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Monday, March 27, 2006

Gult Attractiveness Quotient

I write ungodly long comments, that nobody reads. Snifff-full. At least, that’s what I’m going to believe, so I can strike a dejected Meena Kumari type pose and you all can chime in with ‘awwwws’ and tell me that it is not true. Yeah yeah. Anyway, on a more serious note — I think I babble a lot in the commentspace and I’d like to start putting up some of that yak yak as regular posts. This way I can —

  • Claim to write more frequently. Heh.
  • Mention my commenters ocassionally in my posts and win cookie points. (Raspberry shortbread be our favorite, just so you know. Nah, never cared much for brownies.)
  • Make you think twice before writing a nasty comment thinking nobody will notice it. Yes, it will be resurrected here in all its delicious glory to be flogged long after it is dead.

So to jumpstart the new tradition, here’s something from the commentspace of a post from about a month ago. A random remark of mine about Gult porn prompted some comments about the attractiveness (or lack thereof) of the Gult race. So I started to think about it. Which as some of you already know, is always and with no exceptions, a very bad idea. So here are my sweeping generalizations on the matter. Mostly cos I don’t have anything better to do at the moment.

Oh by the way, this is likely to piss off all my male Gult readers (four, at last count?) but stereotyping is so much fun. Plus the way I see it, if I am proved right, then yay me. And if I am proved wrong, then double yay me.

Sooo, Google searches seem to indicate that there is a dearth of Gult porn on the net. Which leads one to believe that either (a) it is non-existent OR (b) it is sooo good, that nobody wants to share it freely on the net. Since the latter is not likely (everything is free, one just needs to know how to find it), let us dissect the matter further, biology frog types.

  • The women

    Gult women are usually considered attractive. And not just to Gult men, although that’s an altogether special kind of romance. Arrey! You have four middle names? I also have four middle names! We were meant to be soulmates! Gush gush, blush blush. Public opinion also indicates that whether it is the more oomphy Sridevi and Jayaprada or the more demure and twinkly Waheeda Rehman, Gult women certainly have what it takes to make the men go sigh baba. (Let’s not get into a parochial argument about where Sridevi is from, pliss.)

    And this is not just about movie stars. Heck, even aNTi vouches for the fact that he knows a good number of Gult chamiyas. (A word we are proud to have taught him.) It is an altogether different matter that he claims to be ‘undeservingly single’ which makes one wonder what the deal is. But we’ll be tactful and not ask. Oh wait, I forgot. He is busy watching Kama Sutra with a ‘discerning eye’, so he has no time for them babes. The movie probably appeals to the soft core of the violent volcano that he is. Is it just me, or did that actually sound dirty? Never mind.

    But coming back to the point (You didn’t think there was one, did you? Ha!) demure saree-nudging and porn are two different things altogether, and perhaps we Gults are really good at the former, but have suspect skills in the latter? Now, to counter that, you might throw the more in-your-face-sex-appeal Sameera Reddy and Meghna Naidu types at me. (Well dammit, they won’t throw themselves at me, so you’re gonna have to do it!) But those are exceptions to the rule rather than the rule itself. No? Feel free to suggest otherwise with examples.

  • The men

    Ah yes, now we come to my real area of concern. NTR and ANR, Sobhan Babu and Murali Mohan, Chandra Mohan and Mohan Babu, my-dhobi-Mohan and Mohan-the-pan-shop-owner, Venkatesh and Nagarjuna, Balakrishna and Rajendra Prasad, Uday Kiran and Pawan Kalyan. Sure, they are fine specimens of manhood and all. And sure, they’ve worn red pants and yellow shirts, and at least half of them have thrust their hips obscenely. (Which probably led to the creation of the other half. Heh. Bad Megha. Sheesh.) But to lust after them is a rather scary and distasteful thought for both Gult and non-Gult women, methinks. Unless you have a thing for bushy eyebrows. Then you’re all set. No no, we’re not judgemental. Whatever tickles your fancy.

    And the one time I had a thing for a Southie hero, it was Karthik and he turned out to be Tam. Tchah. (It was right after watching Mouna Raagam, so cut me some slack please.) Oh by the way, I’ve left Chiru out of this list intentionally, of course. He’s special. Am sure you understand.

    Again, it is not just movie stars. Truth be told, there’s very few drop-dead gorgeous Gult men I have met/known/seen in my life. The women who read this blog, please to back me up on this. One time I thought I met a Gult who made my heart go thud-thud, he turned out to have half-Punjabi blood in him. Another time a Gult specimen got me all hubba-hubba, he opened his mouth and said — what is your good name, myaadam, and broke my heart. Yes, it does matter how they speak. Has the Deepak-Malhotra-pallo episode taught us nothing? (If you didn’t get that reference, you need to brush up on your pointless Hindi movie trivia from the early 90s.)

    Mind you, I am not saying there aren’t delectable Gult studs. I am just saying I haven’t met them yet. So all of you studmuffin readers of mine, not to go taking offense and all. (The non-studmuffins can take offense, no problemo.) Also, we are very willing to change our mind on this opinion we hold, so if you know people who defy this stereotype, don’t hesitate to introduce and all, okay? And please to not show them this blog post. Thenkewverrymuch.

So my conclusion is this. Gult women — Hot. Coy, but hot. Gult men — Eh. And maybe, the combination is what prevents Gult porn from happening? Opinions solicited, of course. And if you’re planning to take this post seriously and send me email bombs and leave nasty comments, may I remind you what apna Sallu advised everyone, while shaking his bum in 70mm glory — Beliya, dil se mila le dil .. just chill chill, just chill.

116 Comments
  1. Heh Heh · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Ouch.
    I am so glad right now that I am not gult.

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 2:25 PM

  2. gvenum · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    I lived in Bombay for few years and had quite a few flings. I wouldn’t get into the details who ended all those flings. But the very fact “they” were into a fling with me should be used as my exoneration of these humiliating stereotyping of gults (with me being one). So please acknowledge that I am not one of those. I’ll give you a cookie if you do. Please please! :)

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 2:42 PM

  3. Amateur Blogger · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Funny as usual, but the gaping holes in your reasoning force me to comment, even though I’m very sleepy and cranky (gives you an idea of what’s coming). In mathematical terms, the hypothesis is correct, but the proof, IMO, isn’t and this is why:

    “Sooo, Google searches seem to indicate that there is a dearth of Gult porn on the net.”
    You don’t find free porn on Google anyways. Search engines block them out, except of course for astalavista.com which, at least till some years ago, specialised in blocking everything else.

    “Gult women are usually considered attractive.”
    If we’re being racist anyways, considering you ranked races by the percentage of their women who are considered attractive, which races would be ranked below Gults?
    I know that Gult-land has some amazing looking women and some that don’t go “Saar!!!”, but I so wouldn’t generalise that.

    “to lust after them is a rather scary and distasteful thought for both Gult and non-Gult women,”
    So, how often have you watched porn? And how many other women do you know who regularly watch porn and are turned on by it?
    My point being, the porn industry probably doesn’t give a rats ass about what women like in a porn movie. It’s called market segmentation. And the feminists might rave and rant, but that’s capitalism for you.
    If you actually found a male porn star attractive, I guess it’s because of the high availability ;). I re-iterate, guy in porn movie, not important.

    “Gult women — Hot. Coy, but hot”
    I take offence at this generalisation. It is an insult to my judgement. I doubt you care, but I just feel strongly about it.

    Please to provide correct proof.
    For hints, check out this Russel Peters video.

    AB

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 3:53 PM

  4. sanjana · Other comments for this name

    You are right on, Megha
    I am a gult babe and I can vouch for the fact that gult babes are haawwt! He.h
    I shall leave gult men alone, let me just say there’s not much to talk about :-)

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 4:22 PM

  5. Fleiger · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    If you are going to talk about comments, fleiger wants you to “pliss to note that” (In your words), the warning given on this webpage at the end. In essense, it says,

    “Please, please don’t waste my time with stupid emails because you actually want to be on the Wall of Shame.”

    The circumstances are quite similar to prompt you to put it somewhere. (and no, this is not one of the nasty comments waiting to appear in your blogpost of shame.)

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 8:18 PM

  6. shub · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Now, to counter that, you might throw the more in-your-face-sex-appeal Sameera Reddy and Meghna Naidu types at me. Well dammit, they won’t throw themselves at me, so you’re gonna have to do it!)
    *GASP*
    Megha?!
    Oh well its a free world :p

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 8:28 PM

  7. Anonymous · Other comments for this name

    This was the kinda blog one takes home to mummy
    but look , she’s writing about pornography!
    This bantering tone is hogwash, if you ask me
    The Megha is a racist, sexist too, chee chee.

    Thank god for chamiyas in our nation
    who just demurely excite imagination.
    For gonadal urges, tis a bit dry, we fear
    for google blocks our porn, we hear.

    Plenty of us droolworthy, lady
    Not the McCoy, but slim n shady.
    But we shall not get drawn into this debate
    for we are miffed, as on date.

    We be the gult men, we are proud
    and do not say such things aloud
    But we be overly sensitive too
    bout telugu inti aadaparuchu.

    ?! .( Where be all the other Mugguru Monagallu ?)

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 9:24 PM

  8. qs.gemini · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    I feel so ignorant - who are Gults? And how are they different from Tams? I know punju, Gujju, Mallu… and that’s pretty much it!
    I got over Deepak Malhotra in one second after that Pallo incident - never gave that hottie a second look! - preferred Anil Kapoor to him, tch tch :)
    … not sure about Gults, but Punju dudes are cool - [as are punju dudettes - if I may say so myself! ;-)]

    At the end of the day, geographies don’t matter - love conquests it all - before I start reciting Romeo and Juliet, I might as well exit gracefully!

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 10:11 PM

  9. :-) · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Funny post. Gotta agree with your POV. But then, you havent met me yet.
    Funnier is Amateur Blogger’s response. I am sure this comment box is gonna rock for a while. :-)
    Btw, didnt know you are gult babe. Now, thats some fuel to creative mills.

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 10:28 PM

  10. aNTi · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    *starts typing up a long comment, but decides that he has to convert into a post to compensate for the loss of reputation among his various silent admirers - an extreme loss stemming from aspersions cast on his hobbies, his eccelectic tastes in movies and his lifestye in general.

    Hasta la vista Chamiya Sahiba.. Hasta la vista…

    [smiley] You did not know that even when you invited someone to blog from your private Isle of Love? ;)

    [?!]
    Plenty of us droolworthy, lady
    Not the McCoy, but slim n shady.
    But we shall not get drawn into this debate
    for we are miffed, as on date.

    We, Tams are with you bro.. All men are with you… Down with the unjust generalizations..

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 11:02 PM

  11. iyer education · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    dhammal post lady…

    but please leave out sameera reddy out of the equation…

    she is one HOT gult woman… and you watch your words with her… she is getting herself educated at iyer university ;)

    *dejected at his pehla crush-cum-lust-cum-pyaar being uchaalofied in public*

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 11:19 PM

  12. ShivA · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    well you mite be interested ! http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainment/livewire/livewire/id/3042/news/RamCharanTeja.html

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 11:28 PM

  13. iyer education · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    moral policing and all haan… now i cant use the words pani-cum-chai, mixer-cum-grinder, printer-cum-scanner… only the comments of bhola bhaala people like me are punished because of this “pramod navalkar” type moral police…

    nice technical innovation though :D

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 11:29 PM

  14. Brat · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    aaaaaaaah.
    Chee chee. Whats the world coming to. Now we talk about that thing which starts with a P on a family blog like so ? And before you start with “woo said this yis ya family blaag” stop right there. Dont you thinku we aaru aalu wonu biggu family? tchah.
    By the way , why would you want Meghna Naidus and Sameera Reddys hurled at you ? We luuuuuv you gal…we dont want you to go SQUELCH now, do we?
    Wokay me need to bathe and cleanse me off this blasphemy….ah the sacrilege.
    “Juuuulie…..get my towel will you…sweetlips”

    Monday, March 27, 2006 @ 11:54 PM

  15. iyer education · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    again technial innovation with a twistaa?
    now the comments are “approved” by the “censor board of yum n yum” aaa?

    you have got a lot of twistu in the tailu :D

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 12:16 AM

  16. Anon · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Nope — you are not getting to my stash of gult porn dammit! Actually, come to think of it (shudder), it is a nightmare (in the sense the guys are knights and the ladies all look like mares) if there ever was one. So in that sense, you are better off not having that experience — trust me..

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 12:26 AM

  17. Anon · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    emiti amma? Edo pedda gult femalevi ani feelinga? Jarra light teesukorade? Damaag koo hallu hallu thanda karke get some ugadi pachchadi ready!

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 12:32 AM

  18. Meenu · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Hee Hee! I LOVE your blog. Drop by my blog for a chat and a few laughs! :o)

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 1:13 AM

  19. S · Other comments for this name

    come on!!! did u really expect to find free gult porn on google??? and did u really, REALLY think the aesthetics of the porn star wannabe’s (both male or female) had anything to do with it(the making, availability or lack of)? for once i am not able to figure out if this is a piece of classic sarcastic humor, megha-ishtyle, or u r for real :(

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 1:24 AM

  20. :-) · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    aNTi: What to do man. So strong is my desire to share the island with Megha, I actually forgot to ask her full name.

    Yeah, this is gross generalization. Today its Gults, tomorrow its going to be Tams. We must change this.

    Hey Megha, how do I send my (and aNTi’s ‘other side’) pics to you?

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 2:23 AM

  21. shredder · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Massa smiley rocks. Massa aNTi rocks.

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 2:25 AM

  22. ?! · Other comments for this name

    aNTi : Maybe you should post pics of the hardcore variety to undo the damage.

    Errr… as opposed to soft core of violent volcano wonly, not what assorted chamiyas here already rushing to your blog would expect.

    :)

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 2:47 AM

  23. Sue · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    You shoulda seen my first boyfriend, girl. He was (come to think of it, still is) HOT. And he was as Gult as they come. Since I spent several decisive years in A.P. I think I’m an honorary Gult. In spots. And when it suits me to be.

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 2:54 AM

  24. Raj · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Pardon my ignorance but the word ‘Gult’ refers to people from Andhra Pradesh, right?

    I don’t know too many people from Andhra so can’t really comment on the merits/demerits of your dissection!

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 4:01 AM

  25. Kusum Rohra · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    ROTFL… Gosh i recently attended a wedding where my hot, coy gult friend married this gult guy, will reserver my comments about the groom, but his friends were everything that you mentioned here :)… i saw so much of the obscene hip movements and the unmentionable pelvic thrust that my head started spinning,i think you should write a post (generalisation) on tam brams too :)

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 4:41 AM

  26. Chary · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    gult ‘babes’ exist? i’ve never met any (let’s leave film stars out). anyway, going by a very indo-aryan definition of beauty, i don’t think many ‘tam brams’ (or many other tams for that matter) pass the test either. and this gult-tam conflict and separation has always confused me - have you ever heard of a gult who’s actually 100% tam bram? yeah, that’s me… and hey, i admit i’m ugly - but i don’t blame only andhra for it! ;-)

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 6:33 AM

  27. kuffir · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    glad you agree with me on gult women. now, where’s the offensive part? you don’t find gult men attractive ? good. now, drink up your milk.

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 8:57 AM

  28. jethro · Other comments for this name

    bah……..ask a keen judge like me with a very discerning eye about the beauty of gult women……from parade grounds to paradise and from anakapalli to anantapur not a single one did i come across….and it was not due to lack of effort on my part

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 9:37 AM

  29. the Monk · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Ha! How could the Gult porn industry have survived the fearsome onslaught of the Mallu porn industry? No way Megha, not while Shakeela still breathes the (still largely unpolluted, on a completely unrelated note) air of South India.

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 11:37 AM

  30. Jay · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [m] Woman, you need to go out some more! Sure there are some good-looking gult men out there who’d love to take you out (I don’t know you, but I’m sure someone who does can vouch for your charisma and GAQ) … personally, I’ve only met a few gult men and they’re all taken. But is race/ethnicity a big concern? Just curious.

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 4:07 PM

  31. Vinay · Other comments for this name

    Deepak “pallo” Malhotra. Didn’t think anyone would remember that. You rock. Honestly, I blame Yash Chopra and the editors. What were they doing? After all, Sridevi survived for quite some time with dubbed dialogues. And he did not look that bad an actor for that period (not to speak of today of course. These days even Imran Hashmis get work).

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 4:50 PM

  32. S · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Disclaimer: am not the “S” who commented afore.

    The problem with Gults (I am also one) is that they are largely unidimensional. And that one dimension is Marriage. To a smaller extent they also focus on movies.
    Gulti men: We are sadly mostly lacking in personality even if a normal distribution would ensure good looking junta somewhere. Thoda varied interests rakho bhai-log. Worst crime we commit: we are atrocious misers when we travel abroad. That USD-to-INR calculator whirs ever. Tiring. But on the positive side we are generally good sports and many (not me though) can have a good sense of humour.
    Gulti women: I havent come across many ulti-bomb-type gulti women yet. Hopefully they exist and I shall come across a few. The typical specimen of this sub-species suffers from a lack of glamour and ayyo-amma type of mindset. But when they come of the broad-minded persuasion who have seen the world they are usually terrific company.

    As far as gult-porn is concerned ’tis a lost cause. The frikking mallu-fat-ass women who dominate Indian porn have some kind of monopoly. So-called gult-porn is nothing but dubbed mallu porn. Dialogues such as “idhi yemi chestunnaru meeru!!” abound. So much for lust!! heheh. (And Megha, nobody searches for indian porn using Google. Tsk, tsk.)

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 5:38 PM

  33. srihari · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Firstly, I must say, that’s a daring woman who would talk in public about porn. Now, looks like you haven’t done your homework well. The attractiveness of Gult guys - as agreed upon by “a reasonably large” percentage of experts on the subject - is expressed by an equation A = P raised to the power of (g multiplied by S)

    where P is the worth property owned by the guy (in crore rupees, round off to the next integer, please),
    g is boolean which is 1 if he holds a Green-card, and 0 if he doesn’t,
    S is the annual salary in U.S dollars after tax deductions, less the average wasteful expenditure* in the last five years( to the uninitiated, this includes cars, bikes, gizmos, gadgets; *ladies jewelry is not considered wasteful), and
    A is the attractiveness measured as the probable time(measured in seconds) that an average Gult woman will even consider him as a prospective partner for life.

    Venukonda Nagavenkata Satya Srinivasa Reddy(1999) proposed an addendum to this body of research, suggesting that the same equation is applicable to the attractiveness of Gult girls,with minor modifications: the parameter g is replaced by h, where h is 1 if the girl has no brothers, and is 0 if she has. Oh, and yes, S is the annual salary in rupees of the girl’s dad, the usual rules again.

    References:
    1. How to marry a Gult, for Dummies? Aaxfard University Press, 1983. Reprinted 1999.

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 8:53 PM

  34. qs.gemini · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Being newly initiated into the world of Gults (and the obvious shortcoming of this medium - no pictures), I cannot really comment on the “looks”! Bummer!
    It is however very obvious, that they have a good sense of humor - the underlying assumption being that a large percentage of contribution to this discussion is coming from Gult men! Phunny stuff!

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 10:04 PM

  35. kuffir · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    guys/gals : shakeela is gult too. looks like she agrees with lil mem here: she has acted in more mallu movies than gult ones.

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 10:28 PM

  36. twinkletoes · Other comments for this name

    (megha) aila!
    jhingchak post, megha…i lowwwwwwe it when you make funny generalizations and people actually get riled up about ‘em…. heh heh( rubs palms in gleeful glee)
    who , pray tell, is “pallo”? :-)

    Tuesday, March 28, 2006 @ 11:59 PM

  37. Megha · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Loooooong comment response. Proceed with caution.

    Twinky took the words out of my mouth when she said - ‘I lowwwwwwe it when you make funny generalizations and people actually get riled up about ‘em.’ I do love it too. But we shall keep our tongue firmly in cheek, and continue the charade.

    [Heh Heh] Now now, it is so much fun being a Gult. Gives me a chance to heartlessly mock myself :)

    [gvenum] Oh, you hot gult stud you. No no. Nobody said Gults don’t have flings. Or get any action. There. You can eat your cookie now.

    [Amateur Blogger] Reasoning? Really now? Amidst baseless sweeping generalizations you saw reasoning, albeit holey? Where where? And proof? You being sleepy and cranky shouldn’t mean that you go around looking for things that don’t exist, you know? :)

    And er, why is my thinking that Gult women are ‘coy but hot’ insulting to your judgement? Your judgement indicates that they are not hot? Or not coy? Either way, isn’t that a generalization on your part? Surely we can both generalize and be happy? :)

    [sanjana] Glad you agree! :)

    [Fleiger] Thankoo. Although I thought the copious quantities of disclaimers were plenty, I shall duly apply the suggested line it to any and all who decide to take us seriously :)

    [shub] Heh heh ;)

    [?!] *cackling to glory* Ooooh, brilliant pottery! And this also establishes that we may lack a bit in the looks department but we more than make up in our literary skills. The MMs are all here now, I think?

    [qs.gemini] Ayyo! Gults are people from Andhra. Telugu speaking peoples, that’s who Gults are. And Tams are Tamilians. And yesh, Anil Kapoor minus the mooch was still hotter than pallo uncle. And yes yes, love is blind, doesn’t see geographic boundaries and all that. But stereotypes do! :)

    [Smiley] Here’s a thought. How about we take these strong desires and put them where the sun doesn’t shine? Now, the sunny island in Fiji wouldn’t be an option for that, I suppose? And you guys should really send your pictures to each other. Smiley, meet aNTi. aNTi, meet Smiley. Am sure you guys can take it from here? *dusts her hands and walks away towards the sunset, smiling contentedly at a match well made*

    [shredder] Your loyalty is going to be the end of you, one of these days.

    [aNTi] A work of art it is. *bows to the poet* And I see we are being accused of faulty education already!

    [Rumpy] Uff, that technical innovation uses a badword list by default, so it wasn’t our own moral policing. Your pointing it out to us, made us remove the word from the list, and so your comment came back to its original glory. Kya tum bhi :)

    [ShivA] Grr. Just cos he’s Chiru’s son? What does this post tell you, huh huh?

    [Brat] Family blog, heh heh. Thought that went out of the window when I wrote about the searches that led people here :) But yes, of course we are one big happy family. Why else would you try to protect me from the Sameeras and Meghnas of the world? No selfish interest whatsoever, na?

    [Anon] Damn. You saw through my devious plan.

    [Anon] Emiti amma? Edo pedda gult femalevi ani feelinga? Jarra light teesukorade? - LOL! Priceless. Just for reactions like that I need to make sweeping generalizations more often :)

    [Meenu] I do drop by on your blog from time to time. Yum :)

    [S] C’mon now, what part of this post even remotely suggested that I should be taken seriously? :)

    [Sue] Tell me, O leopard, what good will these exceptions do to me when I am intent upon making shallow generalizations? Huh huh?

    [Raj] Yep, that’s who Gults are :)

    [Kusum] Obscene hip movements and unmentionable pelvic thrusts in weddings? Really? Wow. I thought that was a phillum exclusive. I need to start attending more weddings in my family then. And we shall only heckle those that we have inside info about and Tam Brams are definitely not our area of expertise :)

    [Chary] I know a few Gult ‘babes’ so I can vouch for the fact that they are not an urban legend. A Gult who is a Tam Bram? Interesting that.

    [kuffir] Glug. Now?

    [jethro] What else can I say except offer sympathies?

    [the Monk] Ah, true that. But we were just gently suggesting that the reasons could be internal as well :)

    [Jay]

    But is race/ethnicity a big concern?

    Er? Duh? Really now! You had to actually ask that? Tsk tsk.

    [Vinay] Oh we do remember him vividly. Grade A eye-candy he was. Sigh :)

    [S the Second] LOL! With lines like ‘idi emi chestunnaru meeru‘ I can safely say I will not be watching any Gult porn in this lifetime. And if I were ever looking to change that, I also know now, not to Google for it. Most educative experience this has been, overall.

    [srihari] Brilliant! This formula does simplify life immensely. Thenkew. And since we’re at it, is there one for non-Gults as well?

    [qs.gemini] Very true! I was remarking to a friend today, after reading this commentspace - While we Gults may sometimes lack in looks, we more than make up for it with our sense of humor! :)

    [kuffir] We did not do relative comparisons now, did we? Tsk tsk.

    [twinky] Thank you. You stole the words out of our mouth!

    And you don’t know pallo? Deepak Malhotra = stud model of his time. Cast as senior Sridevi’s hero in Lamhe. Short role, had to show up and look good. All went well, until he opened his mouth. In a nasal voice that would put Kumar Sanu to shame, said - Pallo. (Sridevi’s name in the movie being Pallavi.) One word that changed his and many an adoring fan’s life.

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 4:41 AM

  38. Tony the fan · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Rocking post…
    Reminds me of the Sidin nomenclature post

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 4:42 AM

  39. Megha · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [Tony] Thank you :)

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 4:49 AM

  40. journeylist · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    aaaaagghhhhhrhrrr!! sobhan babu….takes one back to the time when this unsuspecting soul newly-landed in gultland waiting for her weekly dose of chitrahaar was instead treated to sobhan babu’s facial and anatomical gyrations on chitralahiri. priceless it was!! sigh!!! and don’t you dare be rude about venkatesh. i still proudly display a snap clicked when he came to inaugurate something in my school and i got to stand next to him in his scruffy-unshaven-shirt open-chest hair-displaying glory! sigh again!!

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 9:01 AM

  41. Lak · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Happy Ugadi—may your Ugadi pachhadi have very few neem flowers and a lot of gur and honey!

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 9:09 AM

  42. Falstaff · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Megha: I plead not-gulty.

    On gult-porn - I think the real reason there’s no gult porn is the language. Can you imagine someone going “Ya baby! Oh Yes! Yes! YES!!” in gult? Or even in English with that accent? Talk about turn-offs.

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 9:20 AM

  43. The Guy Next Door · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Err, Whats Gult ?

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 9:22 AM

  44. Megha · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [journeylist] Aha! Another person who suffered Sobhan Babu via Chitralahiri. Yay! I had written a lament on this matter a long time ago, that you might relate to - Mov(ie)ing memories. And wokay, we will not say anything against Vyankatesh. It seems like there *are* people who have a thing for bushy eyebrows, after all. Heh :)

    [Lak] Thank you Lakshmi! Happy Ugadi and happy new year to you too!

    [Falstaff] Oooh. *evil grin* Now you made me create the Gult version of that in my head - ‘Avunu bayy-bee, avunu! Avunu! AVUNUUU! Nenu vostunnaanu!’ I assure you that at this point, any Gult who reads this comment, will silently envy you for NOT understanding the language.

    [The Guy Next Door] People from Andhra. Te-lu-gu becomes Gu-lu-te becomes Gulti becomes Gult. Hope that helps :)

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 10:12 AM

  45. :-) · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Gee…whats this fixation with fixing me with fellow dudes? First it was Patrix, now its aNTi. Cant I have a normal partner like everyone else?

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 10:23 AM

  46. shredder · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Massa Smiley still rocks. Massa Smiley says Massa aNTi rocks.

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 10:25 AM

  47. Megha · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [Smiley] Okay, admittedly, aNTi’s volcanic tendecies raise an eyebrow or two. But otherwise he’s as ‘normal’ as they come. So cut him some slack, will ya? (Although, *my* attesting for anyone’s normalcy isn’t saying much, but lets let that one go for now, shall we?)

    [shredder] There’s no hope for you.

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 10:40 AM

  48. S · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Aila! mereko S the Second bana diya. Can I be S the Terrible?
    Your gult version of porn-dialogues was strangely disturbing and… stirring. (pun not intended)

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 11:01 AM

  49. Anon · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Am glad my comment could validate the existence of this post! I would like to point out the tongue-in-cheekness of the comment for posterity though. Oh and a Happy New Year to you!

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 11:05 AM

  50. Megha · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [S the Terrible] Shoor, there you go! And yesh, that was quite bad, I’ll admit. Every time I go back and read it, I cringe a little bit more. Heh. And while I am sure I’ll live to regret this, I’ll ask anyway - Disturbing yes. But stirring? Pray why?

    [Anon] You really didn’t have to clarify, but thankoo! Happy Ugadi to you too :)

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 11:32 AM

  51. aNTi · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [?!] We decided not to post any photographs after our likeness was lampooned just like this.

    [Megha] About Gult heros, what’s with “Paaawer Staaarr” Pawan Kalyan’s mush! Him and Nagarjuna, I wonder how they eat! I don’t fault your Karthik fixation. Those 25 minutes that he has on screen in Mouna Raagam probably caused more weak knees than what the likes of Maddy and Surya can ever imagine to cause in their lifetimes. We are still talking about that role! As for current day, reliable sources tell us that Siddarth’s big in gult movies and a couple of gult chamiyas I know, get off on Surya’s Tam movies. It seems that the force is strong in that one!
    Anyways, we are miffed (and rightly so) that you say that we don’t have time for them babes. We have all the time to do the things we’d love to do. We just choose not to run behind the babes. After all a guy can be enigmatic too, right? In fact Our poetry (ya, that is our idea of poetry) has a lot of barely hidden messages for people concerned!
    We were just going to get done with this comment when we noticed your response to Falstaff. Avunu bayy-bee, avunu! Avunu! translates to a Yaa baby! Oh Yes! Yes! YES!!, yes, but what was that you said that went beyond Falsie’s words, something like vostunnaanu? I am not saying anything, but looks like you are a bad bad gal.
    We also noticed another exchange. Arghhhhh… Smiley aur mere dosti ko tum badnaam kar rahe ho. Yeh Karan aur Raj vaala dosti nahi hai. Yeh dosti tho Veeru aur Jai ka dosthi hai aur usko hum nahi chodenge. Speaking of Veeru, how do I get in touch with your mausi?

    [smiley] Yeh zaalim duniya…yahaan humaare (you, me and Shredder bai) dosthi ka benaami beizzati ho raha hai.

    *whistles… “Yeh dosti hum nahi chodenge, todenge dum magar trea saath na chodenge”

    * Dusts his oversized aviators, starts his phutphutiya and drives off with a rueful smile, ruminating on the ones that got away.

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 11:33 AM

  52. S · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    The problem is that I have a hyperactive imagination. So that translation of yours added ghaslet (kerosene for non-bombay types) to said imagination.
    Now think Ajit of Hindi movie villaindom. Think his nick name (as in : saari duniya mujhe loin (sic!) ke naam se jaanti hai). Now think “stirring” and associated english phrase. Connect 2+2 to get 24.
    Hopefully the above explanation was not too detailed. The pun becomes stale when explained.

    S the Teribblest

    Post scriptum: You asked for it!

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 11:51 AM

  53. gvenum · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    I echo anti’s words “Speaking of Veeru, how do I get in touch with your mausi?”
    Yesh! how do we get in touch with your mausi?. Does she have a DSL connection at home or sellipone of some szort!
    *scrolling yellow pages of Ramgarh vaasis while munching the cookie..thanks BTW for the cookie..
    Veeru no…..Jai No….(he is dead why is he still here ) …Basanti …..not listed tschah!…..no mausi yet hmm!”

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 12:06 PM

  54. kuffir · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    meghalomaniamma: ‘Glug. Now?’. sare, ippudu pedda-pedda vishayalu matladakunda velli paduko.. emma?!
    ‘We did not do relative comparisons now, did we? Tsk tsk.’
    and i was not making a relative comparison either.. just meant that shakeela, like you, prefers non-gult things in general..
    falstaff: glad you sneaked in a derogatory remark about the language in the garb of making a humorous remark about its unsuitability for expressing certain feelings? not guilty? your name does suggest that you can’t be guilty.

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 12:15 PM

  55. Megha · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [aNTi] We shall refrain from digs at ‘Nag’ since we just promised not to pick on his ex-brother-in-law a few comments ago :) And we need to emphatically state that we cannot stand Madhavan and don’t have a clue who Surya is. So that’s that.

    Arrey, be as enigmatic as you want baba. We were just trying to explain to the babes why you might appear disinterested sometimes. That way, next time some babe keels over and faints next to you, and you don’t do a single darn thing about it, she’ll at least find solace in the fact that she’s being ignored for Indira Varma, or better Rekha. Just trying to make all your fans feel a wee bit better, that’s all. See how much we watch out for you, and you have no appreciation only. Tchah.

    And arrey, what we did with [Falstaff]’s comment there was just artistic liberty. C’mon, you can at least grant us that much, no? :) And pray why do you want to get in touch with our mausi? Who is planning on climbing the tanki?

    [S the Terribull] Hey no fair. You said, pun NOT intended, so I innocently asked. Had I known, I would have not-so-innocently axed instead. Tchah. Uff. Gah. Bah.

    [gvenum] What is this sudden flurry of interest in my mausi? Why is everyone trying to be Jai? And who are all these tank-aspiring people whose rishtas are going to be inflicted upon her? And how come none of them showed up behind the Shiv-ji ka mandir when I visited there earlier today? People bypass too many steps nowadays. Shortcuts ka zamaana it is becoming, I tell you!

    [kuffir] Yawn. The badam-milk was gooood.

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 12:37 PM

  56. S · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Yeah. I think i went a bit over the top there. Erk.
    I shall leave now. Over and outre.

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 1:08 PM

  57. Megha · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [S the Terribull] Nah. We just make noise for the heck of it. No biggie at all :)

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 1:18 PM

  58. aNTi · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [Megha] We thought we made it clear a long time ago that we don’t think high of Indra Verma. And If a gal keels over and faints next to us, we know that the hallmark of a gallant gentleman (which we are) is to immediately adminster CPR without delay. So we know what to do when such a thing happens. Btw, the movie that has propelled Surya to great heights is available on Netflix!

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 1:29 PM

  59. Sriram · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    *Falls of the chair one more time after seeing aNTi’s photo* So, I yam latte for this partay, eh? (”ultra-cool” languvage, pliss not to mind). yeny vay, ve shud sey dat ve hate gult heroes for their weird dress sense (and yes, we hate the cow-boy hero of our own, Mishter Ramarajan too) but me agrees with the chamiyas part. we loves that.

    [aNTi] Whoa! we don’t think high of indira verma? but why? (utterly confounded by aNTi’s statement)

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 1:48 PM

  60. Essar · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    You know, I used to think that Gult men are ok. The reddys are gult no? - I’ve known some hot reddy guys. But Bong men - Oh sweet jesus. Will god please do something about them!!!

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 2:50 PM

  61. Non Gult · Other comments for this name

    haha..you really laid the smackdown on Gult guys here…but i envy my gult pals though…they become crorepatis after shaadi…

    off topic : were u at lucky strike bowling alley recently (next to fenway park?)

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 4:33 PM

  62. gvenum · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [Megha]

    And how come none of them showed up behind the Shiv-ji ka mandir when I visited there earlier today?

    I was camped at the newly built Shirdi Sai Baba mandir. I thought Sai baba temple is the place to be. Will I ever get it right? Shucks! * writing a complaint to Telecom Dept for not listing Mausi’s number in the Yellow pages*

    [Non Gult]

    off topic : were u at lucky strike bowling alley recently (next to fenway park?)

    If there is a Shiv Mandir and big tanki next to the bowling alley then it’s her :-)

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 5:48 PM

  63. Fleiger · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Well, you can never be too careful…

    Wednesday, March 29, 2006 @ 11:28 PM

  64. Seetha · Other comments for this name

    I am gult and so I write.

    I did not read all the comments, but there are two things that I think account for the lack of gult porn.

    One of them has already been talked about in the comments space: The accented English. Gult guys speak perfect English in the worst possible accent. Put them in America and they try to learn the american accent. 1000 times worse! It would be such a turn off to hear dirty talk in either of the accents. No, thank you.

    Reason two (not sure if someone has already said this) : Every gult guy has a mush. Is there a porn star who grows mucchi and is as hirsute as a bear (like Sobhan Babu)? I would not watch that kind of porn. Call it ‘droham’ to my gultland or whatever.

    Btw, to prove your point, the only good looking gult I’ve known and hence dated, was only half gult. Sigh.

    ./S

    Thursday, March 30, 2006 @ 12:00 AM

  65. aNTi · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [Seetha] You asked - Is there a porn star who grows mucchi and is as hirsute as a bear (like Sobhan Babu)?
    Add “pot belly” to that description and our answer for you would be - RON JEREMY!!!!

    For more information, just TRY a Google image search (with Safe Search turned off). What you see would give you nightmares for days. I certainly am gonna have them for the next few days…

    [Sriram] We should probably take this offline, since a much descriptive answer needs to be given. However we will say here that Indra Verma is as wooden as Pinnochio ever was.

    [P.S: All doubting thomas’ and theresa’s should realise that in the words of one famous screen ascetic - “Inparmasion…is wealth-u” and that’s all this is - Information transfer]

    Thursday, March 30, 2006 @ 12:58 AM

  66. Brat · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    *Forgets why he came…reads the gult heavy comments…again wonders what he is doing here…vaguely hums “raa raa sarasaku raa raa” and limps off to other blaags*

    Thursday, March 30, 2006 @ 2:22 AM

  67. Aditya Ramani · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Isn’t the hypothesis based on a rather dubious data source ;)..
    Another enigma remains :
    How are such ugly guys born out of such beautiful women? heh…

    Thursday, March 30, 2006 @ 3:20 AM

  68. m0rph3us · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    I agree! Show me a hot gult man and I shall show you a black guy who cant dance!!

    Thursday, March 30, 2006 @ 11:28 AM

  69. twinkletoes · Other comments for this name

    [smiley]
    the “ones that got away”, eh…
    you make us sound like avian species….
    anywhat..

    [morpheus]
    i knew a hot gult man once..(flashback mode)
    he knew he was hot, and he also suffered from a condition we’ve hence diagnosed as narcissism combined with a huge dose of megalomania( no, no, not megHalomania heh heh):
    this combination made him seem vaguely obnoxious and vaguely attractive at the same time..(and people wonder why i has lost my minds)

    [megha]
    wat this is, woman?i sawed “lamhe”, but i thinks i’s minds blocked the scene where the dude says “pallo” (mebbe becaajh i sawed i’s name being murdered?)

    Thursday, March 30, 2006 @ 4:25 PM

  70. Anon · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    TT: you make us sound like avian species….

    I thought all chicks belonged to the Gallus gallus type!?

    Thursday, March 30, 2006 @ 9:27 PM

  71. Anon · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    I have another thought about why there is no gult porn : The telugu movie industry. All the gult movies have such a heavy dose of moves, grabs, cleverly placed apples/oranges/grapes, wet saree dances and other such activities that it obviates the need for porn per se. The common man is satisfied seeing the movies. Plus given the stigma attached to these “bad” movies, everyone is happier with the more socially acceptable version — soft porn..

    Thursday, March 30, 2006 @ 9:37 PM

  72. amIda1 · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    yeh Gult kya hota hai?

    Thursday, March 30, 2006 @ 11:37 PM

  73. Begumpetite · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    Om. Sri Vyaya naama samvatsara subhaakaankshalu. Why, madam, like that? Its a supply and demand ting. Existence of nubile Gult nymphets and nubile Gult ogres will not lead to wholesome, decent, Gult porn (with family values), no? Or will it? It’ll be very hard to shoulder aside some of the entrenched Gods of porn tings and establish a Gult niche in this vast spectrum…

    We ramble.

    Thursday, March 30, 2006 @ 11:40 PM

  74. Megha · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    [aNTi] That’s why we added the bit about Rekha. Think about it - if she has to deal with second-hand treatment anyway, then there is more izzat in it being at the hands of Rekha as compared to IV. Is this the same Gharshana you were telling me about? The link you point to requires a Netflix login, and we are amongst the 1.8% of the audience who doesn’t have one, so tell.

    [Sriram] You are never too late for the perpetual party we have at the violent volcano’s expense, so no worry :)

    [Essar] When we finally have a talk with God about Gult men, we’ll be happy to put in a word on your behalf about Bongs too. Although I personally have no complaints about them :)

    [Non Gult]

    off topic : were u at lucky strike bowling alley recently (next to fenway park?)

    Nah, I wasn’t. Why? Did you spot a dragon? Or was a Gult getting insulted somewhere around there?

    [gvenum] It is very depressing when people their Sholay fundas confused. Here’s how it works. I go to Shiv-ji mandir. I do Monday upvaas-ing (no not canvassing) for the sake of achha jeevan saathi and all that. Veeru-wannabe hides behind the statue and bellows into an empty coke can. I discover his trick, get mad and ride off on my taanga with a ‘chal hat saale’. Song sequence follows. Finally Jai-wannabe goes to mausi with rishta and causes much joy for all involved. So you see, I take umbrage at people happily bypassing the mandir stage and directly proceeding to ask for mausi’s phone number. It is just not done, plus I get cheated of a song routine. Bah!

    [Fleiger] Heh. True that :)

    [Seetha] Aha, yes. I said this once for a mooch-hating friend and you can perhaps apply it to yourself too - When the hair is apparent, it can sometimes impede the creation of an heir apparent. Pliss to pardon the wordplay and all, we’re a little sleep deprived. And thank you for supporting my theory :)

    [Brat] Wherefrom song? :)

    [Aditya] Well, the hypothesis wasn’t really based on *anything*, to be honest :) But indeed a mystery, that.

    [m0rph3us] :)

    [twinky] Ayyo! How could you do this to your jaan? That line was aNTi’s! And um, er .. you’s name being murdered? Does my atmaben have multiple names or wot? Discuss in commentspace only if comfortable.

    [Anon] Hmm. Now that’s a thought. But haven’t strategically placed flowers, fruits (or fig leaves as we get more enterprising), pelvic thrusts, transparent sarees and waterfalls been part of the Indian film (Gult, Hindi and others too) routine for a while? Yet the porn industry has survived it all.

    [amlda1] People from Andhra. Telugu-speaking people, that’s who.

    [Begumpetite] Hallo hallo! Nutana samvatsara subhaakaankshalu to you too. I agree it is hard to build a market for it now. But one just wonders what the Mallus did so right, and why the others don’t seem to have a knack for it. Quest for knowledge, nothing else.

    Friday, March 31, 2006 @ 12:40 AM

  75. iyer education · Other comments for this name · Other comments for this URL

    the conclusion - gult porn is a sure NO NO… and if ever there was a gult porn ever made by mistake it will be called “Gulty Se Mistake”… and thanks again for flaunting my comment uncensored without all those “stars” from the “should not be uttering” list :D

    Friday, March 31, 2006 @ 3:02 AM

  76. B. Petite · Other comments for this name

    It just occurred to us, in a blinding flash of inspiration, that there is a loophole in the term “Gult porn” that has not yet been exploited. Entrez moi. The discussion thus far, seems to have focused exclusively on Gult p. delivered through the audion/visual media. Our impression is that whatever be the lacunae in those media, there exists a substantial and variegated corpus of written and printed material that has been completely overlooked. Perhaps the time has come (as the large semi-aquatic Arctic mammal once rem