Indians
are obsessed with Politicians and Actors. They are a topic of discussion in
drawing rooms, in Metro, Buses just about anywhere.
What
could be similarities between the two?
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has come with a working majority which establishes him as
the undisputed leader giving him complete control over BJP and the government.
With his perceived system of governance; he could be at the helm of affairs for
two terms after which there would be a complete new set of Politicians and Actors.
Let look at next decade.
Rahul
Gandhi is 43 yrs old and would be 53 by then. He will be one politician who at
53 will be without any experience,except for having been born in a Prime
Minister’s house. He is as reluctant but as ambitious a politician as Hema Malini’s
daughter Eisha was as an actor. Her only qualification is that she is Hema’s
daughter.
Gandhi
family may not come to power for a long time to come, but, they always have
next man/woman ready to jump into power politics. They are so much like the successful Kapoors clan. Next man is ready to take over...(Ranbir)....Both these families have been
kicking around for last five generations. Remember Moti Lal Nehru? Prithvi Raj
Kapoor?
Mulayam Singh
Yadav and his son Akhilesh reminds one of Dharmendra and Sunny Deol combo. Mulayam
is unlikely to come back as much as Dharmendra is unlikely to make a comeback .Akhilesh
and Sunny both will continue to struggle till the third generation surfaces, if
it does.
Saif
Ali,Salmaan and Shahrukh are unlikely to introduce their respective
next generation in coming decade as much
as Mamata and J Jayalalitha are unlikely to .
Ajit
Singh has been winning his seat and has been a part of all govts in last twenty
odd years. His son tried and has failed..Amitabh Bachchan has been winning his
admirers for four decades. His son Abhishek seems to have got stuck with Idea
Mobile and Prestige Cooker.
Shakti
kapoor and Anupam Kher fill in the gaps in most movies as much as Farooq
Abdulla and Omar Abdulla fill in the gaps in most govt formations.
Salmaan
Khursid,Sushil Shinde,Moily and Antony might end up doing friendly appearance on TV for
congress as Sahtrughan Sinha used to do
in movies in 80s.
Paswan
has been clever as Vinod Khanna was...Former has tagged on to Modi as Latter
tagged on to Amitabh Bachachan.
Lallu and
Nitish seem undecided upon the kind of role they would play. May be they would
follow Paresh Rawal and accept roles that of a comedian and or a Villain,
whatever comes their way.
Kejriwal
formed his own party...Ritesh Deshmukh should follow Kejriwal to form his own
company since his movies hardly run for 49 days.
Kapil
Sibal would even then be following AryaBhatta and redefining ZERO.
Maya Wati
is unique and unpredictable.
Strugglers
like Tushaar Kapoor,Bobby Deol are sure to find company amongst struggling politicians.
On one
issue actors and politicians may have conflict of interest. Actors mayl become good
politicians while politicians will never become good actors.
Some
actors have played Reel life "AliBaba Chalis Chor" while some politicians played that in Real
life.
Let us
CHANGE INDIA for INDIA OF TOMORROW
