Next Big Event

Bijoy Gupta (l) puts forth his plans for Holi

Arun Patil (l) narrates his experience on the film sets

Now that we are done and dusted with Valentine’s Day, attention has shifted to the next big calendar event -- Holi on March 2. Bijoy Gupta today brought up the idea of the Mahamurkh Sammelan (Fool’s Conclave) and urged Karun Sharma to partner with him in organizing the event on the eve of Holi.
“We don’t have much time,” Gupta reminded Sharma. “Why don’t you start jotting down points on how to go about it and I too will do the same. We will then compare our notes and jointly work out a detailed programme. Let us make this much more entertaining than it was last year. We have less than a fortnight to go.”
Gupta came up with another suggestion. Instead of organising the sammelan early morning (as it was last year), why not have it in the evening? “That way we can be assured of a far larger audience,” he pointed out. “Otherwise everything gets restricted within ourselves and that is hardly any fun. We need a gallery to play up to.”
At the event last Holi (ref post of March 11, 2017) Gupta had won hands down in the face of stiff competition from Yusuf Rassiwala, Siba Prasad Maitra, Kiran Prakash and Dilip Babani and was duly garlanded with much ceremony by Santosh Tyagi. It was a memorable moment. This year Gupta will have to defend his title as the “biggest fool” (or mahamurkh) of the Club.
Incidentally, Arun Patil showed up this morning after doing the disappearing act for about a fortnight. He had been busy "sharing his expertise" (as a special effects technician) with the crew of Thugs of Hindostan, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif (ref post of February 8).
The shoot is almost through at Film City, Mumbai and the unit, according to Arun, would soon be moving to Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur for its next schedule.

Karun Sharma:
Yes, nobody can match Gupta-ji for his humor. But I personally feel that we should ask an outsider to judge our competition. This is an occasion to demonstrate who can act in the most foolish way. It would be real fun.

Lt Col Angad Singh (retd):
Holi is a festival enjoyed by all. If more people can partake in the Mahamoorkh Sammelan, it will give additional fillip to the festival. Think about it and do celebrate!