Musings of an Idiot

Bigg Boss

I watched 10 minutes of a reality TV show called 'Bigg Boss' and that was enough to have me in splits. It is basically an Indianized version of 'Big Brother' and it is hilarious {I am sure that wasn't the intent of the makers}. It is bland and boring to say the least because nothing happens and it is mind numbingly mundane. I skipped channels and landed on a hindi soap and it was a different kind of experience. Indian TV acting does veer towards being over-dramatic and unreal and it is painful to watch.I don't know why but here everyone does like the acting to be pretty over the top otherwise it doesn't register. I haven't seen any hindi movies or telugu movies yet and plan to do so over the next couple of weeks to form an opinion on the state of acting in film. There are some fantastic actors over here but some of their best work has been their understated performances and I wanna see if there are naturalistic performances on the big screen or if they follow closely in the footsteps of television acting.

Overall the best thing of TV media in India is that the market is HUGE and the number of channels available on the tele are mind-boggling and the cost of having that many channels is pretty cheap as well compared to what we pay in New Zealad. The same applies to the cost of telecommunication in India - it is cheaper than you can imagine and I seriously think that we are getting ripped off big time by the telecom companies over in NZ.

In the evening I went roaming around the local market trying to find a recharge point for mum's cellphone and I accidentally found a gym while at it. It is close to the house and it is a pretty basic gym with focus on weights/strength training but it is again cheap and serves the stop-gap purpose of trying to maintain some level of fitness during the holiday. I'll be joining the gym from next week once Diwali festival is over and done with. Needless to say I can't describe how happy I really am that I won't be totally slouch during the break.

It's been a week already since I've been home and man time does fly really fast. It is scary.

That's me for now,
Amit

Labels: Hyderabad, India, Travel

posted by Amit @ 6:32 AM