On Popular Demand

In the shadow of a monster Bollywood release, Yusuf-bhai (below left) is out to flog a dead horse. But there’s little he can do about it. Tickets are not available for Farah Khan’s Tees Maar Khan this week-end. And on popular demand, he has no choice but to take everybody out for the, by now four-week-old comedy, Band Baaja Baaraat day-after-tomorrow (Saturday).
The delay shall no doubt take the edge of the excitement that marked our last two movie outings – Dabangg and Golmaal 3. Dilip Babani had tried to talk Yusuf-bhai out of this by arguing that Band Baaja... is already a “joona picture” which many members would anyway have watched by now. Instead, it would make more sense to go for Tees Maar Khan while 'Shiela ki jawani' remains fresh!
As it turns out, most members have actually been biding their time for Band Baaja..., ever since Yusuf-bhai came up with the idea two weeks back. Many of them like Santosh-ji and Grover-sah’b, who have their roots in Delhi, do not want to miss the film for its unique Janakpuri flavour. Some others have already watched the film, but want to go again with the group. So Band Baaja Baaraat it is, on Christmas Day.
Sitaram-ji (right) showed up today to announce that he was in forced confinement at home for the past 12 days, since the lift to his seventh floor apartment has been out-of-order. At his age, he finds it difficult to take the stairs. Still, he took courage this morning and day-after again, would attempt the staircase in order to join everybody for the movie.
Meanwhile, Kishor-bhai is attracting much sympathy from members who are worried how he is managing for food in the absence of his wife (Renu-ji). His assurance that there’s his mother at home, somehow, does not seem to convince anybody. To be doubly convincing, he says food is never an issue because there are any number of people in the Garden who would feed him generously. What remains unsaid are two things: One, he is a past master at this and two, he is past cracking biwi-saali jokes.

Bhaswati Bose says:
Renu left just yesterday and our Gyan Guru Kishore-bhai has already become so romantic! He's missing her so much...
--Bhaswati