Saif Launches Promotion Campaign for Agent Vinod!
Son: There seems to be no limit to the innovative marketing ideas that are being used nowadays in the film business, dad.
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: Shah Rukh Khan created a record of sorts in marketing his latest production Raa One, dad! That the film bombed at the box office is a different issue, dad!
Father: True. Go on, Son.
Son: Now Saif Ali Khan has set a new trend in the film marketing by launching his campaign for Agent Vinod in a novel way at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, dad!
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: That the campaign ended with the physical assault on a non-resident Indian, leading to a police complaint is altogether a different issue, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Moral Responsibility!
Son: The pop star Whitney Houston appears to be the latest victim of the goal scoring by the Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: It has now been conclusively proved that every time a goal is scored by Ramsey, an important global personality dies, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It all began on last May when Ramsey scored against Man United and the next day Osama Bin Laden was killed, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He scored again in October against Spurs and Apple boss Steve Jobs died three days later. Three months later, he scored against Marseille leading to the death of Col Gaddafi on the very next day, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The goal keeper of the Sunderland team against whom Ramsey scored his latest goal, is said to be feeling guilty, dad!
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: He holds himself morally responsible for the death of Whitney Houston, as he could have saved the goal to prevent the death of the famed singer, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Not the Same Team!
Son: John Inverarity, the chief of Australia’s National Selection Panel, has stated that the Australian team will not be the same without Ricky Ponting, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: In the Indian context, such a statement would have been interpreted as - the absence of Ponting was a great loss to the team, dad. It would have been taken as a sentimental statement, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: But the Australians are true professionals and leave no scope for sentiments, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: What the selection panel chief meant was – the team would be much better in the absence of the ageing Ponting who has been sent out on a compulsory retirement, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Tactical Mistake!
Son: The Indian senior brigade (Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman) is of the opinion that Ponting committed a tactical blunder by issuing a statement that he would leave the matter of his retirement to the selectors, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: They say he should have followed their tactics of not giving any scope to the selection committee, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: While Tendulkar and Laxman have kept mum on the issue (of retirement), Rahul has even stated that he would take the decision only after the next test series, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He has taken his place for granted in spite of his unbroken record of getting clean bowled in most of his innings with single digit/zero scores in the recent test series in Australia, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
25th February 2012
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