{"id":632,"date":"2007-01-29T18:33:09","date_gmt":"2007-01-29T13:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=632"},"modified":"2007-01-29T18:33:09","modified_gmt":"2007-01-29T13:33:09","slug":"kbc-3-week-1-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2007\/01\/29\/kbc-3-week-1-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"KBC 3 week 1 &#8211; A review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It rocked. And it rolled. And, as my mother pointed out, the highest density of dimples that any show in the world can ever claim. Man, the smiles and the dimples were out full force &#8211; and if nothing else, I will watch the show to see them, feel good about the world and switch off \ud83d\ude42 The show &#8211; Full of energy. Wit. Charm. A departure from the court culture &#8211; and it own overt humility and annoying politeness  (get to the point, I wanted to scream ) &#8211; to a more modern assertive India, that is to the point, funny and not afraid of taking potshots at sacred cows.  From the moment SRK went hip hop with &lsquo;Kar le kar le tu ek sawaal&rsquo; dancing out one of the highest energy numbers I have seen on screen for a long time, till the end &#8211; he was a hit. I loved his opening bit about the use of shudh Hindi. You almost expected him to say at the end of the babel &#8211; <em>excuse me please, my name is anthony gonsalves<\/em>!! I like his style of questioning &#8211; a lot more informal, a lot less end of the world in its demeanor. And I liked his conversations with the contestants &#8211; light, friendly and very &quot;hum hai na&quot;. 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