here are times when one wishes that the cinema screen was an actual geographical, physical space – where you could basically trap beloved actors so that they don’t get out and make mincemeat of your fond memories of them. Last month, Bollywood’s Chief Sanskaar Officer Alok Nath tweeted ‘Jail the bitch’ in reference to the secretary of the All India Progressive Women’s Association, Kavita Krishnan. No amount of Tuffy can now reclaim Hum Aapke Hai Koun for me now.
Then earlier this week, this interview appeared on .Had I not clicked on that link, I would still have been a fan of “Balma” from Chaalbaaz, who proclaimed himself as chhota andnanha. Of Crime Master Gogo from Andaz Apna Apna, who badly wanted to play marbles with everyone’s eyeballs. I could go on, but I won’t because as of yesterday, my memories of Nandu, Gogo and Balma have forever been tarnished by the sheer power of Shakti Kapoor’s sexism.