Abu Salem (n): a villain who becomes a hero.
Abhishek (adj): the ability to succeed after you fail. Also used loosely to envy what you dismissed.
Amitabh Bachchan (adj): a state of mind.
Black (adj): the emotion you feel when you watch a fantastic film wherein a deaf, mute and blind girl narrates how a ranting old man taught a mentally retarded child to eat with a spoon.
DVD (n): another term for "original idea" or "script". When a director says, "I worked on the script for two years", you know instantly that he has been watching DVDs of Man on Fire (Ek Ajnabee) or Old Boy (Zinda).
Emran Hashmi (v): to kiss, accompanied with a Pakistani hit single.
Factory (n): a printing press which daily publishes the thoughts, loves, hates and pet projects of Ram Gopal Varma. (v) to make films irrespective of whether they sink or sell.
Flop (v): what producers and directors do on their casting couches when their film is a dud.
Guest Appearance (n): another name for having a friend like AbhishekBachchan.
Iqbal (v): to make films that you truly believe in. If Yashraj, and not Kukunoor/Mukta, had made this film it would have featured Hrithik as the boy and Amitabh as the drunk coach. Of course it would have been a blockbuster and replaced Paheli as India's entry to the Oscar.
Item Number (n): a skin show to lure people away from the theatre's toilet to the screen.
John Abraham (v): to love body, bikes and Bipasha, in that order.
Kajra Re (n): An Aishwarya (chart) bustier that had both the Bs and the nation dancing.
Kisna (n): a Subhash Ghai joke that no one understands.
MMS (n): Multi Mallika Sherawats. Or a publicity gimmick, e.g., when producers announced the launch of the Fardeen-Koena clip from the film Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena but didn't mention where it can be downloaded from (it cannot be since it is prohibited under the IT Act).
Mangal Pandey (adj): to look silly after five years.
Multi(per)plex (n): a place where filmmakers are clueless as to which film will click. The only success guaranteed here is of Pepsi and popcorn.
Myth (n): as in Jackie Chan spoke to Mallika's breasts.
No Entry (n): a welcome sign for producers to make umpteen, libidinous men-chasing-women comedies like Masti, Kya Kool Hain Hum, Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya, Mujhse Shadi Karoge, Garam Masala and Shaadi No 1.
Page 3 (n): what you read about Madhur Bhandarkar.
Paheli (n): posing riddles as films. Like, why was Paheli India's nominee for the Oscars? Hint: the same reason why Saif won the National Award for Best Actor in Hum Tum.
Rai (n): a misguided opinion that Indians are creating ripples in Hollywood.
Rani (n): a Babli person reigning over the box office.
Rap (v): what Dev Anand desperately needs.
Remix (v): how to be creative by picking up an old hit Hindi film, instead of a Hollywood DVD, and making a hash out of it. Also, a popular term flogged by the music industry.
Reviewer (n): a joker who makes filmmakers cry.
Salam Namaste (v): to salute the box office with a dumber-down version of Hum Tum, and a highly intelligent version of Neal 'N' Nikki.
Sahara (adj): a charitable financier.
Salman (n): a state of helplessness when you want to take your shirt off and the media your pants.
Sanjay Dutt (n): to be a wonderful friend and a disappointing son.
Sarkar (n): time when Bal Thackeray was The Godfather.
Sharukh(v): to avoid work, instead indulge yourself by learning to play theguitar, splashing in a bathtub with beauties, or dancing in front of NRIs.
Sunil Dutt (n): an endangered species.
Superhit (adj): the term producers use to describe their own films in ads and posters for films like Dus, Shabd, Rok Sako To Rok Lo.
Swades (n): when you love your country but it does not love you.
Yashraj (v): an old Indian proverb that means packaging is profit. (n) a place where superstars hang out.
Mahesh Nair is a struggler: someone who thinks he will make it one day and, until then, keeps shooting his toe.
