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the Past and the furious

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Ever wonder what kumar gaurav is doing now..? and where on earth is shakti kapoor..?? well today i shall take a dab at our forgotten celebrities (when they were celebrated) and what we can learn from them.. ya we can learn from everyone, including rabri devi..

what lessons did we learn..?

Forgotten Celeb 1

Vinod Kambli : Never cry in public , especially if you remove your helmet to reveal diamond studded earrings and a punk style bandana.. it gives an impression that you are crying because you will no longer be able to make money to embellish yourself!

Forgotten Celeb 2

Shakti Kapoor: Naughty boy.. Naughty boy, be a fatherly figure to your juniors... not a father to their offspring..

Forgotten Celeb 3

Rabri Devi: It does not hinder the process of running a state if you call up your husband in the middle of a meeting and ask how is the 3rd calf of the 4th cow doing..?!

Forgotten Celeb 4
Manisha koirala : who..?

Forgotten Celeb 5
Abdul Kareem Telgi: well some might argue when did he become a celebrity.. but there was a time when he figured on the main page of 95% of the dailies 86% of the time, and the lesson to be learnt is, you can earn a lot of fame by just saying "There are a lot of BIG people involved with me" even if they aren't.

Forgotten Celeb 6
Lakshmipathy Balaji: you can succeed at the highest level if you have a good smile (smile even if the batsmen whacks u for a 6!) and doesn't matter if you can't bowl properly..

Forgotten Celeb 7
Atal Behari Vajpayee: you can be a good speaker even if the gap between successive words that you speak is 43.6 seconds..


Forgotten Celeb 8
Abhijeet Sawant: you can earn an entry in Oxford dictionary's next edition by singing ONE song for all concerts/occassions
AbhijeetSawant: [Abhee jeeth-saw ant]
-noun
1.) to be a one song wonder
2.) to sing "Mohabbatein lutaunga" for every ocassion
-idiom
eg:- you have to show diversity, you cant be an Abhijeetsawant
-Related forms
Altaf Raja,Sundeep Acharya,Kunal Ganjawala,christina aguilera.


Forgotten Celeb 9
Narain Karthikeyan: Having a 'Speed' logo on your car need not translate to pace on the circuit.! ayyo coimbatore macha.. watchout he will be back (no you silly, not at the back of the starting grid.! )


Forgotten Celeb 10
Sanjay Kapoor: Again.. who..??


i can't remember any other forgotten celebs.., well i guess then it is justified that they are "Really Forgotten" celebrities :)
do add to this list anyone you think are worthy of this tag.!

till next time..
ciao,
anup

Comments

kri8hna said…
Sakshi sivanand gurthundaa? okappudu prati cinemalo undi savagottesedi...aina eee paki people enduku gurtocharu...paata girlfriend evaraina kalisara?
heyy....kewl blog anup....hmm.inka veere forgotten celeb's ante...time ki evaru gurtu ravatleru[;p]...anyways...goodone
Praveena said…
:P abhi jeeth saw ant..:P

keep up the sense of humour..
do not improve.. :P

good one.. ikkada andaru navvulu..kilakilalu..;)
Anonymous said…
Witty and nice!!
It was fun reading :-)

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