Mid-Day
Mumbai, May 21: The underworld has rechristened Bollywood.
In an attempt to confuse anti-piracy cells in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Dubai, Malaysia and Bangkok, bhais have come up with new nicknames for actors and actresses, based largely on recent roles or makeovers.
On a recent raid in Ulhasnagar, the anti-piracy cell stumbled upon an audio file in a sub-dealer’s mobile, which revealed the latest codenames for Bollywood.
Salman Khan is ‘takla hatela’ while Amitabh Bachchan is ‘chyawanprash’. Aishwarya is the ‘kajrawali’ and Mallika Sherawat the ‘item bomb’.
“The underworld has a new code,” said MM Satish, president of T-Series Public Performance Licence.
Satish, supervises raids across Asia with the assistance of the Mumbai anti-piracy cell, added that Islamabad and Malaysia were the hubs of printing pirated copies for Bollywood films, mainly controlled by gangster Chhota Shakeel’s company, Sadaf Video.
Confirming the new naamkaran, Shahebaz Khan, senior detection officer of the anti-piracy cell, said, “The 90-second conversation was indeed a bouncer for us. We were startled at the new names for Bollywood stars, which we had to decode.”
Khan added, “The conversation we came upon was between a Karachi-based piracy dealer and an Indian distributor on the recent profits and losses.”
More to decode
Both Khan and Satish said they were yet to decode the entire conversation, which they said would disclose more details about their deals and hawala of pirated prints in Mumbai.
Lots in a name
The men
- Chyawanprash: Amitabh Bachchan (after the brand he endorses)
- Takla Hatela: Salman Khan (recently went bald)
- Jhakaas Mamu: Anil Kapoor (his favourite word is jhakaas)
- Chhe Ungli ka Kamaal: Hrithik Roshan
- Chikna Kaana: Saif Ali Khan
- Neta ka abhineta or Political hero: Riteish Deshmukh
- Jawani ka Viagra: Aamir Khan (looks young for his age)
- Junior Daadhi: Abhishek Bachchan (thanks to his ever-present stubble)
- Booddha Hakla: Shah Rukh Khan (K…k…k…Kiran?)
- Kavla hakla: Shahid Kapur (the aspiring SRK)
- Satkela AK-47 or Munnabhai: Sunjay Dutt
- Kala Ghoda: Ajay Devgan
- Dhai Kilo ka Hero: Sunny Deol (‘dhai kilo’ dialogue in Damini)
- Charsi Punter: Fardeen Khan
- Bawa Model: John Abraham (he’s half Parsi)
- Chumma Jumma: Emraan Hashmi (Mr Lucky Lips)
- Pakaau hero: Akshaye Khanna
- Garam Masala: Akshay Kumar (his latest comedy)
- Anna: Suniel Shetty
- Circuit House: Arshad Warsi
- Paaji ka bachhda: Bobby Deol
- Hatela Nana: Nana Patekar
The women
- Black Beauty: Bipasha Basu
- Kajrawali: Aishwarya Rai
- Chhipkali: Urmila Matondkar
- Item bomb: Mallika Sherawat
- Boodhi Ghodi Lal Lagam: Rekha (never say die)
- Carrom Board: Priyanka Chopra (eh?)
- MMS item: Kareena Kapoor
- Shaani Batli: Rani Mukerji
- Dimple: Preity Zinta
- Lamba Khamba: Shilpa Shetty
- Khallaas Baby: Isha Koppikar
- Mota rola: Manisha Koirala
- Universe ka Pataka: Sushmita Sen