My friend who is in library school has hit an academic stumbling block, so to encourage her I thought I should do a theme post. Sexy Librarians!
A small sleepy library in a little town has an area for folks to sit and read, the youthful head librarian Shahrukh enjoys sitting there with his book for hours on end. Unaware that the girls of the town come in just to watch him read.
His twin brother, Other Librarian Shahrukh, rolls his eyes and shelves books, doing his job as best he can while his twin loafs around.
Although even this hard working Shahrukh cannot resist temptation to peer into a forbidden text.
At the check out desk is their older brother, a little shy, a little overly worried about paperwork, always fidgeting with his glasses and pen.
Guarding them all is a photo of the UrLibrian Shahrukh, their father, dead in a tragic book related accident years ago.
One day, who should enter but the black sheep of the family! The wild rebellious Librarian Shahrukh, who left the family years ago when he gave a book to a poor child without a return slip. For this sin, he was beaten out and forced to join a dangerous Librarian Gang in order to survive.
The older brother is holding a meeting on new cataloging techniques and how to use them for the public, and does not see Rebel Shahrukh arrive.
The lazy brother is too caught up in his book to notice anything around him.
But the shelving brother is stunned and shocked.
In fear and confusion, he hides behind his book
What they do not know is that there is an Evil SuperLibrarian behind it all, Chubby Aamir, living in his luxurious library, growing rich on the efforts of the struggling Library Gangmembers like Rebel Shahrukh.
Aamir started out as a young freshfaced Librarian. He went to the rare Shaolin Library Training School, where he learned mental and physical discipline that made him the greatest Librarian the world had ever seen.
But he used his powers for evil, that strong body and clean mind turned bad and broken. Soon, he was only Libraring for his own profit, not the greater good.
He encouraged his followers to do the same, seize the power!!!! Take back the libraries for themselves, by any means necessary!
Rebel Shahrukh has had enough of this evil, he is returning home to warn his brothers that their humble library is Evil Aamir’s next target. Their only hope is to collect allies among the wandering Saints and Sages of library science. Like Salman, the librarian who chose to drop out of the regular Library world following a tragic photocopying accident.
He appears humble and peaceful, but when he takes his glasses off.
He reveals himself to be confident and businesslike! There is no greater power.
Salman brings with him his young mentee, Prabhas, a boy from the streets who couldn’t handle the discipline of a regular Library School, but has his own street smart way of doing things.
But before they can defeat Aamir, the Shahrukhs must learn to make peace with their rival library family, the Madhavans. The youngest sweet and simple Madhavan.
The older angry Madhavan who raised his brothers with a burning hatred for the family that killed their father.
The hotheaded middle Madhavan, always quick to declare Library War and cut off any fragile hope of Inter Library Loan Peace.
All seemed impossible when, like a ray of hope, a vision appeared. The greatest Librarian of them all, Amitabh Librarian. He founded both libraries in this small town, and passed them down to his two adoptive sons, Shahrukh 1 and Madhavan 1. It was only after his death that a dispute over the only copy of the latest bestseller lead to the two libraries to begin their feud. His appearance now is a sign, the Madhavans will fight next to the Shahrukhs, using all their library skills to defeat the evil Aamir.
Dressed in their most powerful Library Suits, Madhavan and Shahrukh corner Aamir in a public place while their brothers stand guard. With no other option, Aamir is forced to listen to their soft-voiced information based reasoning (a libarian’s greatest weapon) and, eventually is won over to a slow long term adjustment of his business plan to make his libraries once again free for all. HAPPY ENDING!
Well, that’s brilliant, is what that is! I can’t imagine any possible adjustment or suggestions to be made.
I guess the only thing left to ask is:
Would you go to a Shahrukh library?
Or a Madhavan library?
Or an Aamir Library?
Or the roaming street library run by Salman and Prabhas?
This is the post I never knew I needed. (At least the first part 😉 )
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Can you imagine a library run by 4 Shahrukh’s? Oh oh! That should be his new Netflix series! He takes turns in one of each of the 4 personas, and just stands there and talks about his favorite books for 40 minutes. I’d watch it!
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 2:48 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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OMG I would binge-watch that on repeat. And then take breaks to read his book recommendations
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Heck, why not a multi-episode series, “Shahrukh reads aloud while wearing glasses”. We don’t even have to read the book, let him read it to us.
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 3:32 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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OMG. I would never leave the apartment again.
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And it would be so easy! And cheap! Film it on a cell phone camera, no make-up or costumes, he just sits in his den at home and reads aloud to the world for 40 minutes and then turns the camera off and goes and has a snack.
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 3:42 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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This is how I feel about you right now, Margaret. 🙂
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I already spend too much time in libraries and book shops, but if there would be one run by hotheaded middle Madhavan, I think I would never leave 😉
Bonus:
https://images.app.goo.gl/k2HJXshYVdfMHZm99
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But hotheaded middle Madhavan is so hotheaded! He would yell at you for dogearing the pages and stuff. I think I want a library run by lazy Shahrukh, I can just sit and read with him.
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 3:25 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Ha ha, I’m very respectful towards books, so no problem, I would ruin a book only if there would be some tête-à-tête punishment for it.
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Poor hotheaded middle Madhavan! Young women keep coming to his library and damaging books, and then he has to take them into his office and lean over their chair and angrily low voiced whisper-talk to them, and then it KEEPS HAPPENING!!!! He just doesn’t understand, it’s almost like the women WANT him to take them into his office and lean over them and whisper in their ears!
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 3:58 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Roaming street guys, to be sure. Me riding the re-shelving cart while Prabhas pushes. Oooh, the possibilities!
BTW, I thought you blogged a while ago that you were running out of ideas. Not so car as I can tell.
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Well, I was inspired by friendship! Next time you need a lift, tell me what you like and I will make it for you.
Oooo, love the image of Prabhas pushing the shelving cart! Throwing books to slum children with one hand as he fights off their gangster oppressors with the other.
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 3:32 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I’m curious to see them all, but the ShahRukh-library would be my lasting choice…no one else can top the number of ShahRukhs I would get to know…
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And you can watch the very quiet power struggle between Rebel Librarian Shahrukh and Check-Out Librarian Shahrukh as it plays out over several years of passive aggressive whispered arguments about Dewey Decimal versus Library of Congress.
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Librarian SRK sounds kind of boring. Maybe if he can be a vampire on the side or something. The Prince of Darkness who also likes books.
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Bite your tongue! Librarians are the sexiest best men around! All organized and thoughtful and helpful.
But if you want excitement, you can go for Rebel Librarian Shahrukh, the one who brings books to the People and doesn’t play by the rules of library science.
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Excuse me, but librarians happen to have one of the sexiest professions out there. Introducing you to hidden wonders you never dreamed of? Opening your eyes to other worlds? Come on!
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Also, if you want more example of sexy fictional librarians, see: Rupert Giles, Evelyn Carnahan, Barbara Gordon – the list goes on!
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Hahahahha! Books and SRK–my two great loves. Brought together! How do I get that image out now??
I love the glasses in the “meeting” SRK pic! Very, very sophisticated! Also, I am totally totally on-board with the idea of him reading aloud :))))
On loop!!
PS: I would also be saying “hey battery” in my head as means of teasing him.. in hopes he gives back that swoon-worthy grin!
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Why don’t bookstores hire hot men in sweater vests? Like Hooters, but for women who like to read?
On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 7:09 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Hahah! I have no idea. Also, men seriously underestimate just how much “personality,” including intelligence affects a woman’s perspective of how “sexy” a man is! 😛
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This is the funniest thing you have ever written Margaret!
I love it! 😂
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This is the epic crossover multi-movie event we deserve!
On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 3:19 AM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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Very cute! I would definitely go to a SRK library. Salman’s would be empty of books and Aamir’s would be too stuffy.
Now name some actual librarian characters in Hindi films…I can only think of Tabu in Golmaal Again, the heroine in Sanam Teri Kasam, and kind of Rani’s character in Aiyaa. No male librarians?!
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Well, John has a bookstore in Jhoothi Hai Saahi, does that count?
On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 8:50 PM dontcallitbollywood wrote:
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I love that movie! Close enough.
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