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Journalism of Courage
Her Made In India made waves, mainly because Milind Soman bared his chest, even as the 8220;vocally different8221; Om, which had her cavorting with herself on silken sheets, sank without a ripple. Now, the self-styled diva of Indipop, Alisha Chinai, a.k.a. Baby Doll oozing oodles of baby fat even into middle-age, is back to crooning more mush in Dil Ki Rani, launched last week by Virgin Record8217;s Atul Churamani at an eventless evening. Even Alisha, resplendent in sequined black gown and glittery choker, agreed she had nothing new to offer to her fans.
8220;You can8217;t change me,8221; she shrugged. 8220;I guess there will be a bit of me in all my albums.8221; But how much of her can the people take, considering it is the same her, bad voice and all, that keeps getting packaged and repackaged year after year. It8217;s time she took a leaf out of her erstwhile pop idol Madonna 8212; whom she faithfully copied initially but could not keep up with after a while 8212; who comes up with a new image every other year. Alisha could not even come up with a new hairstyle. You still see her all over the place with her age-old fringe, albeit with gold streaks in an attempt to be with the times. The bored audience did not even stir in response to her characteristic sexy Hi8217;.
One of the videos even has a hunk rescuing a damsel in distress in the middle of nowhere and it ends with the very original words: 8220;And they eat pizzas happily ever after.8221;
How they managed to get a pizza in the back of beyond is anyone8217;s guess, but that8217;s Alisha for you. Cute and chubby, and not all there.
