Bewakoofiyaan

25 learnings from Bewakoofiyaan

1. Young people of today take great thrill in sharing their credit card limit details
2. It is insulting to be an IAS officer if you get transferred to the department of Animal Husbandry
3. Irrespective of your department, if you are an IAS officer, your secretary is a permanent fixture of your life and will move with you
4. Nearly 25 years since its first usage in Ghost (1990) the “I Love You” is responded to by “Ditto” and never goes out of style
5. It is perfectly normal to quote your monthly salary to your prospective father-in-law and even more normal for him to brag about how his daughter’s salary is 10% higher than yours
6. If large organisations keel over and remove a bulk of their staff then smaller organisations will always follow course and should actually be running around scared shitless – especially in the Airline industry
7. It is perfectly normal to say “Recession has killed the airline industry”.  So what if the flights of other airlines continue to operate quite freely at that.
8. A salary of 72K in Delhi is enough to maintain a house with a retired father, a maid and afford the latest branded designer clothes and shoes.
9. Eating Oily omelettes for a week increases your weight by 2 kgs.
10. It is important for a girl to at least buy a pair of sandals every 2 months – so what if your boyfriend is out of a job
11. Dubai Visas get done in a few hours – by EoD if you have decided by late morning.  So what if the official site says 2 working days for an urgent Visa (http://www.dubaiairport.com/en/passengers/airportguide/Arrivals/Pages/visaInformation.aspx)
12. Yes Bank is fine with hiring people whose reporting managers don’t like them
13. Yes Bank is also happy to retract their offer letters on the day that the employee is supposed to join. The in-house person considered for the job has to report a week before the new employee is expected to join and prove to the managers in the new office that s/he is better. So what if s/he refused the offer in the first place
14. In the same breath, Yes Bank has a very strict joining policy where if you don’t report to work within 2 days of being given an offer, your offer can be retracted (not that they needed a valid reason to begin with)
15. National level Under 16 silver medalists in Indian Squash can lose to 60 year old men because, “Haar kar bhi jeetne waalon ko baazigar kehte hain” (that last part was my contribution – the makers didn’t have common sense to borrow that line)
16. Sonam Kapoor can try as hard as she wants to but to show cleavage she would need implants – and sizeable ones.
17. Sonam Kapoor cannot dance to save her life (it took me a while to realize it) but she does have an eye for the right clothes.
18. Rishi Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurana and Habib Faisal have a cash crunch – no other explanation can be convincing for signing up for Bewakoofiyaan.
19. Raghu Dixit is a good music director and will come up with a couple of good songs always – please give him more chances.
20. The support cast in a movie can be a welcome relief when the lead cast has refused to give their 100%.  – Kudos to the Gulshan Singh (Gursharan), Rahul Rajkohwa (Negi) and Divya Phadnis (Manju).
21. A solid bright violet tie over a black and white check shirt is perfectly acceptable attire for a serious job interview.
22. A Hero Maestro scooter can take the weight of 3 people (approximately 220+kgs)
23. Of course triple seat on a 2-wheeler is acceptable on the streets of Delhi – so long as all 3 wear helmets.  But with the Hero Maestro, 3 helmets appear on demand – so that was never a problem in the first place.
24. If you go for an interview for The Board of Directors, they appoint you as a CEO – so what if you are more than 60 years old.
25. And the Pièce de résistance – Even when people don’t have any money, they continue to drink coffee – so if you are jobless then you should start a coffee shop

Watch the trailer for this 4 on 10 (thanks to music and some scenes where Ayushmann Khurana shines) because the movie will add the lists of your own Bewakoofiyaans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5CB2uYyhIU