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Cat Fight

Okay, so the title may sound a little inappropriate to some considering it’s technically not a fight between two cats; more like between a cat (Celina Jaitly) and a bag of old bones (Shobha De). Oh come on be nice now, Saks! It’s not like Ms. Jaitly has been taught to respect our elders but then I also believe that every now and then it’s not a bad idea to give certain elders a taste of their own dirty medicine. So here we go…

Bag of Bones was quoted saying this in one of her usual crappy piece of journalism –

Celina Jaitly spoke sense (she was clearly being prompted via text messages during Arnab’s show, but what the hell she played the messenger convincingly), could she not have dropped the blue contact lenses, fake lashes, crazy wig and caked make up? She wasn’t shooting an item song. For someone pretty smart and articulate, Celina often gets it completely wrong when it comes to putting herself together for sober occasions. Nothing a clued-in stylist can’t fix… but fast, please!!

Ouuuchhhh! Now I don’t know about you but to me this sounds so very crude. Personal attack. But fret not; the self-appointed Queer Ambassador no way took these insults lying down. In fact she gave it back as hard…

I feel, after reading Shobha aunty’s last column that she is taking a neutral stand (against the decision to make homosexuality legal in the county) to  keep both sides happy, until the supreme court decision comes through…. and then she will swing to whichever side of the grass is greener.

Sad, I expected much more from her. I guess Ms De lives to put down the film industry no matter what our contribution is. She should know we actors are people of the masses and classes, we see no race and no religion. All we see is how human we can be. No matter what their sexual orientation.

Articulate?! This is bloody hell WOW. The army lady may stink as an actress but can she talk back or whot?! I could very well imagine Shobha after reading Celina’s response squirming in over-tight designer blouse and thinking aloud “Uff aunty mat bolo na”.

On a serious note, Celina did make a valid point. Shobha aunty who usually never leaves an issue un-opinionated, surprisingly has chosen to keep her loud trap shut on the topic of IPC 377.

Now this neutral stand is to please a certain yogi guru? Or maybe politics is her next frontier and therefore… Who knows but one thing is for certain; its high time Ms. De rethinks her jabbing strategy because it’s coming across as nothing but haggish ranting. Not that her opinions were ever worthwhile, but surely she has seen brighter days.

So here’s the deal auntyji if you play dirty games you too get dirrrrty in the process. It would be nice to see you contribute something substantial (for a change) and not just nibble on Page 3 filth, we have had plenty of those already, no? And for crying out loud, get done with those leopard print saris, really. I mean, really.

And Celina baby, you rock honey!

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M
Jul 26th, 2009 at 6:50 am | #

I’ve been reading De’s blog and in all fairness she doesn’t come across as a homophobe just like she didn’t come across as cruel or sadistic in her criticism of Celina, just brutally honest as she always is. Please don’t forget this woman has had the balls to openly criticize the likes of Raj Thackeray. She’s got more brains than a handful of Bollywood starlets put together and influences a whole lot of people (including myself) to look up to and respect women. So don’t hate on her so much just coz she doesn’t fall in line with some gay sensibilities which are obviously so close to your uhhh… heart!

HOBO(nickname)
Jul 26th, 2009 at 8:56 am | #

If Aunty speaks it is her wish if not it is hear wish.
Se select/de-select subjects And nobody can force anyone to say what he/she wants to hear.
But I am sure Aunty will speak.
Lets see…
(When the current is strong wait till it is over to swim – may be intelligent people apply)

fas
Jul 26th, 2009 at 2:39 pm | #

I see Shobha De to be quite jobless and bother in others business. Sigh!

Gaurav
Jul 27th, 2009 at 7:32 pm | #

Wow! Have to say, not a big fan of Celina Jaitley, but her answer to ‘Aunty’ is simply ‘wow’! way to go!

Saakshi O. Juneja
Jul 28th, 2009 at 11:55 am | #

M – In no way am I even hinting that Ms. De is homophobic. I am certain that she isn’t. But as you mentioned, her opinion does have an influential factor added to it and therefore her NOT speaking publicly on the topic of IPC 377 is quite shocking. Considering she has been so vocal about everything under the sun. And to think she has nothing to say on this issue would be absolute stupidity.

But then it’s her personal choice. And we must respect that, right?

What didn’t go well with me is her criticism of Ms. Jaitly which was in no way related to what the young woman was talking about but rather her physical aesthetic. Now lets get this straight (pun unintended) Ms Jaitly was there promoting herself, or her career, or her forthcoming film. She was trying to create awareness among the public about a very serious societal block. The IPC 377. To many this law holds no value but for some its against their very existence. And there we had Ms De who herself had nothing valuable to add but tried to nullify someone else’s efforts with her mocking criticism.

Criticism is good only if it is related to the “subject” at hand and not when it loathes on a different tangent.

Melody
Jul 30th, 2009 at 3:43 pm | #

Remaining neutral on the point of who was right or wrong (not unlike another auntyji ;) ) I’d sure LOVED to have seen Shoba’s face when she read Celina calling her an aunty :D hahahah

Anshul
Aug 18th, 2009 at 11:23 am | #

I kinda agree with M here. Who the hell is Celina Jaitley? Atleast Ms De looks like an aunty at 62. Celina is an aunty at 30 itself.

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