Where have we heard this before?

The 80s were a time when Bollywood stars had a huge fan following. Not only in the North, but also in Hyderabad as well. Catching a glimpse of your favourite icon made people go crazy. The times have changed. To meet your favourite actor , all you need to do is buy the cola they endorse, participate in a reality show or claim you were involved in a scandal with him/ her.. Sure, you've got style,panache and what not. But a request : Change those cliched dialogues you use. Please don't go on to prove the notion that film stars are kinda dumb. Make us feel proud to be a Hyderabadi. Just because we love compliments, does not mean you can repeat the same old lines and get away with it. Of late, there have been a lot of Tinsel town's stars in town and everybody's been here and said that. For all the future stars in the making, here is a list of things you should not i repeat, NOT say to us, for we are already sick listening to them.

1. I just love the Hyderabadi Beeryaani here. Especially the one in Paradise. Mashallah! (Pshaw! Who doesn't?)

2. I have very close links with the city. My Mom's cousin's uncle's daughter studied here. ( Yeah. Right)

3. Whenever I fly to Hyderabad, I always try to spot the Charminar. You know, it is perhaps the most beautiful thing in the whole of Hyderabad.

4. This city was where it all started for me. Gosh. I love this place. ( :| )

5. I've always wanted to do a film with Raghavender Rao. I just love his way of directing films and infact we've been discussing about this script a few days ago.

6. Hyderabad has so much technical talent. Remoji Film City is simply Amazing.

7. I've visited a lot of must see places in Hyderabad : Central, GVK one and Prasads. ( WTF! )

8. Ever since i've seen Hyderabad Blues, i fell in love with the city. Especially the tehzeeb of the people. ( Some go on to say, Kailash Kher's Teri Deewani did! )

9. Hyderabadi people are so kind and warm hearted. I guess it's because of the Nizami influence. ( Err.)

10. Every time I come here to this place, makes me feel proud to be an Indian.

11. I've always wanted to act with Chiranjeevi.I consider him to be easily amongst the best actors of the country. Too bad, he doesn't act anymore.

12. Gimme a good script, I'll pack my bags and shift base to Hyderabad.

13. Apun ich ka favourite city Hyderabad hain. *fakes accent* ( Hello. This isn't Mumbai!)

14. Paaya-wesome.

Caricature : Copyrights reserved by Debashish Deb.
Inspired by an article i read as a kid. Thanks Telegraph.