Lola is not your ordinary VJ who wears mini skirts and sports weird hairstyles. NO NO. She is always clad in kanjeevaram sarees of bright colours, doesn’t believe in contact lenses (that explains her glasses), wears flowers on her back curly hair and no, she is not the South Indian version of Jassi. She is hot and sexy, die hard fan of Abhishek Bachhan, she is a beauty on duty. Meet Lola Kutty straight from Mallu land with accent and all, Channel V’s not so new VJ with loads of attitude.
The Show
The show is just like any other chat show with one celebrity invited per week. Their conversations range from anything to everything on earth and can be totally unrelated to the guests, often discussing topics like why Brad and Jennifer broke up, suddenly interrupted by songs because it is a music channel after all. She does have a good choice and plays eminem once in a while.
She is also known to match make her guests with some of her cousins. She means well, but not many guests like that.
Her assistant Alex, dressed in shining shirts, white lungi folded up and matching slippers (He actually wears pink slippers if he is wearing a pink shirt) is ever ready to please the guests, offering banana chips and coconut water. Rumour has it that Lola offered him a job only because her mom asked her to, needless to say she is not very nice to him. But he is very popular with the guests.
The Set is not swank and posh like Karan’s or Simmi’s set. It looks like its made of cardboard with just two cane chairs a flower vase to add to the aesthetic value and a board that says ‘celebrity forum’. But who needs a good looking set when you have a good looking VJ?
Why doesn’t the show work?
I was in a dilemma whether to recommend this show or not. Something goes wrong, because this show is not as fun as it could have been and some shows have been painfully boring. I think for one, the guests don’t get her jokes. And then they look lost trying to figure out who Lola really is.
Also the sound quality is poor, I always strain myself trying to listen to what they are saying. I liked the episode with Milind Soman and another with Suresh Menon.
Who is LOLA KUTTY?
Will she get a makeover one day like Jassi did? She doesn’t need one, but it is very obvious she is putting on an act. She denies there is another person behind that mask and that is the real her. She and Jassi were on an interview with Pooja Bedi On Zoom TV. Jassi had come as herself, Mona Singh. This is how it went, if I remember clearly
Pooja: Jassi Jaisi?
Lola : Koi Nahi
Mona: Koi Nahi
Lola : Where did I hear that before?
Pooja: Lola Jaisi?
Lola : Koi to hoga
Mona : Koi Nahi
Pooja: Alex or Armaan?
Lola : Arman definitly. Who wants Alex?
Mona : Arman.
Pooja : Any words of wisdom for your fans?
Lola : One man’s beard is another man’s Velcro
Mona : Giggles and blabbers something.
As you can see, this was unscripted and Lola proved to be the funnier of the two. I wonder why Jassi is more popular (or is she?)
Whether the show is a hit or not, Lola has a long way to go and I am a fan of her.
Run Lola Run. Er I mean GO Lola GO!
The show airs at 9 PM every wednesday