I'm going to be honest, i didnt blog for a long time for a reason. It was this: I was supposed to attend a Blogadda sponsored visit to the auditions of MTV Roadies that were held in Hyderabad. It was a contest i had applied for, i'll admit. Just for fun. So i was just to visit, not audition myself or anything!
And it was awful. Actually, i wasnt sure what to expect. And i did try to keep an open mind about it. For starters, I took half day leave from work, for MTV Roadies! I dont even take off if i'm sick. So that was a big deal for me. (the things curiousity makes you do!!) I parked my car at a friend's place n walked down to the venue. I didnt know that area too well so i didnt want to risk waltzing in grandly in a vehicle n all. Besides I wasn't sure they'd let me park inside. When i got there, they let me right in. I think, they thought i was part of the crew or media (Weird, cuz i didnt have a tag on me yet. You need a tag if you're crew, if you're media, heck, even if you're a participant!)
So this lady who was on the phone with me, Gyathri, walks me from door 1 to door 2, gives me a media tag, and goes away. This was the part where i was supposed to interact with the participants, get to know them (really?), and absorb the energy levels in the house.
So i meekly go up to one girl, introduce myself, and ask her questions like: Why do you want to be a roadie? who is your favourite roadie? Are you from Hyderabad? Is this your first audition for this season or have you aditioned in a different city already? Did you audition before? Do you think Raghu, Rajiv and Ranvijay will come today? Are you excited about meeting them? How important is this show to you? How many people do they generally select at the end of the audition? Really? Just a couple? that's slim. Do you think you have a chance? what makes you different from the rest? Do you like being insulted on screen? Oh. ok... Can i get a picture with you?
Once i was through with her, I saw that girl go up on stage along with a few others, do a booty shake, allow herself to be rated and eventually voted out by the crowd. Curiously, I never caught her name.
There were others too, that i interacted with, questioned, probed, provoked and gently insulted. What did i care how they took it?! I was never seeing any of them agin in my life right! so I let my baser instincts out. In any case, they'd face a lot worse on reality TV. So i thought why not give 'em a heads up?!
There were so many different kinds of people there. I mean when you look at them, you'd go, "my, he's a looker!" But he opens his mouth and you already that he's never getting through.
After a while, Miss G texts me (for the lack of signals at the venue). I look at my watch and I'm just ever so glad to hear from her. It's mid-morning at this point. I call her back and she says, its time for group discussion. I could sit in on them and see how they went.
Sure. Sounded like fun. Maybe i have time to sit in on one. So i follow the masses of people down a winding path, until i reach tiny tiny tiny rooms at a corner of the auditorium. But unfortunately for me, i walked in on one that had already begun. And what's even worse, they were filming in that room. Whatta waste of tape! Anyhow, it wasnt my fault the way i see it. Why let me in at all?
The facilitator was a tight-lipped, bony, plastic, hostile bitch. No kidding! the only thing I'd give credit to was her Hindi. Apart from that, she had a big mouth and a hot head. She was rude to the participants and extremly teacher-like with them if you know what i mean! Sure, you gotta keep discipline, but I'd say, hey, cut these guys some slack. They're but human, you snotty little goddess!
I sat through one group discussion. Then i was hankering between sitting in on another one or getting out. I decided to sit in. Maybe, i thought, let's give 'her condescending highness' a chance. But all she did was eat chai and biscuit. shuffle papers, act busy and..eat more biscuit.
With biscuit girl behind me, i knew i was through with group discussions for the day. I looked at my watch. It was time to go. I had to get to work n cover for somebody else at work that day. So I called G, said goodbye n made my way back to the car.I did manage to ask G to call me in case the celebs (hosts) arrive. (I was curious if she would.) If she had called me back, i'd have probably dropped by on the way back from work n met them. (that would have been a curious meeting surely!)
I guess, if you've managed to read this thing through till the end, you'll know why I let the whole MTV Roadies hype cool down before posting this :)
P.S: I'd put up pictures, but i dont want to give possible faces to names and vice versa.
Chao!
