As long as the word “Fasak” is trending, Mohan Babu, 68-year-old Telugu cine actor and the architect behind the word “Fasak” would be hogging the spotlight. Rightly so, as “Fasak” had gone viral on the internet at speed of light. Mohan Babu sprang “Fasak” surprise in an interview with Rajdeep Sardesai!
Giving an outline of a film story, Mohan Babu narrates that one of the principle characters asks his associate to kill his wife. Not with multiple stabings, but only once. “Fasak!”, he gestures it with a horizontal slice of his hand. The word, which holds no dictionary meaning, sent shock waves among crowds, including the film fraternity.
As many sane individuals stood shell-shocked, a few came out of the shock and frantically worked their fingers over the keyboard, sending the video viral. Of course, Mohan Babu’s “Fasak” is very descriptively put forth. The word per se as nothing to do, but the action does. Straight out of the heart of this filmy villain-turned-hero flies intent so strong; the action speaks for itself without recompensing the word, F-A- S-A-K .
Knowing Mohan Babu, if this has surprised you. Imagine the plight of the non-Telugu speaking interviewer. One can’t but marvel the steely resolve of the interviewer, who didn’t drop dead but managed to stay upright and wholly sober by only fudging and twitching his eye a bit.
This bizarre talent of creating new words is not within the purview of lesser mortals like Chiranjeevi or Pawan Kalyan or Balakrishna. Though these actors have their own peculiarities, they don’t stand a chance when pitted against veterans who ace in the peculiarity department. And quite frankly, Mohan Babu would beat them hands down, anytime, any day!
While we are at it, let me put across that Mohan Babu is not somebody who would sit down and take it when it comes to fame or shame. In fact, he is not a person unfamiliar to popularity. On the flip-side, he doled out thundering, tongue-twisting and mind-boggling dialogues in numerous movies with a peculiarity none could match. Not that anybody would try hard to match him. ;)
So, when the word “Fasak” went viral, Mohan Babu saw his moment of glory and instantly took to the twitter handle and announced his gladness at the viral video. His tweet: “# Fasak Good to know its trending. @iVishnuManchu tells me there are minimum 200 spoof videos. Saw some, really innovative and creative.”
Little wonder that Mohan Babu likes spoofs. Guess why?! That’s because most of his movies are similar to spoofs with the hero being no more than a comedian. I know, I know, some may vehemently agree. A few others may vehemently disagree. Since I am not an ardent fan of his; I wouldn’t know a “Fasak”!
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