If you have ever watched Times Now's NewsHour, you can easily make out who I am referring to as Lion. The show's much hated-loved host Arnab Goswamy is a staunch follower of the firebrand journalism that Karan Thapar (...the original Devil's advocate) arguably is the best proponent of.
Now who could be the "Lamb" here...any guesses?....no I am not talking about the rats (...read politicians)...but someone as unlikely to be on a Newshour Show with Arnab as unlikely it is for Arnab to go on Comedy Nights with Kapil.
That poor "lamb" is our very own ageless superstar Anil Kapoor. Just on the eve of his debut television series "24" going live on national TV, AK decides to make an appearance on the Newshour to promote his show. Little did he know what he is in store for. One could argue that the series is quite political in nature and hence there is a connect but so are a lot of movies. But all of them have tried to steer clear from news channels thus far for their promotions barring a few seeded scandals, gossips or controversies.
Well, knowing Arnab for what he is, I was mighty amused to find AK sitting next to Arnab (...grossly unprepared..might I add) on that fateful day. A very daring attempt I must say as neither our docile actors are political enough to get out of Arnab's clever word traps nor are they vocal enough to shout their way home like some of our politicians do.
So the program starts and Arnab is already sporting his much dreaded wiley grin that shouts a loud that you're cornered and trapped....there's no escape now. Just after the exchange of complements and niceties, the lion gets on with the business. The poor lamb tries his best to wiggle away from the clever booby traps but with little success. AK only manages to come out with responses that only draw him deeper into the trap. His rather innocent and inadvertent responses about TV audience, TV actors, comments about his fellow bollywood colleagues' tryst with the TV leaves him red faced. Prospects worsen for AK when he attempts at an extremely poor justification of why "24" and why "now" and why in this format...while our man Arnab knows that he has played enough with this toy and had enough fun...so he comes back to the comfort zone of AK and starts talking about his "Jhakaas" style and past glory....Score line reads ...Lion: 6...Lamb: Survives....and its time now for Arnab to move on to more serious matters that concern the nation.
It is quite interesting to see our reel life heroes make a real fool of themselves quite often on the "real" life TV. Of all the possible avenues of promotion, why on earth NewsHour Mr. Anil Kapoor....
....the nation wants to know!!
For more amusement - check this out.
Now who could be the "Lamb" here...any guesses?....no I am not talking about the rats (...read politicians)...but someone as unlikely to be on a Newshour Show with Arnab as unlikely it is for Arnab to go on Comedy Nights with Kapil.
That poor "lamb" is our very own ageless superstar Anil Kapoor. Just on the eve of his debut television series "24" going live on national TV, AK decides to make an appearance on the Newshour to promote his show. Little did he know what he is in store for. One could argue that the series is quite political in nature and hence there is a connect but so are a lot of movies. But all of them have tried to steer clear from news channels thus far for their promotions barring a few seeded scandals, gossips or controversies.
Well, knowing Arnab for what he is, I was mighty amused to find AK sitting next to Arnab (...grossly unprepared..might I add) on that fateful day. A very daring attempt I must say as neither our docile actors are political enough to get out of Arnab's clever word traps nor are they vocal enough to shout their way home like some of our politicians do.
So the program starts and Arnab is already sporting his much dreaded wiley grin that shouts a loud that you're cornered and trapped....there's no escape now. Just after the exchange of complements and niceties, the lion gets on with the business. The poor lamb tries his best to wiggle away from the clever booby traps but with little success. AK only manages to come out with responses that only draw him deeper into the trap. His rather innocent and inadvertent responses about TV audience, TV actors, comments about his fellow bollywood colleagues' tryst with the TV leaves him red faced. Prospects worsen for AK when he attempts at an extremely poor justification of why "24" and why "now" and why in this format...while our man Arnab knows that he has played enough with this toy and had enough fun...so he comes back to the comfort zone of AK and starts talking about his "Jhakaas" style and past glory....Score line reads ...Lion: 6...Lamb: Survives....and its time now for Arnab to move on to more serious matters that concern the nation.
It is quite interesting to see our reel life heroes make a real fool of themselves quite often on the "real" life TV. Of all the possible avenues of promotion, why on earth NewsHour Mr. Anil Kapoor....
....the nation wants to know!!
For more amusement - check this out.
