HOW TRUE IS NUMEROLOGY?
Even though its recession time, the big numerologists may not be facing tough times since they are always approached by the biggest of stars. The stars have so much faith in numerologist’s advice that they are ready to change even the spellings of their names, hoping that it would change their fortunes.
One such numerologist who’s quite well known and respected in Bollywood circles is Niraj Manchhanda. He has adviced many of the actors, who gave a sting of flops, to do a spell-change. Isha Koppikar changed her spelling to Eesha Koppikhar as per his advice and soon got two films, Hello and Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi. Rakesh Roshan appreciates him too. On his advice, he added extra ‘r’ and ‘z’ to his film’s title Krrish and Krazzy4 respectively and both did a good job at the Box office. Sajid Nadiadwala also added extra ‘y’ in his film’s title to make it Heyy Babyy and it became one of the super-hits of 2007! Nadiadwala is now hopeful that his forthcoming film Kambakkth Ishq will be a success too.
However, it should be noted that some of his predictions have failed too. He advised Vivek Oberoi to alter the spelling to Viveick Aanannd Oberoi. However, that didn’t bring him much luck. Also Hrithik Roshan was adviced to alter his name to Hrithick. Hrithik rejected the advice and yet, he’s one of the biggest superstars!
Also, the predictions made by Niraj Manchhanda for some films were wrong too. He predicted last year that Chak De! India (CDI) would be below the expectations! No need to mention what was the ultimate fate of the film! And there’s no question of films performing below the expectations since the producers of the film, Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra, didn’t kept any expectation from CDI after the debacle of their film, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom! Niraj’s prediction on Tashan was even more funny! In his words, “Next year’s Tashan will be a hit because of its lead actor, Akshay Kumar”! Hahahahahaha!
Numerlogy has worked in certain situations and for certain people but still, I don’t believe in it (so guys dont expect that I'll change my spelling to Fennil/Feniil/Fenill in future!!). In order for a film to be successful, one needs to make a good film with good script, performances, promotion etc. If one makes a disastrous film, no numerologist can save it from becoming the ultimate flop. For instance, if Ram Gopal Verma had changed the spelling of his film ‘Ram Gopal Verma Ki Aag’ according to a numerologist’s advice, then do you think the film would have been a super-hit?!
Niraj Manchhanda has also made some startling predictions for the upcoming films. “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi will have a blast at the BO”, predicts Niraj. And what about Aamir’s Ghajini? He says, “Ghajini will last as long as Aamir’s craze does”!! Let’s see if these predictions turn out to be true. Till then, the bollywood bigwigs will continue to hail numerology. Sigh…!