Number Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 "Arre yaar, tumne toh woh girlfriend wali baat headline bana di," laughed Virat Kohli when he met us again, after his last interview to DT. Team India's new vice-captain, Virat is also just a chilled-out guy. That's more than a little obvious when teenaged girls swarm around him for autographs and pictures, and attend every public event they can find him at! It helps that he looks good too - not one of them uses the word 'cute', while 'hot' occurs twice in each sentence. But talking about girls hasn't exactly been routine in Team India, where the older lot have maintained squeaky clean public personas. Over a chat, Virat fields questions about girls and cheerleaders with ease. You say you don't have a girlfriend. Why? Time nahin hai. Honestly. Kya fayda hai - to be with someone, you need time. Ghar pe aane ka time hi nahin milta hai, we stay in the same city for barely a week, we're touring for months. So there's no point being with someone. I'm at home two-three months in one year, combined. We'll get a break after the IPL - that's the only break I'll see in four years. And what do you think of the cheerleaders debate in IPL - yay or nay? I don't think as players, it affects us too much - you're so involved on the field that you're not bothered about what's happening outside. I think it's more to do with the whole package and the entertainment thing - for the crowd coming in, it's fine as long as you have music. They're cheerleaders, they're not like... bad girls, or girls who're showing off too much. They're professional dancers, their job is to dance, they entertain people. You have people dancing in shows as well, so I don't think there's anything wrong with it as long as people are getting entertained. But one of the arguments proffered against them is that they distract the players... I don't get distracted, personally. In T20, you don't have time to get distracted - it's so quick, you have to run around in the field, and while batting, you don't actually think about anything else. I don't think it distracts us at all. And off the field? Well, I don't know about off the field, if cricketers are getting involved with them, but certainly I don't think they distract anyone on the field. If people are getting distracted (on the field) that's their own mistake I guess, they're probably not concentrating too well. I've heard of a few times... that came on Twitter and all, like last IPL - that was sort of a bad incident, as far as this cheerleader thing was concerned, but I don't think there's anything wrong with it otherwise. What did you think of the IPL ceremony? I didn't watch it. I was shooting in Mumbai for a commercial at the time. Do you remember, off-hand, how many endorsements you're doing at this time? I think 15, I signed two-three recently. That's what - when I get time off from cricket, I'm shooting most of the time. Do you plan and project a certain image? I've been lucky - all the ads I've got, I've got to be myself. I haven't had to act too much or tried too hard to be someone I'm not. I think that's why people sort of like them. Even the Fastrack ads I did with Genelia. A bit of controversy also came in, but I think that's a part of it. That was refreshing - you being a regular guy in an ad. Most sportspersons make a deliberate effort to keep it goody-goody... It was more of the connection with the brand - it's edgy, it connects with the youth. If I'm a cricketer and Genelia's an actress... If they see something that's wanting to connect to the youth (sic), obviously they'll like that. I think you've got to be yourself. If someone's trying to portray that he's a nice boy and trying too hard to prove that point, I think it shows to other people watching. See I'm not a nerd, obviously. Do I look like one? I'm not someone who sits at home and doesn't like to go out, doesn't like to watch movies. I like to live my life. I'm turning 24 this year. If I don't live my life now, when else will I? I hardly get time off the field, so when I do, I enjoy it with my friends, hang out, watch movies, do what 23-year-olds do. I'm not a nerd, don't plan to be a nerd and read books - which I can't do at all (laughs)! So I like to be myself. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl-2012/tale-spin/Cheerleaders-are-not-bad-girls-Virat-Kohli/articleshow/12555253.cms
deathmonger Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl-2012/tale-spin/Cheerleaders-are-not-bad-girls-Virat-Kohli/articleshow/12555253.cms thik hi to bola hai. it's only the chewtiya right wingers that have a problem.
Needforspeed Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 But the standard of Cheerleaders have really fallen after exit of Modi. In the DD vs KKR match, the KKR cheerleaders were so awful looking and in such ridiculous outfits that I was forced to change channels each time the cameras focussed on them.
achilles Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 1. Virat will be conspicuously missing from the functions of various netaji's, given his "brashta vichar". 2. The Cheerleaders are so bad man. Pune has people in Sarees, Chennai has people who look as they're out for a morning walk. Slowly, everyone is covering the cheerleaders up. I that :dc: continues with its cheerleaders, for they're the only saving grace adding entertainment value to the broadcast.
Magneto Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 Just a bunch of dancing professionals, man. Time we stop branding everyone from the glamourous professions a '*****'!
deathmonger Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 1. Virat will be conspicuously missing from the functions of various netaji's, given his "brashta vichar". 2. The Cheerleaders are so bad man. Pune has people in Sarees, Chennai has people who look as they're out for a morning walk. Slowly, everyone is covering the cheerleaders up. I that :dc: continues with its cheerleaders, for they're the only saving grace adding entertainment value to the broadcast. kkr cheerleaders man archana vijaya should get up on stage and dance. now she's got a nice body.
achilles Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 kkr cheerleaders man archana vijaya should get up on stage and dance. now she's got a nice body. That'd be nice. :--D I'd like to see more Phirangs. They're bold and confident :winky:
Needforspeed Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 That'd be nice. :--D I'd like to see more Phirangs. They're bold and confident :winky: Quiet true. Indians are too self-consious..The phirangis are uninhibited and are full of energy and enthusiasm. Plus the fact that they put in a lot of training, practice and hardwork shows in their performance . In the West Cheerleading is more like a creative sport.
Stuge Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 Just a bunch of dancing professionals, man. Time we stop branding everyone from the glamourous professions a '*****'! have to agree with that .It sucks that people have made habit of branding chreeleaders as some kind of w**res.
Executioner Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 As long as the cheerleaders arent too revealing then there aint no problem
Swing_n_Speed Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 Just a bunch of dancing professionals, man. Time we stop branding everyone from the glamourous professions a '*****'! Yup! +100
Swing_n_Speed Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 That'd be nice. :--D I'd like to see more Phirangs. They're bold and confident :winky: Not just bold and confident, but way better looking and amazing bods, when compared to most desis out there.
shinchan Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 what happened to cheerleaders this season??even MI's cheerleaders bad yesterday:sick: only hope is RCB:giggle:
gaurav92 Posted April 7, 2012 Posted April 7, 2012 The cheerleaders in the studios > Cheerleaders on the ground :agree:
Prakat Posted April 8, 2012 Posted April 8, 2012 Not just bold and confident' date=' but way better looking and amazing bods, when compared to most desis out there.[/quote'] lol
Needforspeed Posted April 8, 2012 Posted April 8, 2012 The cheerleaders in the studios > Cheerleaders on the ground :agree: +1. Let the loose on the ground. :--D One of the main reasons why people watch IPL is for the Cheer Leaders. An now look at the standard. Bring back Modi. The man with the golden touch as far as cheerleaders are concerned.
achilles Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 Quiet true. Indians are too self-consious..The phirangis are uninhibited and are full of energy and enthusiasm. Plus the fact that they put in a lot of training' date=' practice and hardwork shows in their performance . In the West Cheerleading is more like a creative sport.[/quote'] Exactly. Indian cheerleaders feel they should be treated at par with the Westerners but then, they would not like to wear the clothes that the Westerners do, not be bold, not be free, not be conscious, not be confident. In the professional sphere, you can either match your competitor, move for move. Or be rigid and lose. Given that we know what the viewers want, either give it to them, or stop giving those bhashans on "sanskruti".
India-KXIP fan Posted April 9, 2012 Posted April 9, 2012 Kohli is my favorite young player, he is definitely ATG in making but I also like Mandeep Singh. But these idiots need to stop asking about a perons personal life, they are cricketers stop bothering them. :mad: As long as the cheerleaders arent too revealing then there aint no problem Agreed, many families, women, children and elderly people at games. They entertain with dancing, if people seek otherwise Im sure there are certain clubs or something for that.
Recommended Posts