November 20, 2006

Well - I told you Karan Thapar and Ram Jethmalani in the same room together would be super-entertaining. Loved every second of it. Is this seriously the guy who not too long ago was considered India's finest criminal defense lawyer? If you ask me he is bludy mad!

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And since when has it become part of police procedure in this country to let the media question the accused in a crime? I was quite surprised when I saw that chap Chattrapal whatshisname, the main accused in the Anant Gupta kidnapping case, being paraded before the media and made to answer their questions. Doesn't an accused have the right to remain silent here. Now I'm no legal expert, but I bet he does. And will anything he's said be held against him in subsequent judicial proceedings? I'm not sure.

And the questions he was being asked were so inane, you seriously wanted to bludy laugh.

Sach-sach batao ... tumne bachche ko kyoon uthaya?

Kyoonki unke paapa bahut badaa company ka CEO hai, jo bachche ke liya bilkul time nahin nikaal sakta ... kisi ne humko bataya ki unko father-figure ki jaroorat hai, issliye humne usko uthaya.

Aur kaun-kaun shammil thhe, tere plan mein?

Bahut saare log - Jeetu, Pappu, Pawan, Sheila Dixit, Natwar Lal, Lalloo....

Tumne paise ko kahaan chupaya?

Pachhis lakh mere chaddi mein .... baaki Pappu ke chaddi mein.

Itne saare paise chaddi mein??

Ji haan ... humne special Lycra waala chaddi ka intazaam kiya. Uske uppar likha tha - Stash it!

Kya karne walle thhe, tum log itne paise leke?

... humne socha thoda Paris-Waris ghumke aate. Aur Taj Mahal Hotel mein woh restaurant hain na ... Chinese waala - Mings - bahut din se wahan khaana nahin khaya. Baaki sab Sheila, Natwar aur Lalloo ko dene waale thhe - elecson ke liye.

Bachcha ghar vaapas kaisa lauta?

Humne Lalloo ke ghode pe usko bithaya, ghode ko Sector-15 ka address bataya, Pappu ne phir uske gaand pe ke laafa maara, aur bas - ghoda nikkal gaya. Woh bahut smart ghoda hai - sirf English samajta hai.

Aapko kya lagta hai -- kitne saal ki sazaa milne waala hai tumko?

Mere wakil ka kehna ki mujhe chaar-paanch mahine se jyada jail nahin jaana padenga. Woh sab kuch sambhalenga.

Sirf chaar-paanch mahine!! ... kaun hai yeh wakil??

Ram Jethmalani. Aapne shaayad uska naam suna hai. Woh kehta hai ki woh bachcha badaa badmaash hai - usko kidnapping ka drama khelne ka bahut shauk hai!

Toh yeh sab drama tha??

Haan ji. Bachcha bore ho raha tha, issliye uske daddy ne kaha -- "bhai usko motorcycle pe uthake thoda idhar-udhar ghumake vaapas ghar bhej do ... Adobe India ko bhi publicity mil jayega". Lekin yeh sab hamme uss wakt maloom nahin thha ... Jethmalani Sir ne aaj hi sab kuch bataya. Humko toh sirf itna bola tha ki acting karne ke liya pachhis lakh mil jayengi.

Unbelievable ... toh aap actually actor ho?

Ji haan. Aur abhi-abhi Jethlmalani Sir bataa rahe thhe ki hamara acting ekdum jabardast tha -- bachche ko lagaa ki humne sach-much usko kidnap karke leke gaye. Baap bhi bahut khush hai. Aur agle hafte Ekta ke saath Bambai mein hamara audition hai ... woh serial bannana chahati hai - Kyoonki actor bhi kabhi kidnapper tha!

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Am I in the wrong profession or what! :) Have a good week y'all.

BFN.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Guess you've been watching too many American Courtroom dramas; The right to remain silent along with the option of using anything the accused says in a courtroom does not exist in INDIA. They can remain silent, the cops will just bust their balls. Of course if they do admit anything in front of the police or even the damn media its not admissable in court unless its in front of a damn judge or some high level officer crap.

Anonymous said...

yes i'm a bit disillusioned with the entire lawyer rigmarole too... and have you ever considered working on a comic strip?

Iris said...

Haha...you are funny:-)

Anonymous said...

Dude, that was really funny!

And about that Jethma@#$@ idiot, I think there should be something like "Kitna bada ulloo hain Jethma@#$@!", or "Kya Jethma@#$@# satiyan gaya hain?"

Anonymous said...

its funny how this man is doing all that he possibly can to destroy his lifetime's reputation. guess money's more powerful than i gave it credit for...