There’s no dearth of celebrity in everyday life. They’re on the TV, either hosting/judging a show or selling a product in a glitzy commercial. If not that, then they are probably promoting a movie in the mall or multiplex near you.
Bottom-line, celebrities are not that big a deal anymore when it comes to their overall accessibility. And so it takes a lot more than just being a star to be able to hold.
Abhishek Bachchan [ Images ] makes his debut on Colors in Idea’s National Bingo Nightwith abundant enthusiasm but not enough wit or chutzpah to make an impression.
He starts out with his cool dude act through Bluffmaster [ Images ]‘s spunky Come to mefollowed by a sprinkling of Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’s title song. Too bad he doesn’t really perform but merely gesticulates insipidly against the ugly sets reminiscent of the 80s in a not too complimentary way.
He does marginally better when he shrieks about the Bingo mantra, No kaam only araam. Basically, Bingo is no different from Housie or Lotto, only while playing the latter won you pointless plastic bowl or a tacky ball pen, a winning streak here leads to a good Rs 25 lakh. Read more…
