So much sidetracking, So little time. Or..... Dil Mein Mere Hai Dard-e-Disco

The only time I felt no objection to the pornography of repitition that is Indian news TV. It is not possible for me to do any work when NDTV India shows a half hour program on the making of Dil Mein Mere Hai Dard-e-Disco.

I don't know if the film will be as good as Main Hoon Na - whether it will be over-referential and overworked in general. I'm rooting for it to work. What I like about this song is that it doesn't just act smart and mock other people's work, in making an ironic comment, it also seriously adds to the popular vocabulary.

Oh who am i kidding. I love SRK, his baady, his goofy grin, his knowing eyes, his tongue so firmly in cheek.

So does she

Dard-e-disco
Come on now let's go

Comments

Anita Vachharajani said…
i'm as much of a lech as the next girl when it comes to srk, but i must say i am NOT HAPPY with his new look, new baady. he looks like he's had too many protein shakes, or maybe a botched-up face job? and he's too basically wiry to carry off this pumped-up look. he's got a distinctly preseved-like-tom-cruise look now. which is so sad. kya karoon haaye, kuch nahi hota hai!
September 25, 2007 at 11:33 PM
Deepshikha said…
I agree with anita & amit :) .. I think this kind of baady is not suiting him. In fact in the World T20 finals match, SRK was looking alot like Michael Jackson (they way MJ looked after his numerous plastic surgeries). SRK should understand that he doesnt need to try this hard, he already has a great fan following :)
September 26, 2007 at 11:01 PM
parotechnics said…
Girls please! What happened to true love? I agree with you that especially in this picture, the only one I could find online, there is a touch of the necrophiliac and the Mattel. But please check out the song and then see if kuchh hota hain ki nahin. And as for face job, give it a little time to settle.

Oh ye of little faith!
September 27, 2007 at 6:19 AM
parotechnics said…
and if too many rudenesses about SRK happen I will delete them! Ah the power, hoo ha ha ha ha
September 27, 2007 at 6:26 AM
Deepshikha said…
He he, someonz getting angry. Sorrrry baba :(
October 1, 2007 at 12:21 AM
Anonymous said…
And now for some moderate views (if that is at all possible when its the SRK in question). I agree with everyone. I like his Swades (oooohhhhhhh...) and Chak De (OOOHHHH...) looks better, but please, people, love (even lust) must rise above the bodily. Hence, tickets must be purchased. Plus tht song is oh, so good.
October 2, 2007 at 11:07 PM
parotechnics said…
moderation is for moderators, not real women
October 3, 2007 at 9:01 PM
Anita Vachharajani said…
i hate to do this to you paro, but i just saw this online and remembered you! i think it's time to call up srk and have that long chat about being healthy... http://memsaabstory.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/separated-at-birth/#comments
October 30, 2007 at 7:39 AM
Deepshikha said…
Hey P, watched the film OSO yesterday - and I had to tell you about it -- I was so bored :(
November 15, 2007 at 10:37 PM
parotechnics said…
I have just returned from travels to see these comments. Deepshikha how could you be bored? Clearly you do not believe in true love. I watched the film yesterday and I liked it quite a bit. I loved SRK more than ever. I am planning to stand outside Mannat and sing - hamein tumse pyaar kitna, yeh hum nahin jaante - except I can't make up my mind about whether to sing the Parveen Sultana version or the Kishore Kumar one.

Anita - kindly refer to Umberto Eco's new book. Anyway,I think Iggy Pop's got character. And SRK is gonna go back to no-abs faster than fast

And admit - you all love talking about him as much as I do
November 20, 2007 at 3:22 AM
Deepshikha said…
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November 20, 2007 at 3:40 AM
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