ROI 3: Contd...(theatrical performances...I)

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Moving on...



Before I start on the second theatre round, let me tell you how ‘joyful’ my ride back to the hotel that day was. Pinky & I were selected, now we got our song to prepare “Janam Samjha Karo” from Asha Bhonsle’s album. Both of us knew the song so we were comfortable with it. We sat in the bus and for the next 20 minutes…oh my god…I had the ‘best’ time with her sitting right next to me.



She began practicing….no no…let me rephrase this…’Performing’ in the bus.. on the seat. Like proper performance…moving her hands and her body and all. And loudly too. She was telling me what portions to sing and what not to…how and how not to… bla bla. I realized that it was better to follow her than to lead…’coz she looked like she would pounce on me any minute. The other contestants around us were slowly getting a little irritated with her loud performances. They too were trying to listen to their songs for the next morning and softly hum the tunes. The couple sitting in front of us, the guy turned back suddenly and said “PLEASE…aap thoda dhere gaaenge? Hum bhi practice karne ki koshish kar rahe hain!” …Phew!! I didn’t know how to thank him, ‘coz immediately after that she stopped and went off to sleep. I thought I had peace now, but the very next minute she got up and told me to meet her when we reach Sahil to practice and prepare the song with performance in her room. Naaahiiiinnnnn!!!!




We reached Sahil, and the first thing all of us had to do was to find out our rooms for that day. Like I told you earlier we had left in the morning with our luggage na, so now we had to shift into new rooms with new roomies. I was praying to God that my roomie shouldn’t be…you know…and He heard!! J My new roomies were the babes from London, Harshida and Rekha. Damn sweet girls! Since all of us had only that one night to prepare our songs with our partners, every one was busy singing. In rooms, in the corridors or on the stairs. And yes..the reality crew were busy doing their job of capturing every single bit of what was happening.




Now, it was around 11 when we reached our rooms. I had to un-pack and re-pack a lot of stuff for the next day morning. Plus I had not even freshened up, before that Ms.Pinky arrives at my door and asks me to come for practice. Fine. I went. There was no one in her room and so according to her we could practice ‘peacefully’ while I had only one thing going on in my head…”HELPPPPP!!!”. She started off explaining how we should perform, and I was also giving my ideas. Now there came a point when she said,”you know rashmi…you do these moves to me and I’ll do the same to you (..umm..I am even embarrassed to say what those moves were!!)…it will look nice and sexy on stage!”….I was like..”umm..no way am I gonna do that pinky…’coz I don’t want people to doubt my ‘straightness’ …so…nope.. we ain’t gonna do those steps! Sorry!”. Then she says, “ no…it’s a love song so we have to act like you are the guy and I am the girl…”…I said “NO WAY!!!! We can act like two friends talking about our lovers…that’s much better!!” and she agreed to that…Phew!!!! Man that was some performance in her room!!



I was just going back to my room when the reality crew caught hold of me and said ..”Hey rashmi..we havn’t shot you practicing right”.. I hadn’t even changed my clothes man!!!! They said it was ok…and again Pinky & I did a little bit of our song (I looked soo tired singing…while she overtly performed!). And then they were still not satisfied, so they wanted to take my interview too.


Q: So Rashmi…tell me how do you feel the paring/grouping has been done for tomorrow? Is it fair?


A: I think it’s perfectly fair!!!


Q: Now tell us something about your partner Pinky…how is she? What’s her nature like and …


A: Oh…Pinky… she’s a wonderful person…got a great voice..and yea..I think we are gonna do a great job on stage tomorrow! (with a twinkle in my eye)



Hehehe…I knew they wanted some hot gossip out of my mouth…and then go and get the same from Pinky..but I wasn’t gonna let them spoil my image on screen!! :D Moreover…come to think of it Pinky ain’t all that bad…she has just got toooooooo much of energy within her which she releases all at once!!! And without notice too! Otherwise, she is a very genuine person with no hard-feelings for anyone, very religious, and pure from the heart. I felt bad when she told me that her previous roomies had told the camera behind her back that their roomie (pinky) looks like am ghost. C’mon I think that was very very rude on their behalf. No one ever has the right to comment about how anyone else looks. Poor thing she even over heard them say this…how horrible a feeling it would have been. But she was mature enough not to react on it and wished the two of them good luck for future (they didn’t get selected). Way to go Pinky!!




Back to my room. I came back at around 1:30 or so and Rekha, after her tiring session with Rehan, had already slept off. Harshida was still outside practicing with Padhmanabh. Their pair I felt was the cutest! She can’t speak Hindi all that well and his pronunciations are also worth listening to!! Still both of them did a jolly good job I must say!



So I fini…s..h..e..d my ..un/re-pac..k..i..n..g, *Yawn*, fresh..e..n..ed up a..n..d we..nt o..f..f to *yawn* s..l..e..e..p.
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… Oh…oops…sorry…I really went to sleep! This afternoon heat in Dubai makes me drowsy…so while you people wonder what happened next….let me take a small nap!!! Oh! And one more thing, I am flying to Kerala tonight so you might not get another entry from me for a day or two…but don’t worry…yeh silsila jaari rahega…tab tak ke liye aap leejiye ek chota sa break!!


Next episode: Richa v/s Prashant…Charu v/s Suhith…and all the other fun moments I had on the second day of theatre rounds! ….Keep it locked to ‘Indian Idol…my way!!!”