Sunday, January 25, 2009

Ramalinga Raju to star in new film 'Millionaire Slumdog'



Finally, there's some good news for former Satyam chairman B.Ramalinga Raju. If sources are to be believed, he has been approached by renowned director Danny Boyle to play the lead role in his next venture 'Millionaire Slumdog', which will be based on his own real life story.


Reversing the fairytale storyline from his earlier hit 'Slumdog Millionaire', Boyle's new film will be about an extremely wealthy man who eventually ends up as a common prisoner due to extreme stupidity. “It's the story of a man who goes from cooking his books to being booked as a crook. Look look, it's a rook! I took this hook and look – don't it soock?” rapped a frenetic Blaaze, resorting a Yorkshire accent to squeeze in another rhyme.


“Wow! Ramalinga Raju acting in a film about Ramalinga Raju! That's like Shah Rukh Khan acting in a film about Shah Rukh Khan! Or William H.Macy acting in a film about William H.Macy. Or Grand acting in a film about Grand. Or . . er . . heh heh . . I guess you get the picture!”, said a sheepish-looking Arnab Goswami, for once realizing that he was yammering on about something that his viewers had figured out several hours ago.


“I'm delighted that Slumdog Millionaire, which has me in it, has won such global acclaim. I hope that this film, in which I play a meaty role, wins at the Oscars. This would mean so much to everyone, including me, who was involved in making this project such a great success, such as myself.”, said an eerily leery Anil Kapoor, quite unaware that Boyle, and everyone else, were getting on with their careers.


In good news for Kapoor, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is constituting a new category “Best performance in mispronouncing the word 'millionaire' multiple times in a film”, just to reward his efforts in creating interesting variants such as 'Millioneer, Millonier, and Millenner.'


Returning to Mr.Raju, the former industry big-wig is hoping that the film will gain him public sympathy, enabling his eventual release from prison, and eventual success in politics. “Worked for Sunjay Dutt, dinnit?” he signed off with a surprisingly elfin grin.

19 comments:

Elithraniel Arawion said...

ROTFL... nice :P especially the Anil Kapoor part.. lol.. eery is right!

Anna Bond said...

Superb!!

Anonymous said...

this one doesn't sting that well..nice bit on anil and blaaze though..fancy 1 more post?ridiculing the mediocre acting, ridiculous storyline(esp the revolver question scene..bet you could come up with lot more such scenes),music score(come..its rehman an all..still it dint deserve 2% of the hype media bestowed upon it)..guess you like the movie too much to rip it to shreds huh?

Anonymous said...

This is a skewed post - while you have been extremely flattering to Raju, you have missed out the more important millionaire versions of Kapoor. Like millin-eyre (as in Jane Eyre), mi-leo-neah.

Anand Ramachandran's Evil Twin said...

anonymous - guess you dislike the movie so much you'd like me to rip it to shreds for you huh?

Chetana - yeah, in fact I think he even said 'Milliner'. Slumdog Hatmaker - now that would be a movie worth making.

Deepak Gopalakrishnan said...

Scandalous! No comment by wildlife photographer S.U. Saravanakumar!

Anonymous said...

dislike..nah..me thinks tis jus another movie..why all the extra build up?the man with a colt 45 says post another post..or i'm afraid gunman g is gonna shoot you..btw sales for the G.I.Joe's gung ho action figure is off the charts. Manufacturers cashing in on AR rehman's jai ho track's success all over the world.

Mahadevan said...

I thought Raju would start a 'School For Scandal' to legitimise his billions and to produce geniuses of his tribe. With seasoned Professors like Khetan Parikh and 'Telgi' available for the asking to impart their sharpend skill, Raju's School at Hyderbad would be an unique one, making IITs, IIMS and ISBs to look at it with envy.

Vibushan L Narayan said...

ROFL!!seriously!! The posts rocks!

Anonymous said...

Someone had to make fun of Arnab Goswami. Good you did. BTW, there's another Arnab on the 'blogosphere' who thinks he is God's gift to Indian humour. Your description fits him too.

Anonymous said...

you are a maniac dude. This is hilarious. Wish I'd stumbled earlier. Read 2 of them, the chandni to drona nonsense and this....hilarious and wild thinking.
Coming to think of it, these movies if done could really rock. Anyway, we only get trash to watch, might as well openly accept it. great work....keep it going.

Anonymous said...

Agree with @ChUcK. How can wildlife photographer S.U. Saravanakumar turn a blind eye I say?

Nishanth said...

Roll On the floor and laughin my ass off!!

[expanded to project the intensity of my laughter]

you guys frickin rock.both the evil and the good one. :D

And the one with Blaaze..lol.You really showed how lame his verses are.

Really missed Mr.Saravanakumar in this one..:D

Keep blogging

Anonymous said...

Tony Chacko and Aravind Murali are missing in this one too.

Bosey is forgetting its roots.

Anand Ramachandran's Evil Twin said...

Editorial notice : It has been already made clear that Mr.Saravanakumar will not be able to commit time for mere snippets. Further requests for his contributions in these trivialities will not be entertained.

As for messrs. Chacko and Murali ... er . . they've been busy. [sheepish grin]

Anonymous said...

nice post..how about one big post on the decadence in the way news is reported these days? if u do take it up seriously please take care to make fun of TOI's pathetic attempt at punny headlines..(refer to nadal vs verdasco match headline. and thats their best yet)..and also deccan chronicle's party whirl section..and the usual suspects...burka,goswami,sardesai,roy, and that bugger who keeps interviewing business tycoons on NDTV profit,the fat bugger who's a wannabe gourmet..times now i think...surely saravana kumar and co have a mouthful to say on the subject..even if all they manage is "mmffmfttmflamd;lk;lasffsdd@@!234"

Anarchy said...

ROTFLOL....
The Anil Kapoor part was awesome!!!

Anonymous said...

Awesome post. Also this is awesome blog. Just enjoying reading :)

Aishwariya Laxmi said...

Ha ha! Love all ur posts! I'm soooo glad I don't work for Satyam!