Saturday, July 2, 2011

Bose Di Kay - My take

So it is official.. one of the most popular street expletives has squeezed itself in to Bollywood vocabulary database.  I give all the credit to Aamir khan and gang. He is my current real super hero who nudges the Bollywood planet with every movie to change its course a bit.. be it Lagaan, Ghajini, Peepli live, Tare zameen par etc etc.

The D K Bose song has caught the imagination of the citizens irrespective of the age. This expletive along with others are very common in any part of the Hindi speaking areas in India. Be it the urban or rural tongue, it has never lost its relevance. With such an abundant use, it has lost its actual meaning though and is very well interwoven with spoken Hindi grammer. What I mean to say it that you don't actually get offended when you have somebody use it. If we compare it with the English spoken language, it may replace words as "Well....", "hmmmmm....", "Hello....", "C'mon...", "Hey Bast**d..", "Idiot..." etc etc. So the use can be wide ranging, Right?  Well... don't you understand...you .. (Please replace the "Well..." with Bose-di-kay). Didn't it feel goood? If you don't get the feel.. try to use it often... (Please don't use it while you speak with somebody who is above 45 years and below 21 and who is your mother, father, elders, relatives and so on at the time of writing this piece. If you have the liberty of using it to somebody in the forbidden range mentioned above, my humble salutations and respects... )

Now.. will this revolutionize the Bollywood industry? Of Course, there are no two opinions about it.. It will among other things infuse more creative form of expression, more freedom in creating a plot, less of Ram-Rajya fantasy world stereotypes (I am fed up with that crap). In due course, it may also give way to less of the lengthy fight sequence. How?.. Maybe you could express your anger more effectively if you can spray your rant with an array of expletives before you get stupidly physical. The censor board will have to introduce classification of films with regards to suitability for audience just like the ratings in United States. I am beginning to enjoy  ... so you great film makers out there... Surprise me. I am ready to learn more and you have a chance.. Bose-di-kay kuch karo.. 

On a ending note.. remember Hangal's dialog in Sholay  "Yeh itna Sannatta kyon hain bhai" The revolution will make it to be replaced in a future Sholay with "Abe Bose-Di-Kay, itna Sannatta kyon hain". That is the time, I would say that Bollywood has matured. Good Luck... conversing !!

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