Opinion Bollywood’s summer vacation

From boundaries to “boundations”. This “word” was invented on Emotional Atyachar (Bindass) where people erect,cross,break “boundations”. Welcome to a new season of sex,lies and dhokha. And “boundations”. The word frequently informed Ayush’s conversation as he accused best friend Himanshu of romancing his girlfriend,Neha,whom he suspected of disloyalty. Of course,the show requires his suspicions to have some “boundations”,so of course she is caught on camera romancing not only Himanshu but her “brother” Suraj too. Whereupon her real brother,Ansh,finds Ayush’s reactions aggravating enough to sock him a few and all hell breaks loose. Ajay Devgn,watching the proceedings throughout,steps in to restore order. “Aapko kaisa lag raha hai?” he asks,and we kid you not. Fast and furious is what follows,the breaking of boundaries or should that be boundations? Who knows? Not Neha: “I want to live my own life” she proclaims to anyone who is listening. Not Devgn. What is he doing on the show? Ask him.

Unfortunately,missed Roshan dancing. Will report later on the TV debut of India’s most wanted two-stepper. But we did catch Simi Garewal driving up in her car with a huge emerald (notebook jottings forgot to mention where) and a number plate reading “Simi Selects”. Predictably dressed in white — no saree — the female talk mostess who certainly inspired Karan Johar to talk more than her on the air,had selected Deepika as India’s second Most Desirable,following Ranbir Kapoor. Perhaps the presumption is that since they had once found each other desirable,India would too.

Deepika looked fabulous. But Simi was looking elsewhere: she was asking searching questions about Ranbir K before and after: “Are you in a happy phase now? Do you look at it negatively?” And on and on about Deepika’s Ranbir tattoo,which we couldn’t see: what does it stand for? Is it a permanent reminder (of him)? Next,she wanted the lowdown on India’s third most desirable,Siddhartha Mallya,a forthcoming guest on the show and Deepika’s reported friend with benefits. To every question,Deepika looked most puzzled or blank — I don’t know,she would reply firmly and that,ladies and gentlemen,was that. Or,he’s an “amazing” person. When Simi probed her character — “What kind of person are you? — she finally relented and admitted she was a “gentle tigress” who used Neutrogena to keep her skin glowing. How about that for a free promo? Since the interview had left us unsatisfied,hungry for more,Simi persuaded Deepika to make cookies for us.

By Simi’s old standards,the show was below par. She used to sweet-talk her guests into admissions about themselves and others. Now,she’s trying the direct approach and it’s not working.