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There's something for everyone

A confluence of music and comedy enlivened a gathering of alumni

Memories, music and masti — the "Annual Rapport Meet 2005" of PSG Management Alumni Association had all this and more.

It had something for every one — Carnatic music by V. Gayathri, a comedy show by Bosskey and dance numbers by current students of the PSG Institute of Management.

Gayathri and a troupe of accomplished musicians set the stage for the evening during their hour-long performance.

After this, came the much-awaited comedy show by Bosskey.

A well-known TV personality, he is considered the veritable king of humour on the small screen and a critic of almost everything under the sun.

The crowd was looking forward to this wiz of comedy. They were not disappointed. Bosskey started off with "My dear Vijays and Trishas".

Then on, the crowd hung on to his every word and reacted to every statement of his. Sometimes with roars of laughter, sometimes with mild irritation. For, love him or hate him, you just could not ignore him.

The first segment was a brief round of stand-up comedy where he showed how humour could be found anywhere if one looked for it. From hair to road to society to teachers to film personalities, there was hardly an area left untouched. Then came two short skits, one on time and another a spoof on the `agony aunt' shows on television. The tour of comedy continued for a while, but dragged a bit towards the end.

Lively exchange

Bosskey then narrated incidents from his own shows to show how people cannot take criticism, and taught them ways to get over that.

Spurred by that, witty members of the audience matched Bosskey comment for comment, including taking pot shots at his bald pate and paunch.

The man took it all in silently encouraging them to do one better, as the audience sat back and watched the lively repartee.

Next, it was time for cultural programmes by students of PSGIM. One talented set followed another in a stream of colour.

The enthusiasm of youth combined with some very good choreography kept the audience tapping their toes.

The evening seemed to close the gap between different age groups and gave everyone some very pleasant memories to take home with them.

VIMIDA M. DAS

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