Roadies ....

An atrocious journey in an old crooked bus from the huge, yet conjested roads of Delhi to the sandy roads of Pilani. Right from the intermittent short naps I had been trying to take all day long, to the beautiful girl in the yellow dress who sat in the adjacent seat, to the endless discussions happening in the back seat, the journey had seen it all. Apart from feeling sorry for the 'yellow' girl who actually struggled to find a place for herself, there were other things happening out there too. The discussion which i was eavesdropping on provided some food for thought. They were discussing about the most happening event right now in India.

All those people guessing it to be something about Indian cricket or the budget can easily be proved wrong, 'cos its about our very own Mtv Roadies-5.0 . Guys, I had seen the earlier version while at home,but this year it not only got bigger by going global (excuse me if i am sounding like a marketeer for the show) but the twists and turns it has thrown in front of us has certainly taken it greater heights. Now, it did not generate the huge interest it does today, intially with the auditions and all which are pretty much the same every year, it certainly gets monotonous to a good extent except for the fact that you get to see new faces(and 'faces' reminds me of the pretty face from Delhi - eternaldeniedchrist! .. lol.. ). But the later part (which is currently going on...in fact) did throw up surprising incidents. The people who, on the outside were looking really cool and pretty were by far the most notorious masterminds. Of course it goes without saying that it proved again that you should never judge a man by his appearance. It showed how people generally buckle under pressure,apart from the more obvious competitions that were being held.
The most intersting part of any episode is the "vote out" . Here, roadies need to vote someone among them out of the game. The serious plotting and the backstabbing taking place, the undercurrents being generated about one another all combine to become the driving force in picking a scape goat every week. It portrays in a blatant fashion, how few people try to take advantage of the weak minded to play for their own good. Also, another interesting aspect which came to fore was the regionality issue. Blame it on us for having such narrow mindedness that we stop judging people by their tastes,habits and ther general behaviour and start ocussing on their place of origin!! Its pity that such preposterous issues are on the basis of which most of
the plotting takes place rather than the excellence one had shown on field.
Coming to the discussion in the bus, it was not related to this, but it focussed on a more subtle point- the validity of the show. A similar discussion had cropped up regarding the Kaun Banega Crorepati show when Harshavardhan Navathe became the first person to answer all the questions, but it still left the TRP ratings untouched. The same applies for this show too. As they say... you love it , you hate it..but you cant ignore it .
The basic reason I find that people have started questioning its validity is because they cant digest those microphones dangling and video cameras capturing all the serious plotting going on behind the doors.The events unfolding might just eliminate our favorites from the show through some foulplay by the roadies or some hard luck, but the Roadies journey continues.

P.S : I cannot think of any possible explanation of writing this post except that there was nothing else to be done.