For all the initial sizzle and high jinks, Saurav Ganguly‘s Calcutta Knight Riders have had as poor a run as Rahul Dravid‘s Royal Challengers. But unlike Dravid’s “employer” “Dr” Vijay Mallya, Ganguly’s “owner” Shah Rukh Khan has a way about dealing with failure.
In blaming CEO Charu Sharma, in blaming captain Dravid, and then blaming the media, the king of good times showed that he is just a boor of bad times, despite his “doctorate of philosophy in business administration from the University of Southern California.”
On the other hand, King Khan sent an SMS to his boys.
“Story time boys… I told you if you keep losing you have to bear with my long, boring msgs…. This is your punishment…. Many times I have made movies which don’t do well…. When I’m doing them, of course, I don’t know they won’t do well…. The story is written by somebody else and I just do my bit as an actor. But I have a way of dealing with flop stories…, I try my best to keep my character in the film at a level that it makes a failed story also special for me….
“I enjoy the work…. I make jokes about the failure…. And, of course, feel awful about it too…. So, right now, all of us have become part of a failed script… A bad IPL script…. Let’s try and keep our characters worthy of still looking back at this story and remembering it as a special story becos we all worked very hard at this….
“So, chin up and don’t spoil yr character in the next two games…. Let’s go out with a bang and not a whimper…. In films, we say u r only as good as yr last film…. So let’s make the whole world know how good we r in the last (maybe not) two games…
“Also, do ignore all this bit about Dada, me and John Buchanan having issues…. It’s a normal thing in the world…. People like to hit you when u r down…. So, we will be hit…. No stress…. It will make us stronger…. The only way to avoid this is to win…. That’s one of the reasons why everybody likes to be a winner….
“On the other hand, the beauty of failure is that it brings people together…. So, let’s stick this out together…. You know me well enuff to know I am not the kind of owner who has issues with the team ’cos of losses… I am too much of a sport myself to get beaten by defeats…. Like you guys are…. Like Dada and John….
“I am still trying to understand the code of conduct expected of me at the matches of the IPL…. ICC… Etc…. After I understand it, I will decide whether to accept it or not…. Till such time, I will be with you guys at the hotel… in the meetings etc., but won’t come for the matches…. So, please don’t ever feel it is anything to do with us as a team….
“I am as dedicated to my Knights as I am to my kids…. Only, I won’t be coming to the class room till the headmaster’s rules are understood by me…. I am a bit anti-Establishment kind of a guy, so I apologise for this quirk to u all…. So, head’s up…. Have a good match and let’s make 200 runs tomorrow…. This 150 seems to not work any more….
“We have nothing to lose now, except our character…. Let’s not lose that…. Lov… SRK.”
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Tags: Bangalore, Calcutta, Churumuri, Indian Premier League, IPL, Knight Riders, Rahul Dravid, Royal Challengers, Shah Rukh Khan, Vijay Mallya
22 May 2008 at 11:43 am
lemme say i was one of the players, then i would not be able to make any sense of this letter. other than what is peddled in cosmo and and other sundry fluff journals, there is nothing honest to heart about any of this.
ps: i have been a player for better part of my college. mostly a team of moderately talented players, led by a moderately skilled albeit exceptionally able captian. modesty aside, we did win a few tournaments and none of it based on pillow talk like the one above.
22 May 2008 at 11:53 am
naanu ishT udda emailE kaLsalla… intha message yaar kaLstare?
Is SRK so jobless?
22 May 2008 at 12:21 pm
idakella namm seemaeli, biLi biLi manshaaru “so gay” anthaare.
now this is how true warriors react.
now i would have posted exquisite clips about warriors code from ondanondu kaaladalli, only i have no clips online.
22 May 2008 at 12:22 pm
meanwhile enjoy this:
runDa seeLone banTa.
22 May 2008 at 12:25 pm
Ee BladeU ondE SMS nalle hidsta ?
22 May 2008 at 12:36 pm
I guess Zarugaan has started a new business.. LMS (Long message service)
22 May 2008 at 12:46 pm
zarug gaan rofl!!!
22 May 2008 at 5:40 pm
Is this an SMS or an e-mail? Does any SMS provider allow so much text message?!!
22 May 2008 at 11:19 pm
This SMS effort went waste as rain gods had different plans!
22 May 2008 at 11:42 pm
If the knight riders played like the RCs SRK’s SMS would have been more closer to Mallyas
23 May 2008 at 12:24 am
And just how long did SRK take to type this SMS?
23 May 2008 at 5:38 am
TS,
It does not matter if you cant find “Ondaanondu kaaladalli” clips
Here is the original banta Toshira Mifune
23 May 2008 at 6:03 am
this sums it all
23 May 2008 at 7:20 am
vitlan potli
awesome awesome clip. yojimbo na?
dont recall this scene in either SS or Rashomon.
unrelated, i think you will enjoy this…
imagine, the haaro oti karvalho expedition being shot like this, when they get stuck in the eechalu bayalu. that’ll be awesome.
there are p number of ‘scenes’ in karvalo that can be done like that.
23 May 2008 at 7:24 am
here is a template for the second half of jugari cross.
i hope some good guys take it up. people like the doode who made cyanide and not some random member of the gandhinagar gang.
23 May 2008 at 9:44 am
TS,
Yes, Yojimbo. None of the scenes are from SS or Rashomon. You are right the eechalu bayalu scene based on this format would be fantastic
23 May 2008 at 11:47 am
Who leaked the so called SMS ??
” So, right now, all of us have become part of a failed script… A bad IPL script ”
IPL Script was GOOD the Knight Riders script was sick pathetic and a failure on all counts.
IPL Scrip would do well if listed on the BSE / NSE .Premium Share.
KKR Share even if it is at par would open below face value .
23 May 2008 at 4:11 pm
SRK is a seasoned businessman now… he need not bother to much. His investment into KKR is long term
http://star-warrz.blogspot.com/2008/05/sharukh-khan-sourav-ganguly-and-i-are.html
12 January 2010 at 10:39 pm
hi shahrukh iam zaid kise hai sir ap iam the best zaid frome pakistan mai ap ka fan num 1 ho mjhe ap bohat ache lagte ho ap mere techear b ho mjhe b ap ki tahrha ka dikhna hai mai ap se bada actor banna chahta ho sir u can help me one rison iam poor mai gareeb ho bas warna mai bohat age hota mjhe b ap ki tarha tarqi karni hai
24 April 2010 at 10:50 am
Hi,,all
I think SRK is best actor i have ever seen …
& acoording to nature the KKR is best team in IPL….