Govt Bans Smoking In Movies

A small step for the health minister; a huge leap in stupidity for the country. We had so many movies where a single man takes on the might of the evil politician and his thugs (hundreds of them). Are people doing it in real life? Not that Bollywood is making a lot of good movies, but hey, even morons have rights. Sigh! What about drinking scenes?

"Whatever the government says. We'll have to follow it. The order is out and we have to obey it," said Shah Rukh Khan, actor. [Link]

Sure Mr.Khan. Exemplary, I should say. We are not talking smoking here sir, we are discussing curbing rights.

However, films that depict a historical era or personality will be exempt from this ban. The ban also extends to television serials. [Link]

Ha ha ha. That reminds me of an incident that happened a few years back during my college days. About ten of us were seated, all in a row, in this humid movie hall. Eagerly waiting for the movie (English) to start. Why eager? The posters and the trailer had promised lot of steamy scenes and cheap porn. The movie started and within a few minutes it reached the pivotal part: the heroine segues into this this dream after staring at a guy's picture for exactly 2 seconds. We were transfixed by what followed next on screen. It was, looking back, the most stunning 'scene' ever; what with our tigress heroine burning the guy alive with her passion... hmmm. Anyway, the scene ends with our heroine waking up from her reverie and flashing a coy smile at the camera. The entire crowd in the hall were stunned. You normally don't get such treats from movie halls you know. And this guy in the front row groans and almost screams, 'Awww shit. That was just a dream?? I thought it was for real.' And we laughed till we died that day.

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