A Tribute
Sikandar Sanam- an actor, singer
and a versatile comedian left us on 5th November 2012. Today when
somebody mentioned his name and how much he was missed by his fans, I worried
that I have been late in paying my respects.
Yes I needed to acknowledge him
because he made me laugh. Very few people are gifted to spread joy and
happiness to the world and the people who give smiles to our faces are great
blessings.
Sikandar’s name is not new to the
world of comedy and especially his comedy remakes of famous Indian movies are
marvelous. Sikandar released these parodies in the DVD versions. Tere Naam 2
which is the parody of Salman Khan’s Tere Naam, was the first movie I saw of
Sikandar Sanam and I laughed my lungs out. Even today when I am depressed or down
I watch this movie and it never fails to bring a smile to my face.
Original Tere Naam was a pretty
serious love story but Sikandar changed it to a total comedy. Sikandar’s comic version attained huge
popularity in India,
in fact his parody got so much attention that Salman Khan and some other
Bollywood people issued statements that this comedy has destroyed the image of
their super hit movie.
This agitation by Bollywood
people even reached Indian Parliament which requested Pakistan’s
Embassy to ban Tere Naam 2.
Similarly Ghajini 2 was another
great comedy. I have to say that after watching his version Amir Khan’s
original Ghajini looked like a copy of Sikandar’s Ghajini.
The craze for these remakes
increased so much over time that the cable operators played them on public
demand, and later on, a number of mainstream entertainment channels also aired
them.
It is really sad that we fail to
acknowledge people and their work while they are alive and we only rush to pay
our tributes when they are no longer with us.
It teaches me one thing that we
should always appreciate people immediately, acknowledge their efforts and tell
them what they mean to us. Don’t delay or hesitate to give your appreciation,
your love, because you never know…..
Many affections.
Sonya Syed. (Day 369)
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