அனு அளவுக்கு பயம் இல்ல...

Here's my disclaimer upfront: I am not a MCP (popular வார்த்தை among girls) and my wife can confirm that. This program was so funny and எனக்கும் கொஞ்சம் சமூக பொறுப்பு இருக்கறதால, here's a post dedicated to all fun loving people.

Promo - The scene is set in the same old Binny mills. Dashing cars and a lady who is wearing an all leather black suit, jacket, goggles drives a mobike and make a dashing stop right in front of the camera. In comes Anu. Snakes, fire, ropes to climb wall etc flashes and we see around 6-7 girls all posing the camera and showing some sort of வீரம் and கம்பீரம். You guessed it right, wife is already impressed and wants to Tivo the show.

Episode #1 - அக்கா அனு starts the show with some energy and power packed shpeel, most of it was in English. You kinda got the sense of what the show is about. The participants show up in all kinds of costumes, something that you will not associate with physical exercise. They all made sure their make up is intact and smile to the camera. அனு tells the participants that they will go through some drills in preparation for the tough ordeal ahead of them. She also calls on a person to give them an orientation on physical fitness, energy and bravery. In comes a person who definitely needs assistance to button, at least the last 2-3 in the bottom half of his shirt, and to tie his shoe lace. Popular Vivek joke comes to my mind - உங்க தொப்பைய பாத்தவொடனே நெனச்சேன் , நீங்க I.G. யாதான் இருப்பீங்கன்னு. An inspector walks in and delivers an உணர்ச்சி பூர்வமான பேச்சு. அவ்வளவு தான் அவரால முடிஞ்சது. He calls his fit and young assistants to teach some P.E for the girls. Most of them backed out and some of them tried a few exercises.

One of the participants, Pooja, who was so happy eating குச்சி ஐஸ் in the promo is all of a sudden shivering and sweating when asked to perform a stunt. The same bubbly Pooja that everyone liked 2-3 years back suddenly has become a laughing stock.

Lack of preparation clearly showed on almost all of the participants. What a disastrous start? Again you gueesed it right, wife was little disappointed after the first episode. Not only that, she had to endure all my comments right through the show.

I was able to watch only parts of episode #2 (absolutely no வருத்தம் at all for missing the whole show). As always, Anu was cheering and giving expert commentary and even tips (?!) right after every stunt from the participants. Most of the participants performed the stunts with snakes and showed no enthusiasm at all. It was like participants saying பயம் இருக்கு ஆனா அனு அளவுக்கு பயம் இல்லை.

I am done. ததாஸ்து.