{"id":3995,"date":"2016-04-28T00:13:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T18:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2016-04-28T00:13:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T18:43:25","slug":"rahul-dravid-vvs-laxman-koffee-with-karan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=3995","title":{"rendered":"What If Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman Appeared on Koffee With Karan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u00a0\n

H<\/span>ardik Pandya might just be the unluckiest man in cricket right now. Some careless but crass comments he made on Karan Johar\u2019s frivolous talk show have landed him in hot water with the <\/p>BCCI<\/span><\/a>, and kickstarted a nationwide conversation about today\u2019s players being more rowdy than refined. As the flames of the Pandya controversy leap even higher, Rahul Dravid\u2019s birthday rolled around, reminding us all of a simpler time, when the Gentleman\u2019s Game was played by bonafide gentlemen. <\/span>\n\nIn the wake of <\/span>Pandya<\/span><\/a>\u2019s regrettable appearance on <\/span>Koffee with Karan<\/span><\/i>, publications chose to celebrate Dravid\u2019s birthday (January 11) by holding him up as the gold standard for cricketers appearing on reality shows. A decade ago, MTV\u2019s popular prank show <\/span>Bakra<\/span><\/i> tried to find a crack in Dravid\u2019s composure, only to find The Wall was truly impenetrable.<\/span>\n\nThe show began with Sayali Bhagat, an actor posing as a<\/span> journalist<\/span><\/a> wanting to interview Dravid. She asked the former Indian captain how it felt to be a famous personality, and to have so many fans even outside the country. The show then took an unexpected turn with Bhagat trying to convince Dravid to marry her, announcing herself as his biggest fan. The unobtrusive cricketer, visibly irritated by the sudden advances, tried to get out of the room, only to be stopped by Bhagat\u2019s \u201cfather\u201d, who further pleads with Dravid to marry his daughter. <\/span>\n\nDespite the repeated attempts to ruffle his feathers, Dravid never gave vent to his frustration (apart from a change in expression) until the show\u2019s producers revealed the entire stunt was a prank. And with that, Dravid, like several of his predecessors and teammates, established cricketers as the stereotypical \u201cadarsh ladkas\u201d of <\/span>Indian society<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\n

Now, Koffee with Karan is by nature a candid chat show, where the controversies created by the episodes remain in public memory much longer than the episodes themselves.<\/blockquote>\nThere\u2019s no doubt that the BCCI\u2019s Council of Administrators could have avoided their present headache, had a class act like Dravid been a guest on <\/span>Koffee with Karan<\/span><\/i>, rather than the loose cannon Pandya. Of course, since no one can be interviewed by <\/span>Karan Johar<\/span><\/a> one-on-one without wanting to tape his mouth shut, even the legendarily patient Dravid, he would have needed a fellow guest, and who better than his favourite dancing partner from Eden Gardens, VVS Laxman.<\/span>\n\nNow, <\/span>Koffee with Karan <\/span><\/i>is by nature a candid chat show, where the controversies created by the episodes remain in public memory much longer than the episodes themselves. When entering KJo\u2019s theater of the absurd, the guest needs to know how to deal with Johar\u2019s bouncers while treading the fine line between entertainment and <\/span>scandal<\/span><\/a>. Hardik Pandya might have failed miserably at this delicate balancing act, but two of Indian cricket\u2019s most-respected men would certainly be able to give Johar the kind of answers the show demands, without losing face as a result. <\/span>\n\nHere are the answers Dravid and Laxman would have probably given if they were on the Koffee couch. \u00a0<\/span>\n\nKJo: Which of you two gets distracted by cheerleaders easily?<\/span>\n\nDravid: Laxman maybe, because I play only in the V. <\/span>\n\nLaxman: Sorry Jammy, the only thing that distracts me is the rough outside the off-stump!<\/span>\n\nKJo: Well, what would your bio on a <\/span>dating app<\/span><\/a> read like?<\/span>\n\nDravid: Maybe something like \u201cI am here for a long innings. Left swipe = Well left!\u201d<\/span>\n\nLaxman: I\u2019d like to introduce myself as the most beautiful driver in the world. Also, I\u2019ll mention <\/span>Kolkata<\/span><\/a> as my favourite destination and 281 as my lucky number!<\/span>\n\nKJo: You guys just keep rotating the strike with me here! No more diplomatic answers ha. Answer quickly — one Indian celebrity you would love to date?<\/span>\n\nDravid: VVS.<\/span>\n\nLaxman: Dravid.<\/span>\n
All that Kohli\u2019s OTT aggression and Pandya\u2019s regressive statements really do is remind us how the era of the Fab Five oozed class, integrity, and dignity.<\/blockquote>\nHandling yourself with grace while stuck in Johar\u2019s salacious hot seat isn\u2019t that hard, you just have to ask yourself the question \u201cwhat would Rahul Dravid do?\u201d and everything will be fine. All that Kohli\u2019s OTT aggression and Pandya\u2019s regressive statements really do is remind us how the era of the Fab Five oozed class, integrity, and <\/span>dignity<\/span><\/a>. For fans who still hold a nostalgic torch for that bygone era, making peace with the conduct of this new generation of cricket stars is a hard pill to swallow. Until Indian society is ready to accept a brash playboy sports star as eagerly as it accepts the antics of Bollywood stars, our players would do well to take a brick from Rahul Dravid\u2019s wall.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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