More Assem Merchant
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Crushes
So, I came up with a grand idea yesterday ... why not track the hits on google about Aseem Merchant? Just to check how hits increase, as the movie is released .. should have really started last week ... nevertheless ... sometime last week it was 433 ... and today its 450 ... but google narrowed it down to 91 (when taken out the repeated results)... so, might track it for a week ... (heck can even write a paper on it ... if it looks interesting). Anyway, found something new today .. an interview he had yesterday on his breakup with Priyanka Chopra.

Get this, he says he is not in a relationship right now ... he's concentrating on his career ... but he did admit sometime ago, that he did get close (not sure how close is close!) to the Ms. Bulgaria who is acting in the Bullet movie.

Also, got the impression he broke up with Priyanka because of her family pressure (probably asking him for marriage???) ... oh well, sounds as if he might still be carrying a torch for her, but who knows??

Anyway, yesterday I was not too kind in my thoughts to him, read that in some article that he financially bailed the Bullet movie out, and in turn has asked for himself to be promoted in the film rather than the real 'star'. Seems a bit exploitive to me, I think someone should bail a movie out because it was a good film and a sound investment not to get career mileage. So, irked with that. Probably the reason why he was on the B4U channel anyhow ... trying to get mileage ... probably trying to buy his career rather than work at it ... he supposingly tried a bit of acting on some show in 2001 that was suppose to resemble Baywatch called Breakwater Reef (article) - although found somewhere else it is referred to Breakwater - not sure how successful that was - since I can't seem to find it on the net (then again I have not done an exhaustive search).

Well, I've realised last night that maybe the reason he was looking fidgety and was trying for nonchalance in the B4U interview, is perhaps he wanted to show that he didn't care for this film - that it was not imperative to him - but indeed it is - he is trying to break into movies. I mean although right now I'm ambivalent towards him i.e. one hand think he is good looking etc. and on the other a bit of a scumbag (because trying to buy his fame mileage - must have been right on my first look at him) ... I can't help but admired him somewhat because he is taking a rather unconventional take into movies ... rather than doing the Bollywood stuff (and I am sure he can get some offers there since he is part of the scene)... he is doing a bit of stuff unbollywood ... I'll even call it independent Bollywood (won't go so far and say independent films - because I think of them as being artsy) because he is doing an English film albeit on an Indian and an Hinglish film (hate that word Hinglish ... might come around to it as I did with Bollywood). So, in a sense he is working and concentrating on his acting career and making it happened for him, rather than waiting around for it -so reluctantly have to admire him.

Anyway, I'll end here, because a TMA beckons me! By the way found out he was at least 31 on one of those modelling websites (not sure how up to date those things are!)