Remember this is the same public toilet from where we stole water taps?
Remember this is the same paan ki dukan from where we used to buy bidis?
Remember this is the same theatre where we saw Ek Chhoti Si Love Story?
Remember this is the same playground where we used to play chor-police?
Nothing has changed, today you are a Chor and I’m a Pooleece Affsar.. and the person on the screen comes from the tunnel (Fataa poster nikla heroooo), with a Pistol in one hand and handcuffs in other.. Hands Up, apne aap ko kanoon ke hawale kar do... This stunns Farooq Sheikh and the audience.
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Okay Okay, I got a bit carried away.. but this is all Jeena Isika Naam Hai about....not exactly, but all they do is, get some film stars or cricketers and show their schools and colleges and try to bring past and present together.. (I would die with shame if people were to tell about my school tales!!)
Farooq Balloon Sheikh is the host of the serial, but for sometime, it was hosted by Suresh Robot Oberoi. Farooq Sheikh looks like straight from the sets of Biwi Ho To Aisi, but he has doubled himself...
While they had Aishwarya Plastic Rai on the sets, they somehow got their hands on one of the 1994 Miss World Contestants from some far off lands.. and asked her to speak on her! Now this is what I call Research!!!
Before every commercial break, they take us to their Green Room, where some weird looking female tells us who will be coming up next on the sets.. and after every commercial break, comes the most irritating music ever.. which goes like ’’teeee teehuuuu’’
The sets are made in red and a bit of yellow, but it looks as if it doesn’t have any fan.. because everyone is perspiring..(is it because of the heat or because they fear the next person coming on stage?
Now, as soon as anyone comes on the stage, the guest will have their eyes as wide as volley balls.. even if it is their parents coming.. Everyone comes and says goody goody stuff about them.. and on sad parts, they look at the floor and gaze blankly.....
I wonder, if I were to be a guest at Jeena Isika Naam Hai, whom shall I expect there...
-Baalooben, the sweeper lady of my old school,
-Mukeshbhai, the peon at my new school,
-Jawanji, the gatekeeper of my college..
I know exactly what they will say about me... She never threw chalks or cockroaches in the water pot of school, she never went and rang the bell for the dismissal of class, she never comes late than 12:10 pm(the time my college starts)...
Anyways, why should anyone watch this serial?
-Because you don’t like Vikraal and Gabral,
-Because you don’t have anyother thing to watch on television,
-Because you don’t enjoy the wonderful movies coming on Zee Cinema and Set Max at the same time..
Conclusion
Well, once in a while, to save yourself from soaps and other serials, you can watch it.. Because, basically its harmless.. as you don’t have to keep a track of past episodes..:) But don’t blame me if you don’t find anyone with the name Ms Jeena...