Shobhaa De: Preity Zinta Will Find Herself Increasingly Isolated - Page 4

Originally posted by: meribaat

Is Preity an Army kid or is it Anushka ? Does she have family in Mumbai ? Does anyone know ?

Originally posted by: sonalak

no sympathy for PZ.few years back there was news on ndtv that ness physically abused some poor labourers and at that time PZ was supporting him on ndtv camera and even threatening the reporter don't cover this story as according to her the reporter was targetting them because they are big celebs.

Originally posted by: -Mmm-

Preity Zinta Will Find Herself Increasingly Isolated

Comment | Shobhaa De | Updated: June 16, 2014 17:13 IST

That's the damn problem with celebrity spats - the personal becomes more important than the larger issues raised.

When such spats involve a beautiful and brave former 'Bollywood star' who is facing a slow and painful fade-out, and a volatile rich man who happens to be a former lover and current business partner, it's a made-for-media story all the way.

The easiest thing to do with all the juicy material flying around is to dismiss it as a high-profile lovers' tiff, as certain journalists with deeply-vested interests have tried to do.

Once you reduce the case to nothing more serious than a former girlfriend's public pique at being dumped and possibly replaced by a younger, hotter woman, perspectives change and opinions alter. InBambaiya-speak, it becomes another flippant Bollywood 'lafda', worth milking by scoop- famished mediawallas .

It also makes Zinta look bad. Perhaps, that's the whole idea. Preity is being projected as either a 'poor thing' who can't handle rejection, or a neurotic, high -pitched, out-of-control woman chasing publicity at any cost. This is grossly unfair to Zinta. As it would be to any other woman caught in similar circumstances.

Let's be honest : It takes guts to file an FIR against a powerful person who has allegedly been abusive in public. Abuse is abuse - verbal, physical, sexual. This is not a fight between equals. Pitted against Zinta is a wealthy, well-connected, individual. Zinta will find herself increasingly isolated, not just by her own film industry colleagues (evasive!), but even by those in her social circuit. That's Mumbai.

Zinta is no longer regarded as a force to reckon with in Bollywood - she has made too many professional mistakes, turning a flop producer being the latest. That's how it goes in the movie business - a female star is only as valuable as her last week's box office collections. Most fans will find it difficult to recall Zinta's last commercial hit. Becoming the part owner of an IPL team that narrowly missed the cup this season has ensured a certain level of visibility.

But the debacle that took place at the stadium on May 30, and which is dominating media space right now, will only erode whatever is left of the PZ brand.

India is not terribly kind to strong -willed, outspoken women who are dubbed 'trouble makers' if they dare to raise their voices, especially against men. Zinta is such a woman. In the past, she has bravely stood up to pressure tactics by being the only witness to stand by earlier statements against the Indian Mafia in the notorious Bharat Shah case of 2003.

Today, she's at the centre of another ugly controversy and is being hauled over the coals across social media platforms. Why not let the cops get on with their job? It must be noted that Zinta has not accused anybody of molestation -sexual or otherwise. Her lawyer has sensibly relied on a Supreme Court verdict which specifies that the real test is whether an action "shocks the sense of decency of a woman."

If Zinta was indeed called an "f#$% wh**e", a "f#$% bitch" in the presence of several people inside a stadium, as she claims, and reminded of the fact that she is just a 'bloody actress', one would think it definitely qualifies as a fit case that must have shocked her sense of decency - as it would, any woman's. And since Zinta's 'class' was also allegedly questioned in the exchange, it is appropriate to point out that generally it is the abuser who displays his / her true class...not the victim!

Originally posted by: JodhaBai

I don't believe she'll be isolated at all

Originally posted by: ChillMaarYaar

No point of having friends, who do nothing but just stay at coast when ur drowning. Well, time will say how many will she have and need as friends when the case sees its judgement day.

Looks like some feminist are actually opening up, I would love to read something from Simi...

De, reading some nice books and articles to see things more clearly kya? nice to see a open and honest side for a change

Originally posted by: ponymo

Ridiculous. I hope Preity doesn't waste her time reading this junk.

Preity will be isolated because of this incident? She has already been isolated for the past many years. She might claim she is great friends with Khans or whoever, but fact is no one wants to associate with her.

There is absolutely nothing she stands to lose from this. Shobhaa talks about PZ brand being eroded due to this. What brand? She doesn't have a film or endorsement to her name. She is a co owner of an IPL team and nobody can change that.

Anyway she is still rich and has good friends from outside of the industry. She can still be happy.

True. One of the aftermaths of this case that's going to be good for her is she'd be freed from her delusion that she has some great friends in the industry.