The Real story of NCTC....!

A child asks his father,” Papa, what is this NCTC?”

The father replied,” Son, it is ‘National Counter Terrorism Centre’, which shall be a central agency to prevent terrorist activities across the India. It is like a Zamindar being responsible for the safety of all houses in the village.”

The child said,” Papa, that is fine. Then why so many states are opposing it?”

The father replied,” My son, the policy prepared by Chidambaram for NCTC gives powers to this Zamindar to enter all the houses without permission, interfere in their personal affairs and even criticize, advise and punish them on the way they lived.”

The child said,” That is so wrong. But why is Chidambaram doing so?”

The father replied,” My son, it is only two more years for the 2014 elections. The UPA ministers are trying hard to affirm their seat in the next cabinet, should Congress come back to power.”

The child asked,” Hmmm… but Papa, What are his big achievements as home minister?”

The father replied,” Well son, following are some of his special achievements…

He has dispersed a peaceful gathering of people in Ramlila maidan after midnight using police force, killing one and injuring many.

He has arrested a 74 year old man from his residence before he committed any crime. And he substantiated his actions by some strange legal clauses in parliament.

He has given the list of 50 ‘Most Wanted’ terrorists to Pakistan, out of which two were found in India.

He said that Mullaperiyar dam row had nothing to do with the safety of people, it was an election stunt.

He had full information on a real time basis, how Raja was looting India, yet chose to keep quite. Maybe, he also got his share, since he also has an account in Swiss bank.

He once mentioned that the crime rate is high in Delhi because of migrants from UP and Bihar.

He secretly planted 64 microphones in Pranab Mukharjee’s cabin to hear every conversation happening there.”

The child looked concerned. “But Papa, these are all actions which suggest that he has the least concern for the public… and most of his statements and actions seem to be biased against the people…why has the government retained him as the home minister?

The father searched for an answer and said,” Yes my son. These very qualities qualified him to be the perfect Home minister.”

The child looked confused and asked, “How come?”

The father said,” My son, this government is a unique one. In this, people don’t do what they are supposed to do.

The Prime minister does not act.

The Law minister defies and challenges the Election Commission.

The Telecom minister repeatedly misleads the nation on 2G issue.

The Chief Vigilance Commissioner had corruption cases against him.

The Defense minister fights with Army General over his age.

The agricultural minister says that he is not an astrologer to predict or control the food prices.

The UPA chairman does not share with the nation what is ailing her.

The Yuvaraj is going berserk by tearing papers in UP with each phase of election.

In such a scenario, it is obvious that he is the best fit as a Home minister.”

The child was disillusioned.

The world’s largest democracy has these kinds of ministers ruling 1.2 Billion people. Surely, the country deserves better governance…

Jaago India Jaago.

Airline safety… What’s that?

Recently Jet airways was in news for serious violation of air safety when the pilot of one of their planes allowed a trainee to land a plane full of 200 passengers in Mumbai. The people got jitters over the incident and started wondering whether the airlines really follow any safety norms at all..! The kingfisher has recently grounded several flights at last minute due to severe debts and no operating cash.

We capture some light hearted moments during a frank indoor discussion by the airline heroes, Naresh Goyal, Vijay Mallya and Captain Gopinath. They were discussing the airline safety one evening. They were at Mallya’s residence, so the liquor was flowing in full stream and all the three were already high in spirits. 

Mallya said to Goyal,” Naresh, what is this? I heard that you were in trouble recently about some trainee landing a plane in Mumbai. What is the problem?

Goyal cleared his throat and said in a matter-of-fact way,” See Vijay, these guys in media you know, they blow up anything and everything out of proportion. It was just a case that one of our trainees sat in the pilot’s chair and landed the plane in Mumbai. The pilot and co-pilot were there observing him … yet the DGCA and media say it was a safety issue.”

Captain Gopinath took mouthful sip from his fourth glass and listened to the conversation, half smiling in his mind.

Mallya said,” Did any accident happen? I mean was the landing good? Or there were any excessive jerks?”

Goyal said,” Not at all. The plane landed very safely. Actually, we have done it many times before. All our trainees fly planes right from their second week of employment with us. They are all young guys with adventure in their minds. They get thrilled to fly a plane. And it helps me also.”

Mallya wondered how it helped Goyal. And he asked it.

Goyal said in hushed tone,” See, you know that these days the profit margins are very low. The staff is not paid salaries regularly. There is a constant threat that the pilots may go on a flash strike.  The experience of trainees comes very handy in such a scenario. The operations continue instead of coming to a halt, giving bad publicity.”

Mallya and Gopinath were amused at this thought.

Now it was Goyal’s turn to ask Mallya. He asked Mallya,” Why, you do not do this?”

Mallya cautiously looked around and said,” Yes, and much more. Whenever there is a shortage of air hostesses, our pilots take off and then go in the passenger’s area to serve lunch / dinner. He comes back to his seat just in time to land the plane. No one knows, and that’s it.”

Goyal looked surprised at this revelation. 

They looked at Captain Gopinath and asked him,” You have been a specialist in the budget airlines segment. What measures did you adopt to cut costs?”

Gopinath thought for a while whether to say something or not and then said,” We did many things which were not known to the DGCA or the media. The art is in doing things without knowledge of these guys.”

Both Mallya and Goyal listened intently to discover the methods to save money.

Gopinath continued,” First of all, we never kept any safety jackets / accessories in our plane. Because, there will be no accidents. And if at all they happen, the accessories would be to insufficient to save any lives.”

Mallya and Goyal were shocked.

Gopinath added,” Moreover, we removed the toilets from our planes and added 6 more seats to increase our revenue. After all, all our planes were flying over short distances you know, so toilets are not in use most of the time.”

Gopinath was now getting high and looking at Mallya and Goyal as thought he was their professor giving them lessons on economics.

Gopinath’s gems of economic wisdom continued,” We had a tie up with many 3 star hotels. Whatever food remained with them was sold to us at half price the same night and we used it in our flights for next 18 hours. The food was supplied to our passengers anyway at a cost, and whoever bought it had no option but to eat it.”

Gopinath was now in full flow. He said,” The tyres are one more area where we saved significant costs. We retreaded the tyres three times before discarding them. We also bought the used tyres from foreign airlines at cheap prices.”

Suddenly both Mallya and Goyal started feeling as though they were wasting their money as these years. There were so many avenues to improve the operating efficiencies of the airlines.

It was now Mallya’s turn to reveal his more secrets. He said,” We secretly ran a campaign in our staff… whoever brings more passengers to us gets a bonus. It was our style of ESOP. They knew that to get their salaries full and in time, they need to get customers to fly in our planes.”

Goyal suddenly remembered something and said,” Yes, once it so happened that our pilot did not turn up at the last minute. We ran an announcement in the plane that anyone who can fly the plane can travel free. His ticket cost would be reimbursed, at the destination.”

“Why at destination?” asked Mallya.

Goyal said,” Well, we decided to pay at destination because then it would mean that the plane has landed safely there. If not, there would be no question of reimbursement at all…!”

The three men continued talking till late in the night discussing various ways and means to cut costs in operating the fleet of aircrafts. They all got wiser from one another’s experiences.

Meanwhile, the people continued to fly, oblivious of the risks they were taking. After all, the life and death of people was decided by many other factors such as their fate, their sins, their good / bad time etc.

The safety in plane was too small a factor to determine their destiny.

…"Yes, I called Hina Rabbani Khar"..!

Apparently, a call was made two months ago from India to Hina Rabbani Khar, the flamboyant foreign minister of Pakistan. We say flamboyant because, she is not exactly beautiful or charming, but succeeds in attracting the attention of the onlooker through her flamboyance in displaying her expensive costumes and accessories like handbags, ear rings, spects etc.

The call was traced out to have been made from Raichur, Karnataka and went on for full 15 minutes. Hina also complained that the caller was rude to her and also spoke in a filthy language.

This raised instantly several questions… First of all, who made the call? How did he get Hina’s personal mobile number? Why he made the call? Why did Hina hold on and listen to the caller for 15 minutes, especially when the caller was not speaking decently? What did Hina reply or how exactly did she respond to the caller during the conversation? Why did she wait for two months before disclosing this information, which triggered an investigation now?

Nevertheless, the security agencies started their investigation.

Their first suspect was SM Krishna, who was seen closely moving with her and also holding lots of closed door meetings with her during her visit to India last year.  May be he had tried to act funny with her and she cut short his advances.  And now he wanted to take sort of revenge? After the recent Karnataka assembly episode, every politician from Karnataka was looked at with suspicion.

They approached SM Krishna and asked him.

He replied,” Well, you can see… that I cannot even… talk fast… I need to …pause to get the …right words. I am an old man… what do you… expect me… to do? I did not… make this call.”

The security agency was apparently satisfied with his answer. It was impossible that this person could call for 15 minutes… he would get too tired with this exercise.

Next, they called a joint meeting with Kapil Sibbal, Chidambaram and Salman Khurshid.

The investigators asked them, “Did any of you three visit Karnataka around two months ago?”

They looked puzzled, and asked, “Why, any problem?”

The investigators said, ” Well, it is reported that someone from Karnataka had called Hina Rabbani Khar two months ago and spoke in very rude language to her. And we know that you are the only three people in the country who can be extremely rude in your language while speaking with others.”

The three of them were very angry. They reacted one by one to these charges.

Chidambaram, in his characteristic style, with his head slightly tilting towards right and his left cheek smiling more than the right cheek, said “See, I cannot do such things. Ask me to disperse a peaceful gathering after midnight and I will do it by using police force. I can even arrest a 74 year old man from his house on the pretext that he is going to commit a crime. I can add wrong names to the list of most wanted terrorists. But, I will never call a lady and talk to her in rude and filthy language.”

The investigators were satisfied with Chidambaram’s response.

Now, they turned to Kapil Sibbal.

“So, Mr. Sibbal, did you make this call?”

Kapil Sibbal, with his reading glasses resting on the tip of his fat thick nose, said,” See, you need to understand the whole issue in right perspective. What is the problem here? Someone called someone. And you are asking someone whether he is that someone who had called someone.”

The investigators were getting confused by now.

Sibbal continued,” See, you need to understand the sub clause no. 43 of the clause 24 of the law no. 53 of the blah blah blah and you will understand that how I could not have made this call. See, I can change the education system upside down and make it ridiculous. I can state that the loss due to 2G scam was zero and then, when it is proved wrong in court, say that it was due to the flawed policies of the NDA government. But, I have not made this call. ”

The investigators realized that he was also innocent in this case.

Next they turned to Salman Khurshid.”Did you make this call?”

Salman Khurshid started,” Even if you hang me I am not going to accept that I have made the call… I will challenge people to prove me wrong. It is my birth right to fight with you all and I will achieve it under any circumstances….but I have not made this call.”

The investigators were convinced. They did not find any meaning in continuing any conversation with this trio.

Nest, they went to Manmohan Singh. “Sir, by any chance, did you make that call?”

At first, the investigators did not know whether he understood the question, because there was absolutely no reaction on either his face or the body language. They were thinking of repeating the question, when they noticed that he slightly turned his head upward. They were thrilled to see some movement in Manmohan Singh. It was like the people getting thrilled to see the crocodile moving in a zoo, because it lies still where it is, for very long periods.

Manmohan said in a husky low tone,” Dekho ji, I have not done this. This can be proved by the simple fact that madam never instructed me to call Hina at all. Usually, I act only on madam’s instructions. And I am asked sometimes not to act also, by madam. For example, I was asked not to punish Raja, Kalmadi, and Ashok Chavan etc. And I am currently very busy in handing over the charge to Rahul baba. You must have seen him growing beard in last few days, which is to tell the opposition parties that now he is grown up. See, how angry he gets in the meetings? He even tears up the papers in meetings to show his anger…!”

The investigators interrupted,” Sir, we were discussing whether you made the call…”

Manmohan thought for a while and said,” Oh yes, I forgot the topic. Whenever I start praising the Madam and Rahul baba, I really get lost and don’t remember what we were discussing. Well, coming to the point, I did not get any instructions and you know it very well that I do not act on my own, so I did not make the call.”

The investigators were convinced that it was too big a decision for Manmohan to make a call.

The investigators then went to Pranab Mukharjee, as he had a solution to many problems except those affecting Chidambaram. They asked Pranab about his involvement in the call.

Pranab replied,” Bhy do yuu theenk that I hab made the koll. I hab many ather important tasks bheech prebent me from doing this. I hab no knowledhe of this koll.”

The investigators realized that no matter what he spoke, even if he had called Hina, it would have been very difficult to understand it, let alone classify it as rude and filthy.   

The investigators thought of approaching Rahul. So, they went to him and asked.

Rahul looked at them in his newly discovered angry young man look with cold feelings in his eyes, as if he is deciding in his mind whether to kick them or slap them. Then he said,” For 22 years, Hina did not eat anything… she had always desired to go on an elephant ride…”

The investigators were puzzled. One of them whispered in another’s ears,” It happens. He has been touring UP since last one month and is repeatedly saying only few selected sentences like ‘there was no development in UP for last 22 years, elephant is eating money’ etc.”

Rahul continued,” Give me a chance and I shall make a phone call to Hina. A call, which was not made by anyone earlier.”

 He looked around as if looking for something and then took a newspaper’s supplement lying nearby and tore it off. And said,” You know what it means? It means that I did not make the call.”

The investigators hurried out of the room to save themselves from any more of the theatrics.

Then the investigators wondered whether there was any Bollywood angle to this incident. Because the Veena Malik was a Pakistani actress who was linked with so many other spheres like Indian media, Bollywood, ISI, Underworld etc.

So, they first approached Ram Gopal Verma and asked him the question.

RGV looked towards the sky from the window for a while and then as if found some clue to a nagging problem, said,” Yes, it would be a perfect plot.”

The investigators were confused. They looked at him questioningly, as to what he meant.

RGV looked at them, like looking at the deprived citizens of an African tribe and said,” Well, I have not made the call. However, I can make a good suspense thriller movie out of it. A call goes to Hina and she is drawn to the caller, who does not identify him. This goes on for a while and then, one day, the calls stop because the person is murdered…! Vow, fantastic plot. The name of the movie could be something like ‘Last call’, ‘Gumnaam Call’, or ‘Call karna zaroori hai’ etc.”

The investigators quietly left the room.

Then they approached Karan Johar and asked him.

He sipped his famous Koffee and said with a half smile on his face,” Good. Nice story. I can make it a silver jubilee hit. The phone call develops into a relationship. Just before the interval, the phone is picked up by Hina’s friend who continues to talk to her and they fall in love. After the interval, the caller’s friend calls Hina and they get attracted towards each other. There is a good scope for 6 songs and one marriage scene in the end. Done… we can shoot it in Europe. I have even thought of some names for the movie. It could be say,’ Call call hota hai’, or ‘Wake up call’, or ‘Mujhe call karoge’ etc.”

The investigators were disappointed.

They thought let us meet some actors now. They met Salman Khan and asked him.

Salman Khan removed his shirt and flexed his muscles. The investigators suddenly wondered whether they made a mistake by asking him this question.

Salman looked at them straight in eyes and said,” Mujh pe ek ehsan karna.. mujhe ye sawaal phir se na puchhana. Varna mai apne aap ki bhi nahi sun paaonga.”

One of the investigators gathered courage and asked, “Sir, but we remember you had spoken to someone rudely on phone sometime back…”

At this question, the nerve on side of his forehead twitched. He looked menacingly at the investigators and said,” Otherwise what I would have done? That useless Vivek was snatching away my Ash from me and you expect me to keep quite? I called him 23 times that evening and fired him in choicest language. But I did not call Hina.”

The investigators were now too much annoyed. They did not know where to go next.   

Suddenly, they had an intuition… why not go to Raichur and probe from there. So they went to Raichur.

It was morning time and they thought of having some tea at the roadside tea stall. While they were discussing about the case there, Basavappa, the telephone line man was also there drinking tea, before he started off with his day’s work.

He instantly realized that they were searching for the person who made the call to Hina. He remembered distinctly that day… around two months ago, when he was very angry with his wife over some petty issue and he had climbed on a nearby telephone pole and dialed a random number. He spoke very rudely for 15 minutes and spit out all his anger on the person holding phone on other side. He did not know then that it went to Hina.

He was slightly afraid about the investigation team reaching Raichur, yet he was thrilled to see that on his one silly act, the agencies from Delhi were in a tizzy.

He thought of the fame he had always wanted and said jubilantly in his mind,”… Yes, I called Hina Rabbani Khar…!”

...And Robert joined politics!

Robert and Priyanka were thinking for a long time about their future in India. The congress leadership was not so strong as before. Sonia’s health was deteriorating with each passing day due to the mysterious illness. Rahul was making brave attempts to boost his political career, but success still looked far away. Manmohan’s image had turned in last 8 years from a clean and honest economist to an inefficient and spineless administrator. Giving him another term was not even an option, considering the spate of scams surfacing with each passing day. Pranab and Chidambaram continued their big fight behind the screens and could not be trusted anymore, as their personal agenda was taking deep roots now.

Robert said to Priyanka,” Do you think we should join the mainstream politics now?”

Priyanka thought seriously and said,” May be, yes. This is the right time that I capitalize on the looks inherited from my grandmother. We had a good family life so far. Now let us have some public life. After all, it is in my genes...!”

Robert said,” Yes... I think this is the right time. I have been in business making lot of money through whichever means. But the pleasure of moving on road with red sirens, police cavalcade, stopped traffic, awed looks of the common man etc. is a different thing. Somehow, my mind is craving for that aura which comes with it. Everywhere you go, people run behind you. The stage and mikes are set for you. You become the centre of attraction. Isn’t it fascinating?”

Priyanka smiled and said,” Of course. And we are fortunate enough to get it on a platter. People have to struggle to get this stature in public life. We would be only fools not to use this opportunity.”

So, they decided to consult Sonia before taking decision in this matter. Consulting Rahul was inconsequential anyway.

Sonia met Priyanka and Robert in the lawns of her house. The three got straight into subject after exchanging the niceties.

Sonia looked thoughtful. She was reminded of her young days, when she arrived as the daughter in law of the most powerful family in post Independence era in India.  She remembered how her small children Rahul and Priyanka would sit on lap of their grandmother and play with her in their leisure moments. The time flew very fast and now the time had come to take yet another bold decision to continue to Nehru Gandhi parivar’s legacy in the Indian politics.

Sonia sipped the tea and looked straight at Priyanka. “So, you two want to join politics?”

Priyanka said in an obedient tone,” Yes, mama. See, we are now getting bored with the routine. Thanks to your blessings, the businesses are running well. We are earning lot of money. But, we are now looking for something different, you know. We want the glamour, the spotlight, the attention, the power…”

Robert interrupted,” Yes mammiji, we would also like to contribute our share in strengthening the party. No doubt Rahul is there, but still it is always better to have someone beside you to always support you, in the long run.” Robert tried to make it as family’s requirement rather than ‘their personal’ requirement.

Sonia reacted,” What do you think about Rahul?”

Robert said,” Well Mammiji, honestly speaking, read any national magazine and you will find all stories about how he is still not ready for the top post. We need to fill the gap quickly before it is too late. And Priyanka has already imprinted her Indira-like image in minds of people through her strategic appearances.”

Sonia smiled. She said,” You two seem to have done a lot of homework before coming to me with this proposal.”

Robert looked flattered. He said,” Well, no... Yes….I mean...”

Sonia thought about something and asked Robert like in an interview,” Tell me, Robert. Why should you join politics? Give me some good reasons.” Probably she was preparing herself for the onslaught of journalists and media about this wild card entry into the scene.

Robert enthusiastically said,” Well mammiji, there are actually many good reasons. First and foremost reason is that the dependency on Digvijay Singh shall be totally removed. I shall be Rahul’s advisor. We let loose Digvijay Singh with all his eccentricities and used it to our advantage thus far. But off late, I think that age is catching up with him and he is really becoming eccentric. We should not risk Rahul’s career with this guy, especially at the take off stage.”

Sonia was wondering how much study this guy had made before coming to her.

Robert continued,” The second reason is that we cannot trust the Kalmadi and likes anymore. These people are always a hazard to us and may spill beans anytime under pressure. We have been flourishing in business because of the government contracts awarded by these people, but we cannot take them for granted forever. You know how much we had to struggle to get Kalmadi out on bail, so that he keeps quite. After all, family matters should remain within family.”

Sonia looked impressed with the logical reasoning presented by Robert. Since last few months, with Anna Hazare movement, there was certainly a threat to the entire political clan from the ‘awakened sentiments of common man’ for any corruption related matters. His reasoning made sense to her.

Priyanka, who had been actively listening all along, got a chance to speak at the pause. She said,” And mama, we need to build our base before it is too late you know. Still there are lots of rural areas in India where they value us because of the dynasty. We should live up to their expectations.”

 Sonia hesitated and then asked Robert, “Do you think the people will accept you?”The question was blunt and straightforward.

Robert was waiting for this question, as he had the answer ready. He said with a mischievous smile on his face, almost in a cinematic style,” Mammiji, you were a foreigner bahu...Still they accepted you. I am a desi damaad..!” 

Sonia was shocked at this reasoning. She had never thought of it before. Yet, it made some logic.

Finally, Sonia was convinced that the time had come now to extend the parampara and start handing over the baton to the younger generation.

She said finally,” Well, fine. I think you both make sense to me. Plan your media exposure and ‘calculated statements’ now. UP elections are getting closer. This last minute move might bring us to the third position at least.”

As an afterthought she said, “Don’t forget to violate some code of conduct somewhere. Some honest officer will try to stop you and we will transfer him. The media is news hungry. They will instantly put spotlight on you for few days. In politics, you need to be in news. It doesn’t matter much, whether you are in news for good reasons or bad reasons…”

And the next day Priyanka started making appearances in Amethi. A week later Robert was seen in public.

There were a couple of quick statements and denials about his joining politics. Robert had lived a life of a business man all along. He had all the money. Now he wanted money with power.

His destiny was calling him in another direction.

…And Robert joined politics.

Slap your way to momentary fame…!

A slap on face has the power to propel instantly both the giver and the receiver in few moments of fame. The reason could be anything from petty issue to gigantic ego clash, if one of the two is a celebrity, then the media gets sucked into the news like a bee towards a flower. And if both are celebrities, then nothing like it.

Let us look at some of the memorable slaps in the recent past…

SRK slaps Shirish Kundar

This is the latest in the list. In an inebriated condition, SRK gave a tight slap to Shirish Kundar in a party in Mumbai, in front of many other Bollywood celebrities. And the reason?  Well, there is a wide speculation ranging from Shirish’s ‘undiplomatic criticism of Ra one’ to ‘provocation during the party’.   Many jokes were instantly floating on internet about the incident.

The best of them are as follows:

K…K…K… Kundar

My name is Khan… and well I am a rogue..!

Kabhi kabhi jitney ke liye maarna bhi padta hai, aur maarkar bhi jitney wale ko Bazimaar kehte hai…!

Bade bade shahronme aisi chhot chhoti mar to padti hi hai…!

Don ki mar se bachna mushkil hi nahi namunkin hai…!

And this one is classic

Shirish: Thappad se dar nahi lagta sahab, Ra One se lagta hai…

SRK: Aisa kya, …to ye le…#$!*!

Harvinder Singh slaps Sharad Pawar

Last month, Harvinder was shot into fame for slapping Sharad Pawar as he was leaving the venue after a press conference. The slap was tigh enough for Sharad Pawar to lose his balance momentarily. The entire political community was unanimous in condemning this attack, as they are all birds of same flock and feared that some day they too would get slapped, if this trend is not stopped immediately.

That slap apparently made such a profound impact on Sharad Pawar’s thinking that he announced his retirement from politics. But if there is any connection between these two, then people know what to do, if they wish some politician retires.

Harbhajan Singh slaps Sreesanth

It was a soap opera scene straight from Ekta Kapoor’s serials. Sreesanth, who has the most menacing body language and expressions during (and after) his bowling action, was weeping like a small child in the stadium consoled by team mates after Harbhajan slapped him. And the reason? Well, Sreesanth was apparently taunting him all through the match and even afterword, consoling him for a loss in a provocative manner.

This slap made people for the first time to sit up and think about the adverse effect on team unity and moral when these players play for India. This was also for the first time, when people found it weird that Indians were clapping and celebrating when Sachin Tendulkar was declared out.

Mahant Nityananda Das slaps Swami Agnivesh

Last year, while attending a rally against corruption along with Anna Hazare, One Mahant Nityananda Das came forward to garland Swami Agnivesh and slapped after garlanding him. The impact was such that Swami’s turban fell off. However, Agnivesh soon regained his composure and Das was taken in police custody. The reason? Das was apparently not happy with some remarks made by Agnivesh about the Amarnath yatra and that the shivaling formed out of ice there, is artificial. This angered Das and he took this step.

Bollywood slaps

The slaps have played a significant role in Bollywood as well. Let us look at some memorable slaps in movies over the years.

Shaan

Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor come home to inform Rakhi about death of Sunil Dutt. The scene demanded that out of disbelief and anger, Rakhi slaps the person who told her the news of her death. But AB was at peak of his popularity during that time, so he could not take the slap. However, he needed importance as well.

The final compromise was worked out like this… AB starts telling her that there is a bad news and then after a sorrowful pause, says,” Bhabhi…Bhabhi…Ravi, tu bol…” And then Shashi Kapoor gives her the bad news and she slaps him.

Karma

Dilip Kumar is a patriotic cop and Anupam Kher is a terrorist. The entire film revolves around the ‘Thappad ki Goonj’. Dilip Kumar gives Anupam Kher a tight slap for showing disrespect to the country’s established system of governance, which irks Dilip Kumar.

Ugly aur Pagli

Very few actors would have accepted to act in this movie, after hearing its storyline. In this film, Mallika Sherawat slaps Ranvir Shorey 99 times at regular intervals. Now, this was a difficult task for both of them. However, with all humility while shooting, Ranvir helped Mallika in devising new poses for slapping him, so that it looks real.

Golmaal – fun Unlimited

The scene towards the end, when the dean of the college comes to Paresh Rawal’s house has come out hilariously well. Both Ajay Devgan and Arshad Warsi, act like old blind couple, and slap the dean in funny way endlessly, till he escapes from the house.

Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari (Telugu)

In this film, Sridevi is shown as a small girl in school uniform. In one scene, Chiranjeevi slaps her hard to punish for her mistake and that actually makes her fall in love with him. She sings a song immediately afterword which became a rage during those days. The famous song ‘Dhak Dhak karne lagaa’ is based on same tune.

Mahatma Gandhi has said, “If someone slaps you, you show him other cheek.” Well, not anymore. These days, the same policy cannot be adopted, with so many slapping going around us. Even Anna Hazare was recently in controversy for his famous dialogue, “Only one?”, when he was told that Sharad Pawar was slapped by an individual.

So, slap your way to momentary fame…!