BJP s cobra moment
“Ami joldhorao noi, bele borao noi, ami ekta cobra, ek- chobol- ei chhobi.” (Don’t mistake me for a harmless snake, I am a pure cobra, one strike and you become a photograph) As dialogues go, this would be right up Shakti Kapoor’s sleeve, and more than a little out of place from a 70- year- old yesteryear superstar.
But this plays out when you almost promise a Sourav Ganguly and deliver a Mithun-Da!
Actor Mithun Chakraborty’s announcement of joining the BJP just ahead of the PM’s rally in Kolkata may forcefully be his final pit-stop though, the rest of the track is beaten and tried. It is anybody’s guess if and when he goes off the road- the actor has transcended many genres and not just in the movies. The colours of his affiliations have had more shades than the wide- ranging characters he has portrayed.