Well there is always some war going on Twitter. What a waste of tweets! Anyway when I Hate Luv storys was released, Shobha De as usual gave a bad review. And the director Malhotra’s tweet on that day was:
‘Guys please don’t take Shobha De seriously. She’s a fossil going through menopause. She doesn’t get any action.’
Now this was retweeted by poor Sonam Kapoor on her page & later on she even apologized Shobha De. She was being pressurized by her father to do so. But Shobha De after hearing about that tweet was questioning the upbringing of Sonam Kapoor. According to her, Sonam doesn’t show signs of decent upbringing.
And this is what Sonam wrote on Twitter:
‘Mrs De I owe you an apology for getting personal. I am ashamed for my momentary lapse of judgment. And apologetic. Every writer & journalist & audience is entitled to her opinion & I respect that.’
Shobha De is not just a bad writer but also a strange kind of critic. She doesn’t ever say nasty & wicked things about her friends or their kids. They are all always good actors & they know how to dress up. Unfortunately I had to go through her write-up in which she was questioning the upbringing of Sonam Kapoor. It was unreadable, to say the least, but we blogger can do the all the unexpected things. So I have taken few lines…I know it’s going to be tough on, but you guys can read it:
“Unfortunately, the current generation of Bollywood brats in their monumental arrogance and limited intelligence forget that not all journalists are purchasable commodities. And if their film is a turkey, that’s what it is going to be labelled.”
“This is where good breeding and decent upbringing come into play. Take the Bachchans. Abhishek was slaughtered by critics recently after his Raavan bombed. What did the young man do? Did he respond to critics by tweeting in an uncouth, rude language? Nope. He kept his cool…Ditto for Aishwarya who was also given hell in print and across channels. She too didn’t go into a silly huff and crib about how mean everybody was being to her. Sure, Bachchan Sr did talk about the strange editing and attracted his share of flack. But at no point did the Big B resort to pettiness. Ditto for the Roshans when Kites bombed big time and the press tore into the multi-crore dud, sparing no one — not Mori, not Hrithik. The Roshans took it on the chin. Seasoned professionals from such a background do not take cheap pot shots at journalists and start abusing them on assorted public platforms. Unfortunately, these days, the film industry attracts all kinds of upstarts who reveal their own shabby backgrounds when they launch personal attacks on columnists. Surprisingly, even some of the newbie hot shot actresses resort to slanging matches when critics don’t automatically fall at their feet and go gaga over their looks\performance. These immature, spoilt filmy kids should take their cues from someone like a Karan Johar, who is their ultimate guru. You’ll never find this guy descending to pathetically low levels and trashing critics. His jibes and cracks are always good humoured, even when he wants to put someone in his or her place. That’s called finesse and class. By all means defend your work — but do it with panache. Or is that too much to ask of these one film wonderboys who believe they can teach the masters a thing or two?”
Even here Shobha De had to praise her pals. My sister very righty says that Karan Johar is nothing but gay Shobha De. I’m not saying what Sonam Kapoor did was right. She has also labeled Shobha De as the ‘wicked witch of Bollywood.’ But just as Shobha De is entitled to her opinion, so is Sonam & so is anybody else who could be a nobody. You can’t expect everyone to say yes to experts & gurus.
This reminds me of another tacky episode in which Sara Taseer & Fatima Bhutto were involved. Sara Taseer wrote some really hideous tweets about Fatima Bhutto. She called her a traitor & nothing actually made sense. I think jealousy was the main reason behind that explosion. Fatima Bhutto is pretty & somebody is not.
Can’t think of any more battles on the net! Life is so short & it’s a pity that we waste it on unnecessary battles. I believe the most important battle is the one we wage against ourselves. By any chance if you manage to get on that battlefield, it’s kind of difficult to think about petty battles.
Have a good weekend! :D
