Comments on: Aish on Oprah

By: Poonam

Poonam — Wed, 04 May 2005 02:09:00 +0000

Post away Gaurav.

Oh really?? My papa was telling me about it that he had seen the last few mins of it..but will see on the net..definitely the video is out there somewhere.

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Wed, 04 May 2005 02:06:41 +0000

lol I am on a posting spree…. :P

Actually I didn’t know about the AB interview. It was 12:30 – 1:00 at night and I was flipping channels and suddenly saw a scene from Don on KQED…..it was purely accidental :P

By: Poonam

Poonam — Wed, 04 May 2005 02:01:07 +0000

You make some good points Gaurav. I wanted to watch the interview with Amitabh but didn’t get a chance to because I didn’t know when it was on. Great recap! Its good to see the genuinity of Amitabh. I would have to say that sometimes Aish says what people want to hear…regarding the Kamasutra. People know that India is the land of Kamasutra..and in the Oprah interview she came off saying what people wanted to hear which in fact is not truly showing who you are or what Indians are. On the accent, I don’t know what she is trying to do..if she is just trying to relate to the American people or just again trying to be someone she really isn’t. I think slowly she is getting a big head..and its going to explode one of these days!

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Wed, 04 May 2005 01:53:29 +0000

Was a fan of Aish but no more.

I am not sure if Aish will be a better representative or sush. Coz as Poonam said, Indian women r not single parents generally, but neither most of the Indian women are single till the age of 32.

I regard Sushmita for adopting rene (sp?) coz the models say several things during the beatuy pageant QA but never really do what they say. I think Sushmita has set a very good example. I think Aishwarya is after money and fame, thats it. I agree that she is beautiful but why does she have to fake the American accent? You are interviewed as an Indian, so why not speak like you speak everyday?

I watched Big B’s interview on Charlie Rose show @ KQED. It was atleast 30 minutes long and was very interesting. He talked in the same accent as he talks with Indian media. He spoke about India’s shortcomings (illitracy n stuff) and the new emerging india. He talked about how Indian middle class doesn’t believe in it and they have to change their views towards the country. He also told America that India makes 1000 movies per yr. and Indian Cinema has a viewership of 3.8 billion ppl worldwide as compared to 3.2 billion viewers of Hollywood. He also spoke about his dislike towards the term “Bollywood” as it has been derived by some “smart journalists” from the word Hollywood.

On the other hand Aishwarya Rai gave a false impression of India being the “Land of Kamasutra”…..I think she should know that that they r just available at chemist shops and thats it.

-=- rest later -=-

By: Poonam

Poonam — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 02:08:42 +0000

Good to see you Mona dear after such a long hiatus. How have you been? What are you up to these days? Your blog is quite bare …. hope to see a new post there soon. You got it — saree all the way for Aish!

When did you see Koffee with Karan Rashu dear??? Aaj kal main dekha?? PC par hai kya? Mere ko file bhejna if tere paas ho.

Very good point Prasad abt. Sushmita. Even I agree on the part that she is a bit more westernized. What else I think is that her background. Like I mentioned before, I think her background of having an adopted child and being a single parent would not be the best representation of Indian women because the typical Indian is not in that situation. Anyway, good thoughts!

Too plastic eh Kunal? Point taken. Sometimes she does sound like a barbie.

By: Kunal

Kunal — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:26:37 +0000

aish is tooo plastic ! while u can feel the warmth n sincerity when u hear sush talk… mayb not always…

By: Prasad

Prasad — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 06:04:19 +0000

wow… reading all the comments over here…. I was jus thinking abt a good representative for India.. And I agree as most ppl said, Aish is a real beauty… no denial in it.. I read the news article abt Oprah’s show in Rediff and the first photo in that article was really stunning… But, comparing Sush and Aish on the other part I mean the brains part, Sush will beah Aish hands down.. Not only that, her overall personality is really great… :)
But, jus one negative with Sush…. which is too much of a negative that makes me think Aish is better representative than Sush.. The fact tht she is tooo much westernised… As rash said here abt Koffee With Karan show, I did saw that where Sush and Sanjay Dutt were present.. She was really giggling and her talks were not like what an Indian woman would say.. she was going way overboard….
So, guess Aish is better in that aspect…
Oh.. i’ve started writing an essay on who is the best…
I will(no.. should) stop here…

By: Manpreet

Manpreet — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 04:51:19 +0000

Even I don’t like Aish very much… just couple of okie-dokey movies and a ms. world title doesn’t makes one representative of Indian women!!

And agree with you all, Sush is better than Aish any day!!

By: AmitL

AmitL — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 04:10:32 +0000

Hi,Poonam,Wow..Aish actually appeared on the Oprah show?Will check out the video later in the day. Thanks for the info.And,Oprah in a saree looks pretty,well,unusual.

By: rash

rash — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 03:37:46 +0000

I definitely do like Sush… I don’t really know who I like over the other, but Sush seems to be giggling away to glory like Ash as well!!… Atleast thats how she was on Koffee with Karan.