Some of the exclusives remembered

Search the meaning of the word “exclusive” and about a dozen meaning pops out from Dictionary.com. But looking into the context of my ramblings, I choose the juiciest and the apt meaning which defines the term as “ Not divided or shared with others: exclusive publishing rights. (sic) exclusive broadcasting rights.

Now if only Aishwarya Rai’s sprained ankle or Salman Khan’s bulldog not eating its food could
be deemed as exclusive!

Off the cuff, let me share some of the exclusives I remember to have seen in the great Indian Idiot box.

a) The “exclusive” cover operation done by one of the channels to prove that the “Jadoo” of the Hritik Roshan featured mega-movie Koi Mil Gaya was not a robot but a fellow who lived in one of the apartments in Mumbai. The apparent puny guy was never seen on television but his family was tortured with inundated questions by a channel which beamed an exclusive logo on the left hand bottom of the screen.


b) The exclusive story on the first Indo-Pak bus trip where early in the morning an extra charged reporter asked an overtly excited reporter this question in hindi
“ Aab wahah kya ho raha hein/ aap uske bare mein batayenge hamare darshako ko? (Can you say what is happening right now over there?)
And the answer from the field, “ Aaap ko bata do ki abhi yaha pey log death manjh rahe hein….( Let me tell the viewers that the dignitaries are brushing their teeth:)
bottom centre “exclusive”.


c. The exclusive story carried by almost all the channels including the local ones of the Vivek –Ash, Salman-Ash relationship and the trauma that followed…could not decipher which one was the real exclusiveJ


d. Why is Saurav Ganguly not talking to the boys on the field and vice versa…another exclusive story. The reported stubs the mike to one non descript fellow to give an comment and the fellow also in the hoard to become famous belts reason after reason. On to the stage, an “expert” commentator who has not even played 15 matches for India gives his reasoning and expert advice about what Dada should do now…all this while the excusive band is rolling. You know where…bottom centre!!

God bless!!!! Who??

We viewers, ofcourse...:)