{"id":938,"date":"2006-12-13T22:59:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-13T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/archives\/938"},"modified":"2006-12-13T22:59:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-13T17:29:00","slug":"the-man-that-shashi-kapoor-resembles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/the-man-that-shashi-kapoor-resembles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man That Shashi Kapoor Resembles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day Anita and I decided to meet up at Koshy’s.<\/a> The place was cacophonous, what with all the creative-types chattering away… firing empty words and thoughts into the cosmos. The waiter in his 43 year old uniform (that was never washed I am sure) took our order for drinks and we started talking. The drinks arrived in 44 year old glasses and we pounced on our drinks anyway.
Half way through our drinks I noticed this short, stocky old man staggering his way towards us. His wrinkled face told many a story and the slur of his speech told me that he was way past his alcohol limit.<\/p>\n

“Have you-u s-seen Anand<\/a>?” he asked me.
I was stumped. I didn’t know if he was searching for a friend or if he was talking about the movie but thankfully he continued,
“Rajesh Kanna is going to d-die? Are you with me?”
And he took off on the movie: about how Rajesh Khanna meets strangers yada-yada. And suddenly he did a U-turn and asked, “Do you know Rajdeep Sardesai? That boy has started a new channel called CNN-IBN? Are you with me?”
I nodded not knowing what I should say.
“Yeah, he was interviewing this recluse director…”
I lost him.
And he suddenly said “I look like Shashi Kapoor?”
I thought we were still with Rajdeep and said,
“You mean the recluse director?” That pissed him off I think.
He said, “No, me! You don’t think I look like Shashi Kapoor<\/a>? I am the General Manager of the Taj hotels… you know Westend?”
I didn’t know what hit me; the alcohol or the man and said,
“Of course you look like Shashi Kapoor!”
To which he said, “No he looks like me!”
And I said, “yeah, same difference.”
He rummaged through the Journalist bag and produced a G.K. Vale cover. He pulled a photograph out. It was him, wearing a Monkey cap and a plastic smile that paled in comparison with the wrinkles on his face. He gave it to me and said, “It is for you. I have forty more. Don’t worry, go on take it.”
And he left us. He did not even acknowledge Anita’s existence. He simply walked to the rest room. I have a soft copy of the picture but I am not posting it because I think it would violate his privacy. I mean what if a swarm of girls descend upon him when he is sipping his drink in Koshy’s? No, I don’t want to do that to him. I am sure he has been there, done that. \ud83d\ude09
Well, it takes all kinds to make this planet spin I guess. I hope he finds warmth in the winter of his life. Oh well.<\/p>\n

P.S. <\/span>Read the Koshy’s link<\/a> in this post. Those bastards I tell you, ha ha.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n<\/map>\n

<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The other day Anita and I decided to meet up at Koshy’s. The place was cacophonous, what with all the creative-types chattering away… firing empty words and thoughts into the cosmos. The waiter in his 43 year old uniform (that was never washed I am sure) took our order for drinks and we started talking. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[70],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bangalore","tag-people"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"jetpack-portfolio-admin-thumb":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Suman Kumar","author_link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/author\/suman-kumar\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"The other day Anita and I decided to meet up at Koshy’s. The place was cacophonous, what with all the creative-types chattering away… firing empty words and thoughts into the cosmos. The waiter in his 43 year old uniform (that was never washed I am sure) took our order for drinks and we started talking.…","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Gbk8-f8","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1010,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/the-bourgeois-commie\/","url_meta":{"origin":938,"position":0},"title":"The Bourgeois Commie","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"December 18, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Has put on 15 kg, gels his hair, sports a Stalinesque moustache and loves his blazersWears a Rado (worth Rs 2 lakh), is driven in a Pajero, loves designer shadesDrinks two pegs of Scotch whisky every evening. Cannot resist fried chicken.Appointed his son to the party's regional bureau. His daughter\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "politics"","block_context":{"text":"politics","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":690,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2005\/03\/cricket-talk\/","url_meta":{"origin":938,"position":1},"title":"Cricket Talk","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"March 21, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Some possible reasons why BCCI did not consider Chennai for a venue of the ongoing Indo-Pak Cricket series:1) The last time India and Pakistan played there, Pakistan won. 2) The crowd gave the victorious Pakistan team a standing ovation. Even Miandad said that the Chennai crowd was the best. So,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":473,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2003\/05\/473\/","url_meta":{"origin":938,"position":2},"title":"How repressed is the Indian\u2026","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"May 5, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"How repressed is the Indian male? It took a long time for me to conclude this. Most Indian men are sexually repressed. In a bid to find out what the Indian male likes, I had subscribed for a few mail groups that share porn stuff. You should see the stuff\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":47,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2004\/01\/47\/","url_meta":{"origin":938,"position":3},"title":"Chennai Tech Writers Mixer on\u2026","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"January 16, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Chennai Tech Writers Mixer on Jan 25 : Calling all Tech Writers in Chennai for an informal Mixer on Jan 25th. It's a great opportunity to network with our fellow tech writers from different companies in Chennai. The Mixer aims to be a nice watering hole for chennai tech writers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Uncategorized\"","block_context":{"text":"Uncategorized","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/tag\/uncategorized\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":956,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/the-role-of-an-army-wife\/","url_meta":{"origin":938,"position":4},"title":"The Role of an Army Wife","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"February 5, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Drink wine in moderation \"if situation so demands\" but no \"bear\" (sic) and hard drinks. And no smoking.Greet \"with smile and not cheaply\".Learn table manners, including about napkins, seating, roses and candles.Avoid getting \"closer to past flames or steer fresh passions\"Dress \"simple and elegant\" and \"not gaudy\" but \"be with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "culture"","block_context":{"text":"culture","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/category\/culture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1497,"url":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/note-indie-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":938,"position":5},"title":"Note to indie man","author":"Suman Kumar","date":"February 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"An indie movie maker said this It\u2019s easy to make a film (comparatively) when you have a posh office set up, Nescafe counter at every alley of it, assistants with iPhones, \u2018whatever\u2019 attitude and a man on a big roller chair telling you what to do next. It\u2019s quite easy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "india"","block_context":{"text":"india","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/category\/india\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}