I received an unsigned copy of the 'The Gamechangers' by 'The Fake IPL Player', the P in IPL has been replaced with a 'knight' from chess, and is referred to as IBL (Indian Bollywood League). It is not really a book that needs to be reviewed as such, if you want to know what's it's about just go read the archives of his blog, it's nothing but an extension. Or else you can read the extract from the back cover of the same (scanned copy produced below) and that pretty much sums up what you can expect from the book. To summarise I think it was a concept waiting to be milked and could have become a treasure trove of cricket & Bollywood based jokes and puns and situations, the opportunity was squandered. Some of the last few chapters were interesting, though way too much idol worship of himself and his blog let the FIP heavily down.
So instead of reviewing the book what I decided to do is create this glossary of nicknames used by the FIP (Fake IPL Player) to refer to several cricketers, actors, actresses and other celebrities from real life. I am leaving those nicknames blank with a '?' which I couldn't decipher, if you have managed to do so, please let me know.
Day Minus One - Let The Games Begin
Phoren Babas - John Buchanan & Brendon McCullum
Bhookha Naan - John Buchanan
Boy George - Joy Bhattacharya
Lord Almighty, Lordie - Saurav Ganguly
Hawaii Chappal - Greg Chappel
Vinnie Dildo, Megalomaniac - Shah Rukh Khan
Day Zero - A Night In Mumbai
Lalu Parekh - Lalit Modi
Sigwald Raees Kahn - Shah Rukh Khan
Clive Richards - Chris Gayle
Abhimanyu Singh - Yuvraj Singh
Haryana Hurricanes - Kings XI Punjab
Rocky, Rakesh Sharma - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Gautam Sarkar - Saurav Ganguly
Jeff Buccaneer - John Buchanan
Sanjoy Roy Choudhury - Joy Bhattacharya
Brian Macmillan - Brendon McCullum
Greg Chappel - Greg Chappell (Wonder why he bothered to come up with a pseudonym earlier!)
Night Zero/Day One - London, Here we Come
Bangalore Bangers - Bangalore Royal Challengers
Raj Singhania - Vijay Mallya
Hindu Times Leadership Summit - Hindustan Times Leadership Summit
Prasanth - Sreesanth
DNTV - NDTV
Day One - It Doesn't Look Good
No new characters introduced
Day One Evening - A Big Fat Indian Wedding
Tim Robinson - Kevin Peterson
God - Sachin Tendulkar
Days Two & Three - The Lull Before The Storm
Day Four - The Rat's First Strike
Ajay Ahuja - Ajit Agarkar
RBD - Ranadeb Bose
Sheikh of Tweak - Shane Warne
Rajputs - Rajasthan Royals
Bevda - Jesse Ryder
Shyam Bazar Patrika - Ananda Bazar Patrika
Abhay Chaturvedi - Aakash Chopra
Calypso King - Chris Gayle
Day Five - Attack Of The Unknown
George Best - Dwayne Bravo
CNA - DNA (Newspaper)
Crichome - Cricinfo
Fake IBL Player - Fake IPL Player
Day Five : Evening - There's More To It Than...
Shaun Vaughney - Shane Warne
Kishen Kanhaiya - Ravi Shastri
Prince Of Patiala - Yuvraj Singh
Appam Chutiya - Sreesanth
Day Seven - PMS
Lalchand Bhai - Lalit Modi
Day Eight - Secrets They Share
Nicole Smith - Jessica Taylor
The Truth Of India - The Times Of India
Hindu Times - The Hindu
Feeling Blue - Beyond The Blues (Akash Chopra's book)
Day Eight - PMS Joins The Cavalry
Sandy Baddy - Mandira Bedi
Kameez Pajama - Rameez Raja
Day Nine: Morning - Check. Mate.
Asankha Hathurusingha - Asankha Gurusinghe
Day Nine: Evening - Champagne & Conspiracies
Sushant - Ishant Sharma
Frank Stein - Dale Styen
Day Ten - Lordie Fires...Well, Almost
Rajput Rifles - Rajasthan Royals
Day Eleven - Highs & Lows
No new characters introduced
Day Twelve - Cracking The Whip
Daily Views - Daily News (Sri Lanka's leading newspaper)
Robin Ka Beta -
Sanjeev Nagar - Sanjay Bangar
GB - GreatBong (?)
Day Thirteen - Missing Pieces
No new characters introduced
Day Fourteen - Heroes & Villains
No new characters introduced
Day Fifteen - What Goes Around...
Bombay Bombers - Mumbai Indians
Junta - Ajantha Mendis
Style Bhai - Murali Karthik
Day Sixteen - Day Twenty Two
No new characters introduced
Day Twenty Three - The 'R' Letter Day
Jaddu - Ajay Jadeja
Day Twenty Four - Day Twenty Six
No new characters introduced
Day Twenty Seven - Reality Bites
Saala Slimeball - Lalit Modi
Big Sister - Shilpa Shetty
Little Sister - Shamita Shetty
Cool Dude - Matthew Hayden
Day Twenty Eight - Day Thirty Six
No new characters introduced. Besides Cheetah biscuits, which refers to Tiger biscuits.
Special thanks to Abhishek Paul for lending a helping eye in decoding some of the nicknames.
16 comments:
Naming Appam Prashant? How ridiculous is that?
Good collection of nicknames. Best one was Big Sister - Has a nice ring to it :).
And which ones did you not crack. You got all of them I think.
@Bongpen - More insipid than ridiculous frankly! From Ch***** Appam to Prasanth? Thhoo!
@Abhishek Paul - Thanks for the decoding help.
Ah...lovely..names..should have named SRK as Candy Floss Khan...
After reading your detailed review about MIHYAP,I had expectations of a review on similar lines.Though listing down the list of nicknames coined by FIP is interesting,but it does not say much about the book or its author.
review?! It was a review? :O
I am halfway through the book. Found your blog while searching for buzz about the book online.
Just a correction.
Robin Ka Beta is not a reference to Robin Uthappa. Its For Tim Robinson who is Kevin Peterson. FIP referred to Peterson on his blog as Peter ka beta. In the book since the name is changed to Robinson, the Fake IBL Player uses Robin ka beta.
Its very interesting story though. I like the way author has built a story around his posts from the blog. It makes for an intriguing read. The Rocky-Swati romance track is interesting too.
@yashbabpu - Thanks for pointing the error. Have rectified it.
Hi
Thanks for the list. I believe "Rocky" is Dhoni. But why is his character being portrayed part of Bangalore team. He is actually part of Chennai Team.
@anonymous - Yes, Rocky's character seemed much more like Dhoni's than Dravid's. But given that he was a sacked captain of the Bangalore team and his relationship with Mallya (Singhania) I put it as Rahul Dravid..
Amazing compilation :)
Interesting perspective on Rocky as Dravid...still feel it is MSD though...just an opinion
Couple of other observations:
GB - Greatbong (?) - wel i feel it is George Best i.e. Dwayne Bravo
Also, cool dude is M S Dhoni....the idea being he is captain cool
@Parry - Thanks! I know the opinion on Rocky will be divided, but as I said I think there are more pointers to him being RD, but the personality is sometimes very reminiscent of MSD. GB seemed like someone from the media, so not sure if that could be george best. And yes, cool dude is MSD for sure:)
When I read the book, I thought Rocky was MSD with some variations in story. But now I think the character of Rocky is blend of MSD & RSD, being MSD in his mannerisms and RSD as per situation and way of handling issues.
You missed what I found the most hilarious :
Director /Close Friend = Karan Johar
Especially 'Director / Close Friend in his green tank top and pink shorts' :-)
I think Kishen Kanhaiya was Krish Srikanth..
by the way, was great reading this blog full of nicknames. It was quite an eye opener. Im reading the book and is damn interesting and engrossing, surprising too. just wanted to knw who is 'Nick' a.k.a. nikunj..the guy who was abducted by PMS and his lucky, binny n ppl?
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