Monday, August 24, 2009

How i met your mother on Indian TV

HIMYM is my favourite T.V series. What if it was to be Made (read copied) in India ? And what if it was an Ekta Kapoor production ?

Tricky one! Here's my take -

Cast
  • Ted - Tusshar Kapoor (no prizes for guessing)
  • Robin - Shweta Tiwari (reunited with Ekta after her skin show in 'Is Jungle ...')
  • Marshall - A new face discovered by Ekta's studio (he'll also feature in 6 other Balaji soaps)
  • Lily - Preity Zinta (available till IPL 3 commences)
  • Barney - Karan Johar (the initial choice was Salman Khan but he refused to suit up)
Plot Summary
  • They can't hang around in a bar, coz the Govt thinks it'll spoil the younger generation. Instead, they'll be found chit chatting around a banyan tree. राम दुलारे will be the चाय वाला who'll replace the bar tender.
  • Wendy, the waitress also finds her character replaced by .... wait for it ... राम दुलारे की wife. Barney can't hit on her as she calls him 'Barney भैया'. She even ties him a राखी when राम gets kidnapped by mafia. (oops.. spilled the beans)
  • Barney is a virgin (self explanatory as K'Jo is playing this role), goes to मन्दिर regularly and wears कुरता पयजामा instead of suits.
  • Robin used to be a bar dancer earlier, but she was rescued by Ted (what else can you expect with Tushar in the lead) and they fell in love. A couple of romantic songs were played in that episode
  • Marshall and Lily are a happily married couple. They even have a kid and Lily now wears sarees with मंगल सूत्र
  • SRK, Kajol and Farah Khan have frequent guest appearances. Those episodes appear quite similar to 'Kofee with Karan' with the only difference being that K'Jo allows Ted & Co. also to share screen space for 5 minutes
  • In the future episodes, Ted and Marshall are soon going to find out that they were lost in some ancient मेला and that Barney had a surrogate father (Jeetendra's guest appearance)
To be continued .......

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