing with the glass in innumerable and hilarious!!! I would like to think I have almost perfected the routine. Almost!

 Tera Beemar Mera Dil

It's been more than a decade since she was seen on screen as the unchallenged diva of Hindi films. Times have changed and Hindi films have evolved - for better and for worse! New faces, better make-up and less melodrama, less clothes, less morals or should I say changed morals… is the Identity of new-age Bollywood.

But for me it’s the beautiful Chandni of Yash Chopra's superhit, the magnificent Umrao Jaan and the gorgeous Nandini (Aishwarya Rai) from Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam, the quintessential Indian Beauties that are still Perfect, PICTURE PERFECT: Flawless features, an hourglass figure, a smile just as brilliant as it was back then, and all of it dressed in impeccable manners. SRIDEVI is exactly this and more. A decade may have separated her and showbiz but she is still very much the STAR! Be it Esha Deol Wedding (By the way, CONGRATULATIONS Esha, you were absolutely beautiful and looked every bit the glowing Indian Bride! And you have done yourself good getting married, that too to your childhood sweetheart and the both of you look PERFECT together! God Bless!) or the SIMMA awards. She was and is, quite simply the perfect Indian beauty with large, expressive eyes, sharp features and an appealing child-like expression!

Well into her 40s now, and yet she can give any starlet a run of her money. A flawless complexion, a fantastic body and looks to kill for! Sigh! Throughout the 1980s Sridevi starred in a galaxy of blockbusters, including Tohfa, Nagina, Mr India, Chandni AND Chaalbaaz, the last which won her a Filmfare Award for her delightfully crazy capers.

I wish her all the best for her upcoming comic caper, English Vinglish and Thank you Sridevi, for being my role model in dance, and being my friend growing up, and helping me effectively fill my FREE/BORE time today as well as taking me back to all my precious and fond memories!

Thank you Oh! Original Diva of Bollywood!