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Koshish Kumar's LIFW woes | 2008-08-21
It ain't easy being pretty! Neither is it enough.
These Mumbai rains never seem to stop! As a result, my throat keeps getting screwed all the time.
I fall ill and more often than not, my diet goes for a toss. I miss my gym regularly which is why my body is not bulking up the way I want it to.
In fact I‘ve been losing weight more rapidly than gaining it.
Just one amongst of the numerous problems in my life!
These days I‘m finding solace in watching ‘Entourage‘. These American serials never stop to entertain. If you have seen ‘Entourage‘ you‘ll know what I‘m talking about. It‘s about a guy who has just made it big in Hollywood after doing a movie and his three friends who stick with him. How they live, how he gets his movies, his quirky agent who gets him work, etc...
Basically, it‘s all about an actor‘s life and how stuff works in Hollywood, featuring cameos by lots of stars, directors, and producers to make it more realistic and interesting.
It puts things in perspective, but unfortunately as far as I know, that‘s not how things work here.
Neither is Mumbai like Los Angeles. All a person like me can do is to dream about being there.
The Lakme India Fashion Week auditions happened yesterday for male models. It took place for the first time at Jos in Mumbai. I was there.
Till last year, auditions took place only for girls and the choreographers selected the guys with whom they worked with a lot or whom they knew personally. Others never had a chance.
And, anyway who looks at guys, if there are 20 shows happening, 15 of them will have only women walking, rest of them will have a couple of guys in the background.
Now, I was quite pumped up. First time an audition for LIFW and all that, so I dressed up snazzily, as one would expect of a model. The auditions took place in town so I had no option but to take the train, since I live in Andheri.
Now the thing with local trains in Mumbai is that you enter them looking like Tom Cruise but come out looking like Abhishek Bachchan.
Being prepared for this, I tried my best not to get my clothes, hairstyle, shoes, etc dirty and crumpled up, but there‘s only so much a person can do when he‘s being pushed and shoved around like a football!
Transcending all this, I finally reached my destination. Now the view here was worth a watch, as soon as I opened the door in front of me was a swarm of ‘fair and lovely‘ men.
Sitting on chairs, lounging around. It was quite a big hall.
Some were overdressed, some were shabbily dressed, and some were decent. I heard fake accents, saw fake attitudes and fake handshakes, did a few of those myself! There were quite a few guys from Delhi.
Bastards, always come and try and get a piece of our cake.
After registering myself, I escaped to the rest room. There while admiring myself in front of the mirror the guy standing besides me whom I didn‘t even know suddenly asks me, "Am I looking thin? Is my body looking toned up?" I was like, "Huh? What?"
Suddenly realising the gravity of the situation, I said, "No dude, I am looking thin, look me and look at yourself. You might want to pull back that stomach of yours a bit more."
"Oh! My stomach is not a problem, its just that my biceps are looking a bit thin." Before he gave me his vital stats I made a quick exit.
I didn‘t get shortlisted though. We had to take a walk in front of some people namely Arjun Khanna, Marc Robinson, Lubna Adams, Narender Kumar and Shakir who is also a choreographer.
I overheard somebody saying that there were more guys than girls, some 40 odd girls and around 100 guys, out of which they were going to select only a dozen or so, and this shortlist was not the final one!
So I‘m back now, doing what I do best. Telling you guys about it!
I‘ve been getting quite a few mails, asking whether I‘m genuine, a real entity or not. So, to put everyone at rest, I am real. I do exist and I‘m not The Bitch‘s alter ego.
Now if you are a director and reading this and you are looking for a new face to star in your new movie, don‘t waste time. Drop me a mail ASAP and I‘ll send you my snaps.
If you are not, then just sit back and wait for what I write next week!
Until then,
KK
koshish.kumar@gmail.com
It ain't easy being pretty! Neither is it enough.
These Mumbai rains never seem to stop! As a result, my throat keeps getting screwed all the time.
I fall ill and more often than not, my diet goes for a toss. I miss my gym regularly which is why my body is not bulking up the way I want it to.
In fact I‘ve been losing weight more rapidly than gaining it.
Just one amongst of the numerous problems in my life!
These days I‘m finding solace in watching ‘Entourage‘. These American serials never stop to entertain. If you have seen ‘Entourage‘ you‘ll know what I‘m talking about. It‘s about a guy who has just made it big in Hollywood after doing a movie and his three friends who stick with him. How they live, how he gets his movies, his quirky agent who gets him work, etc...
Basically, it‘s all about an actor‘s life and how stuff works in Hollywood, featuring cameos by lots of stars, directors, and producers to make it more realistic and interesting.
It puts things in perspective, but unfortunately as far as I know, that‘s not how things work here.
Neither is Mumbai like Los Angeles. All a person like me can do is to dream about being there.
The Lakme India Fashion Week auditions happened yesterday for male models. It took place for the first time at Jos in Mumbai. I was there.
Till last year, auditions took place only for girls and the choreographers selected the guys with whom they worked with a lot or whom they knew personally. Others never had a chance.
And, anyway who looks at guys, if there are 20 shows happening, 15 of them will have only women walking, rest of them will have a couple of guys in the background.
Now, I was quite pumped up. First time an audition for LIFW and all that, so I dressed up snazzily, as one would expect of a model. The auditions took place in town so I had no option but to take the train, since I live in Andheri.
Now the thing with local trains in Mumbai is that you enter them looking like Tom Cruise but come out looking like Abhishek Bachchan.
Being prepared for this, I tried my best not to get my clothes, hairstyle, shoes, etc dirty and crumpled up, but there‘s only so much a person can do when he‘s being pushed and shoved around like a football!
Transcending all this, I finally reached my destination. Now the view here was worth a watch, as soon as I opened the door in front of me was a swarm of ‘fair and lovely‘ men.
Sitting on chairs, lounging around. It was quite a big hall.
Some were overdressed, some were shabbily dressed, and some were decent. I heard fake accents, saw fake attitudes and fake handshakes, did a few of those myself! There were quite a few guys from Delhi.
Bastards, always come and try and get a piece of our cake.
After registering myself, I escaped to the rest room. There while admiring myself in front of the mirror the guy standing besides me whom I didn‘t even know suddenly asks me, "Am I looking thin? Is my body looking toned up?" I was like, "Huh? What?"
Suddenly realising the gravity of the situation, I said, "No dude, I am looking thin, look me and look at yourself. You might want to pull back that stomach of yours a bit more."
"Oh! My stomach is not a problem, its just that my biceps are looking a bit thin." Before he gave me his vital stats I made a quick exit.
I didn‘t get shortlisted though. We had to take a walk in front of some people namely Arjun Khanna, Marc Robinson, Lubna Adams, Narender Kumar and Shakir who is also a choreographer.
I overheard somebody saying that there were more guys than girls, some 40 odd girls and around 100 guys, out of which they were going to select only a dozen or so, and this shortlist was not the final one!
So I‘m back now, doing what I do best. Telling you guys about it!
I‘ve been getting quite a few mails, asking whether I‘m genuine, a real entity or not. So, to put everyone at rest, I am real. I do exist and I‘m not The Bitch‘s alter ego.
Now if you are a director and reading this and you are looking for a new face to star in your new movie, don‘t waste time. Drop me a mail ASAP and I‘ll send you my snaps.
If you are not, then just sit back and wait for what I write next week!
Until then,
KK
koshish.kumar@gmail.com
Comments (3)
How about moving to some South East Asian country and trying your luck overseas? Like Singapore or The Philippines, you‘ll be a unique face for them and you‘ll get some great exposure. And if you manage to do well, your body of work would finally get you noticed back home in India. Enough to guarantee you a good amount of work. | Annie
Why dont you write about your sexual exploits KK ? We would love to read it! | Sneha
I love entourage man! i was hooked on to it for weeks and saw all the seasons in a row. Our shows and life definately sucks when compared to theirs and im sure our industry doesnt wrok the same way as theirs is shown. Did you know Mark Wahlberg is one of the producers?
I read the artice about the male auditions in BT too bad you didn‘t make it. Better luck next time.
Do also write about the other serials, sitcoms you follow and bes of luck for becoming the next Vinny Chase of Bollywood! | Jim
I read the artice about the male auditions in BT too bad you didn‘t make it. Better luck next time.
Do also write about the other serials, sitcoms you follow and bes of luck for becoming the next Vinny Chase of Bollywood! | Jim
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