Is Koffee getting bitter?

I really don't know how many of the readers of this blog would know about Koffee with Karan (Star World, Sundays, 9 PM) and how many of those who know would actually care to watch it. But, let me make it very clear that I am one of the biggest fans of this talk show and more of its hugely talented host- Karan Johar whom I consider as one of the best things to have happened to Bollywood in the late 90's. KJo (as he is fondly called by his celebrity friends) is definitely a self made man what with bringing back to life his father's "on the death bed" production company, Dharma Productions (which was literally crawling after delivering box office duds like Gumraah and Duplicate) with that one massive hit which an average Indian would remember till the end of life- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Ever since there has been no looking back for this genius of a film maker with a string of successes to his credit. (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna). Today every actor in Bollywood from Amitabh Bachchan to Riteish Deshmukh and from Madhuri Dixit to Vidya Balan wants to work with this highly talented director and the easiest way of getting close to him is agreeing to appear on his talk show- Koffee with Karan. People might call it frivolous, saucy, regressive blah blah blah. But I have enjoyed each and every episode of it. Come on, on which other show, the host can nonchalantly ask Preity Zinta whether her Bombay is Dyeing or Rakhi Sawant which all parts of her body benefitted from Botox; that too keeping a straight face. The kind of troubles that actors have got into after appearing on Karan's show and the kind of controversies that their remarks on the show have created is unbelievable! It is for these reasons that I was hell bent on catching up the latest episode of the show that featured the come back queen of Bollywood- Madhuri Dixit. Mrs. Nene was her normal self. Dressed in a very ordinary Manish Malhotra saree, she was as casual as casual could get. Fine. But, what I failed to understand is the kind of significance that KJo was giving his all time favorites- SRK and Rani M. Direct questions on these two actors were thrown at Mads and there was a 5 minute long footage of SRK expressing his feelings (!) about Mads. If SRK's blabber was just on video, KJo surprised Mads and the viewers by inviting Rani towards the final leg of the show. Now, I don't understand the need for KJo to stoop to this level. An episode on Mads can very well remain an episode on Mads itself. Is there a need to bring in SRK, Kajol and Rani into every discussion he has with any celebrity guest? What was conspicuous, however, was the complete non reference to the Bachchans even in spite of the strong presence that all the family members have right now in Bollywood (there were a couple of questions where Ash was one of the few options for an answer). Now this brings me back to the one question that Bollywood and its paparazzi have been discussing for the last 5 months- Is there a problem between the Bachchans and SRK? If yes, who is KJo with? Is he with the Bachchans since he attended the big wedding this year? Or is he with SRK what with the complete non mention of the Bachchans in the Madhuri episode? Well, only time can tell. But there is one thing that I can tell all of you guyz now for sure- If Karan keeps on yapping about his 3 big friends to each and every celebrity on his show, the day won't be far away when stars would refuse to descend on his sets quoting their unwillingness to provide free publicity to SRK, Kajol and Rani. Karan Beware!