tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post1924390863496615765..comments2024-03-24T08:18:33.058-04:00Comments on Conversations Over Chai: Kahan Gaye Woh Log?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-55145468390075366372012-06-12T00:05:20.577-04:002012-06-12T00:05:20.577-04:00Thankfully I'm spared. I guess he never served...Thankfully I'm spared. I guess he never served tea and biscuits to a heroine :-) So Anu and Madhu will suit me just fine ;-)Shashihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqnx03MN29wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-28190348875851240832012-06-11T10:27:10.353-04:002012-06-11T10:27:10.353-04:00 Thank you, Shashi! :) And don't forget, he wi... Thank you, Shashi! :) And don't forget, he will call the hero <i>Munna</i> or <i>Baba</i>or <i>Chhote babu<i>bibiji</i>. LOL</i>Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-37377253120156168012012-06-11T10:20:50.400-04:002012-06-11T10:20:50.400-04:00Tum dono baith jaao. Main abhi tum dono ke liye ch...<i>Tum dono baith jaao. Main abhi tum dono ke liye chai aur biskuit lekar aata hoon.....</i>Ramu Kakahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqnx03MN29wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-51721011385411029762012-06-11T00:20:18.715-04:002012-06-11T00:20:18.715-04:00Thanks, cinematters. I'm glad my readers are c...Thanks, cinematters. I'm glad my readers are chipping in to add the stereotypes I had forgotten. For you are right - the judge and his gavel was such a fixture in our films! <br /><br />I laughed so much at <i>I fail to understand why our CPWD has never taken a cue from our movies on how to build courtrooms – large, airy, slick ,dazzlingly lit and neat</i> - because all the courtrooms I have been to are dull and dark and dirty. :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-9108015833919134702012-06-10T21:39:18.694-04:002012-06-10T21:39:18.694-04:00Dear Anu,
Thoroughly enjoyed this :) I think there...Dear Anu,<br />Thoroughly enjoyed this :) I think there is another stereotype that seems to have been missing in its full-intensity these days ( watered down versions still play peek-a-boo these days, but nothing comes close to the real McCoy) - the Judge.The very same Huzoor, resplendent in the loudest black and red satin gown on this side of the Ganges, presiding over the neatest and the brightest looking courtroom you will never witness in your life, (I fail to understand why our CPWD has never taken a cue from our movies on how to build courtrooms – large, airy, slick ,dazzlingly lit and neat) and weighs down every single pause with fingering the gavel or banging it his own inborn rhythm.He always added to the literary content of the otherwise down-to-earth script line, punctuating every second word with its Urdu equivalent, which always seem to get the goat of the disheveled hero on the testimony stand. (I know I can never find my way around Indian legalese with a map and a flashlight, let alone a GPRS, but why do they unfailingly speak that way in all those movies with the same vocabulary, beats me). Thank you for this..cinemattershttp://oldmalayalamcinema.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-2056841935625850172012-06-10T12:48:35.787-04:002012-06-10T12:48:35.787-04:00Thanks, Samir. :) Okay, so now I know something ab...Thanks, Samir. :) Okay, so now I know something about you - you look like Shetty. :D Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-15337176513799964782012-06-09T16:44:20.050-04:002012-06-09T16:44:20.050-04:00Excellent post Anu :). I think all have been added...Excellent post Anu :). I think all have been added by you or in the comments, so cannot think of any right now. Would like to put in a plug for the villain's henchmen, esp. Shetty, who I resemble :))<br />And, of course, the various Mona-Rita-Susie-Salomi Darrlinngsss :))Samirhttp://www.oenophile-samir.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-34876044908549764192012-06-09T13:53:04.490-04:002012-06-09T13:53:04.490-04:00any right minded person in real life would have st...<i>any right minded person in real life would have strangled at the first opportunity, or at least spanked into silence.</i><br /><br />AKM, LOL. Isn't that a stereotype that you wish were extinct? To me, that falls under pet peeves. Hmm, subject for another post, perhaps. :) <br /><br />Yes, the munimji - how could I have forgotten him?<br /><br />And I totally agree about the Christian stereotype - if male, he will be drunk; if female, she will be the loud but kind-hearted type.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-13991547037503110782012-06-09T13:05:50.973-04:002012-06-09T13:05:50.973-04:00One very common stereotype, which always made my b...One very common stereotype, which always made my blood boil, was the arch and precocious child. Over-energetic and diabetically sweet lisping, any right minded person in real life would have strangled at the first opportunity, or at least spanked into silence.<br /><br />There was a Munimji (with low roll top desk, umbrella and wearing a dhoti kurtatopi ensemble ) who was generally comic henchman to the villanous thakur.<br /><br />There is the drunk/Christian/both Goan, preferably a bootlegger or running the lodging house. (Lodging house mamas have hearts of gold, loud mouths, and insist on screeching about rent though obviously doting on non-paying tenants. They have to <br />at some point say" yehi agar tumhaari asli maa hoti toh...")AKMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-73528993748761351432012-06-09T11:34:54.165-04:002012-06-09T11:34:54.165-04:00Thanks, Subodh. I'm glad you enjoyed the post....Thanks, Subodh. I'm glad you enjoyed the post. :) *Smacking myself on the forehead* How did I forget the drunk? <br /><br />I did have a category of villains, though not the evil Zamindar. (You are right - that was definitely a steretype.) What I had in mind were the outwardly-respectable types who were smugglers behind the scene. Then I dropped it because I think that survives even today. <br /><br />Thanks for your inputs.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-53848799458420264262012-06-09T04:53:32.113-04:002012-06-09T04:53:32.113-04:00Excellent post. I'd add the drunk, played fabu...Excellent post. I'd add the drunk, played fabulously by Keshto Mukerji in many films. The evil zamindar and his favorite nautch girl could also be added to the list.Subodh Agrawalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-78852942926697378752012-06-08T13:40:50.465-04:002012-06-08T13:40:50.465-04:00Yes! Usually Jagdish Raj or Iftekhar! Definitely! ...Yes! Usually Jagdish Raj or Iftekhar! Definitely! :)Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-30244074989470658432012-06-08T12:52:08.183-04:002012-06-08T12:52:08.183-04:00Giraftaar karlo ise !! The quintessential Police I...<i>Giraftaar karlo ise !!</i> The quintessential Police Inspector at the climax? :-)Shashihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqnx03MN29wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-48510680581355430252012-06-08T08:31:46.913-04:002012-06-08T08:31:46.913-04:00Thanks, Madhu. :) And yes, I can absolutely see Na...Thanks, Madhu. :) And yes, I can absolutely see Nazir Kashmiri as a vaid or hakim; doctor, not so much.<br /><br />I guess that it is no surprise that our views should be so similar. We have seen enough examples already. But it's interesting that you say it is 'uncannily alike'. Now I want to read your essay. :) I should get <i>The Popcorn Essayists</i> on my next trip to India. I know you had mentioned it once in your blog, and someone else I know had also recommended it to me.Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-75108876520611224062012-06-08T01:20:12.990-04:002012-06-08T01:20:12.990-04:00I LOVED this post, Anu! After I'd read the int...I LOVED this post, Anu! After I'd read the introduction, the first thing that came to mind was "Ramu Kaka!" (And yes, Nazir Kashmiri ended up playing not just Ramu Kaka, but also physicians - doctors, vaids, hakims). <br /><br />The bit on vamps reminded me a lot of the essay I'd written for <i>The Popcorn Essayists</i>: uncannily alike!dustedoffhttp://dustedoff.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-55412646863977222802012-06-07T20:56:38.479-04:002012-06-07T20:56:38.479-04:00Thanks, Harvey, glad you enjoyed the post. :) Yes,...Thanks, Harvey, glad you enjoyed the post. :) Yes, it does make me nostalgic too. I don't know if all of these are 'favourite' characters, but these stereotypes were always there, and now they are dead. :( Leela Mishra would fit the village gossip, no? :) Thanks for identifying Nazir Kashmiri for me. I have changed it in the copy. <br /><br />Wait for my next post on the various mothers and fathers of Indian cinema.:))Anu Warrierhttp://anuradhawarrier.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309362817539389132.post-16785062047301431942012-06-07T18:17:11.168-04:002012-06-07T18:17:11.168-04:00I lost count how many times I cried out "YES!...I lost count how many times I cried out "YES!!!" and "Me too", while reading this post!<br />Laughing and crying at the same time!<br />The Ramukaka featured is Nazir Kashmiri<br />see: http://memsaabstory.com/2010/01/18/found-him/#more-12461<br /><br />Lovely post, it made me all nostalgic!<br /><br />Favourite characters?<br />You have covered them all!<br />In which category does Leela Mishra fall in?<br /><br />Yeah, the pets! They are also my favourites!<br /><br />and the nosy neighbours! What would Hindi cinema be without their <i>taanas</i><br /><br />My brother and I used to make oftne fun of the people who would stand in the crowd in the circle, while the hero/heroine/comedian would sing and dance in the middle. And in the crowd some people would be assigned to bring their hands to their mouth to show astonishment and then shake their heads in amazement! I miss them!harveyhttp://harveypam.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com