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`I am not at all overbearing'
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VJs Anusha and Nikhil Chinnappa spar with each other and come a full circle with Nikhil admitting to the feminine streak in every man
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WACKY PAIR Nikhil and Anusha: `When you're lost, you don't find someone intelligent, you just ask the nearest auto driver' Photo: V. SREENIVASA MURTHY
This is the age of the metrosexual. Power dressing, manicures, pedicures and facials maketh the new man. Paradoxically, the slob with the two-day stubble and beer breath is shy of admitting he has feminine side. How often do you hear a chap proclaim that he's had a facial? ANAND SANKAR happened to drop by at one such conversation between MTV veejays Anusha and Nikhil Chinappa. Anchor of the show Stylecheck, Anusha needs no tips about grooming, while Nikhil can be seen in his pierced and ringed splendour in MTV Select. Excerpts from the conversation.
Anusha: How do guys take their nostril hair out?
Nikhil Chinappa: It's an age-old principle called the thumb and forefinger principle.
A: Ewwww...
NC: You just get a good grip and yank.
A: Haven't you heard about tweezers?
NC: Tweezers are a total chick thing. Have you ever seen a guy carry tweezers with him?
A: I think that is so not true. I know a lot of male models who use tweezers to do their eyebrows.
NC: They are the same models who use Anne French; I rest my case. (Laughter)
A: So you're telling me there is not one product that keeps you in touch with your feminine side?
NC: I am very much in touch with my feminine side.
A: So tell me what products you use?
NC: Her name is Pearl and I love her.
A: (Exasperated) I am not talking about the woman you're in love with. I'm asking if you're in touch with your feminine side, physically and emotionally.
NC: Well, I do get the urge to bake once in a while. But if I sit still for five minutes the urge passes. (Laughter)
A: C'mon, that is ridiculous. What product do you use in your hair?
NC: Johnny and Guy, seriously. It's very strong and can destroy your scalp hair gel. (Laughter)
A: So there you have it, you know the product, you know what it does, you know how much...
NC: I seriously have no idea. (Laughter) I guess it is a green bottle.
A: Ha! You know the colour of the bottle.
NC: No, no, it's not green, it is pista, pistachio. (Mimicking Anusha)
A: See, women have better eyesight.
NC: You know men are slightly better with directions.
A: Yeah, I agree with you.
NC: I mean generally... (Surprised at the agreement)
A: I guess that's okay because we are better in so many things; directions have nothing to do with them. But the thing with men is if they don't know the directions, they won't stop and ask. You keep going round and round in circles because your ego is so big you won't stop and say `I'm a little lost'. The woman will roll down the window and ask.
NC: You know why we don't roll down the window? Because you'll say, `Don't ask him, ask himmm'. Why? `Because he looks nicer'.
A: Yes, because the guy looks a little more intelligent.
NC: When you're lost you don't find someone intelligent, you just ask the nearest auto driver.
A: When you ask them they don't say left or right, they say seedha.
NC: In Bangalore, they'll say, `Go straight and turn right, mostly alli irutte'. (Laughter)
A: That's insulting.
NC: Mostly alli irutte. (Laughter)
A: In Mumbai, everybody says straight.
NC: That's because the city is straight and narrow. I am a map person. I like to read maps, chart my route and find out how much time it is going to take.
A: I can't read maps. I know how to get to those spots, like F50 or E70. Then I circle them.
NC: Guess what, it is on another continent. (Laughter)
A: I'll just give you the map and tell you to turn up the music and get me to the spot. I don't mind asking directions, it's more fun that way.
NC: Since we travel so much, there are chances that one may get lost on one's way to the bathroom. Once in Jaipur I woke up and walked straight into a wall. (Laughter)
A: It's true. You wake up and go, `S***, where am I?' Also sometimes you need to take those tiny gallis that seem to go nowhere.
NC: Eventually if you keep going straight you may not end up going where you want to, but you'll end up where you should be.
A: The fact that you ask for directions makes it clear that you're in touch with your feminine side. (Nikhil looks away) He keeps ignoring me because he can't admit that he is in touch with his feminine side.
NC: I am in touch with my feminine side. Just that I am not overbearing. I don't carry tweezers in my pockets, that's all.
A: Tweezers apart, do they put makeup on you sometimes? During shooting yes?
NC: That's because my face shines and you need a bit of powder to dampen it out. (Laughter)
A: Have you ever had a facial?
NC: No, never.
A: You should try one; they are really good.
NC: I was forced to take a pedicure for my birthday and I did not like it.
A: Yeah, pedicures are a little uncomfortable. Have you tried a manicure? I once saw a man in a business suit come in for a manicure. That was so happening.
NC: Yes, that was fascinating. (Sarcastically) That is the exact word I would use for it... Now my imagination is running wild. I wonder what he was wearing under that suit. (Laughter)
A: C'mon he was talking to his wife on the phone.
NC: Maybe his wife has hairy legs and wears boxers. (Laughter)
A: Why does it always have to be black and white? There are shades of grey.
NC: Of course there are. It is just I draw the line at tweezers. I am very much in touch with my feminine side. I wear sarongs.
A: Get over the tweezers. (Irritated)
NC: I like to use my fingers or, at the most, a pair of scissors.
A: Do you like hairy eyebrows?
NC: Yessssss. (Laughter)
A: You do not like hairy eyebrows.
NC: When you get close you can play with them. `Hello baby, twing, twing, twing... '. (Laughter)
A: Tweezers are also good to remove pimples.
NC: We guys are very low-tech, same finger principle applies.
A: Grossss...
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