The hero, the heroine, the villain and an envious storyline are all apt to make a mega-budget, mega-starrer mega-thriller. Well please somebody stop me if I am going over the clouds.
Starting from the day when IPL was conceived it seemed something fishy. It was perhaps made in the lines of other sports leagues across the world (of course sports other than cricket). After some days of the league matches I heard reports of semi-finals and finals. It is obvious that I had never seen the fixtures. Well I could hardly believe when I heard that indeed they are going to happen (the finals). What kind of a league was this when the league winners are not going to hold the trophy? See they are being made to play finals. And then what’s the meaning of this two tier league. This is something that is for the bookies and the betting masters. If the league leaders were to hold the champions trophy then there is nothing more to do for the betting pros.
Well before the tournament began there were a lot of things happening in the backdrop and the backstage. The bidding went through. Celebrities, businessmen and political contacts owned teams. Sometimes I get astonished why the biddings and auctions take place behind the closed doors. Is not that the very concept of closed door activities like this, seem suspicious? Well in this country when the individuals are supposed to declare their assets before activities like elections and before holding important government posts then why these stake holders are kept under wraps.
One edition of the series was held in India and the other edition was taken to South Africa. They were held with all sorts of sleaze, booze and partying! Then the third season happened in India again. It was spring time for everyone until the bidding for two new teams happened. It pulled down skeletons out of like “every closets”. Careers got murdered. Bollywood stars, politicians, CEO’s, ex-cricketers and many more got implicated. The CBI got into action. The income tax officials had a massive pan Indian exercise. No wonder, they are the ones who are there where money lies. It even rocked the parliament. And a few more days and a few more heads and it could be the biggest reality show ever. There is nothing more that the media could ever ask for.
In this hullabaloo, something that got the most coverage was the tryst between Modi, Tharoor and Sunanda. And as the ends of all the three are nearing, Tharoor has lost his job, Sunanda her stakes and Modi is on the verge of quitting. If this is not enough then there is more spice to the drama. With allegations that the matches were fixed, the tournament could not be more cursed. But what are we missing..... Rakhi Sawant! Don’t know how that name pooped out from me.
This is Indian answer to WWE opera.
So where are you RGV, after Phoonk2 you have another script! Get working.
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