Monday, June 22, 1998
Booze is bad but DD is deadly
This one is delectable, made to measure for Yes Minister -- the BBC serial in which the minister is continually undermined by his own bureaucrats. Scene 1: there are these dreadful alcohol advertisements swilling about on satellite TV channels -- so lip-smacking good we fear even babes may want milk cocktails. The Minister for Information and Broadcasting, newly ensconced in her ministerial berth at Shastri Bhavan, sees the ads; alternatively, other eyes see them for her.
"I am more in command now"
She is the typical salwar-kameez-clad, bespectacled, middle class housewife that women identify with. And yet Prajakti Deshmukh comes across as anything but the docile daughter-in-law (Kavita) who she plays in Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai (Sony). Clad in blue trousers and a T-shirt, curled up in an easy chair and smiling pleasantly, there is a ready air of expectancy about her. She's not exactly self-effacing, though her tastefully done-up office and the kitchen gives her a homely air.
Someone to watch over you
Maybe the police should get in touch with the Kiran Kumar. Or else Nikita Shah and Homi Wadia. Just to give them a bit of spit and polish. If Border gave the army a human face, then in Shapath (Zee), the trio try to undo the damage done to cops by countless masala movies and television programmes. Call it `soft-focus' or finally a serial which gives the police force its due. Either way it's different.
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