Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Kaminey!

The word Kaminey is making the news nowadays for obvious reasons. For the uninitiated, it's the name of the new Vishal Bharadwaj film, starring my favourite Shahid Kapur. There I go again...ok, enough of Shahid admiration. :) The reason why I suddenly remembered Kaminey goes back a while...a few years actually.

It was a typical day at office. Some of us decided to have ice-cream after lunch. As we rushed back to work, a colleague stopped me and expressed interest in my 'butter-scotch'. The others went ahead and I was chatting with this person when he asked me something and then said sab chale gaye, tumhe chod diya and I suddenly hear myself saying 'kaminey' hain. What happened after that was a laugh riot.

The news had obviously spread... One after the other, I had people coming up to me. They were in shock! Had I really used that word? I turned red, wondering why Mother Earth couldn't swallow me right there and then!! Now let me explain why the hue and cry over such a simple word -- it wasn't meant in a bad way at all. :) I should clarify that I'm not the sort to use such 'unparliamentary' language. I think people must hardly have heard me use a strong word ever!

Honestly, I don't remember what exactly that colleague asked me, what made me say 'kaminey', though everyone else seemed to enjoy it! I just remember being teased mercilessly and getting totally embarrassed.

5 comments:

  1. If only vishal bharadwaj knew in time, he would have changed the script :)

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  2. Have not seen it yet, but it's got great reviews!

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  3. Hmmm, there you go again. I am pretty sure you were addressing your friend Kamini and someone thought you said Kaminey.

    Or more likely -- you were just saying the phrase "beCOME ENAbled" in a conversation about tech-savvy office workers and someone just heard it wrong.

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  4. Waah.. kya tech-savvy baat kahi tumne. But no, I did say it :)

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