From Bondu, With Love

If Bond was going to be Indian, there was no way he could be anything but Telugu

It’s a pity that I am viewed merely as a writer of juvenile humour when I am actually one of the country’s greatest, if woefully underrated, clairvoyants. My piece ‘Welcome, Bond Garu’ in this very space (September 1, 2018), in which I emphatically argue that the time is ripe for an Indian James Bond, is all the proof you need.

Being someone who is forever serving society at his own expense, in my piece, I even handed over a fully developed plot the makers could use completely free of cost.

Today, four full years after my prediction, Cheo Hodari Coker, creator of Marvel’s Luke Cage, said our very own Ram Charan is ideal to play the next Bond.

Dear Readers, please note: my prediction was so accurate that I referred to the superspy as ‘Bond garu’ in my piece, knowing beforehand that if Bond was going to be Indian, there was no way he could be anything but Telugu.

Take that, Hindi boys.

Well, before the Broccolis come to Hyderabad, eat Paradise Biryani and sign up my beloved Telugu brother, a few suggestions.

I know the obvious way to go would be to sign up SS Rajamouli or Prashanth Neel, our sodarudu from Karnataka, because of their recent track record. Personally, I think we need to go in a different direction. Kindly hear me out, fellow RC fans, before bringing in my mother and sisters into the argument.