On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 06:23:49 -0800 (PST), bevinda collaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Cecil, It's easy to find out. If Keating or whoever can offer watertight proof of Bollywood being coined by them before December 1978, then it's a question of 'fools seldom differing'. I had thought of calling my column Follywood Flop, but then a scriptwriter got all hot and bothered when I ran it by him and said just because I didn't watch Hindi films I had no right to run them down. The column I was given to handle was Studio Beat. I changed it to On the Bollywood Beat. I am not too proud of the word because it was essentially meant to ridicule. Dev Anand had just come out with a film starring Tina Munim, now Ambani and it was a straight lift from My Fair Lady with similar tunes too. Now though, whenever I read it or hear it or see it, I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. If someone coined it before me, while I would feel a sense of loss, there'd be definite relief too; that I wasn't the only skunk who thought it up. And hey, Shobha De was doing Neeta's Natter, ask her if she coined the word. You can check with Ciine Bliitz magazine. They have a record of the exact date it was first used by me. Regards Bevinda Collaco ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################