achanak yaad aayi puraane logon ki. jinke hum deewaane the. abhi bhi hain. lekin wo gum ho gaye. somehow i rem of benjamin gilani. pretty surprised to find him in a cameo in main madhuri dixit banna chahti hoon. (shudnt renuka shahane have done that role? hoho). a related google search revealed that its actually the ram gopal varma doode again. he managed to cast gilani in Kaun too. i rem him as a wonderful actor from Udaan days. oo it wasnt gilani prolly, it was vikram gokhale, hoho. and there were days when he was everywhere. wonder where the Udaan girl went. She was a terrific actress, beauty. anyway, i found gilani too classy. Going ahead, there was the comedy genre. Om puri was classic in kakkaji kahin, pankaj kapoor in Phatichar, n few others.

indeed classy actors: Benjamin Gilani, Tom Alter, Mita Vashisht, Shriram Lagoo, Malavika Tiwari, Neelima Azim ( she used to be my fav, u rem Zameen? Mahesh Bhatt directed this silly serial on DD.), kulbushan kharbanda, lalit tiwari, arun bali, ravi baswani, rakesh bedi, anant mahadevan . I've mentioned pankaj kapoor, farida jalaal, naseer shah, om puri earlier too. I wish the bollywood scene was swept by these actors. yes, u'd need intelligent scripts to bring them together, but i guess they'd give hollywood a run for their money if that was possible.
used to dote on them. Swabhimaan, Itihaas,(pratima kazmi shot into fame here) and there was a serial that replaced the bakwaas Shanti - some politician doode, terrific actors including lalit tiwari. damn! i wish i cud get ahold on them again. and damn again, it was scrapped in middle.

the only historical saga i liked was chanakya - awesome chandraprakash dwivedi doode..a complete prati-roop of the historical character that he portrayed. so meticulous, perfect in every sense.

here's a nice article abt comedy on indian television. why cant they make a desi-Seinfield? i managed to catch Hum Log on its repeat-show. The ones I still feel bad abt missing: Mulzim Haazir, Yeh Jo hai zindagi, Nukkad. Hope I'll find the archives somewhere. I hate to sound like a budhau, lekin they Were the real gems.

I just finished watching ishq hai tumse. a terrible remake of hum aapke hain kaun. watch it for the incredulous twist at the end. hoho. bollywood has definitely moved ahead with the zamaana. hoho. ppl who think bipasha basu has lots of oomph n is sexy are definitely justified. deep, nice voice too. wud suit a mc job more hoho( at least a couple of scenes). her eyes are indeed beautiful. bas, thats it. those eyes were not made for that face. an evolutionary mistake, i guess. its all just wrong. cant say more, and esp when she underplays herself. and i tell u, eyes of both the bhabhis are wrongly superimposed too. i think its the director. lovely songs tho. must watch for the songs n the incredddible twist at the end.