Massive revelations and blind item Bonanza!!! - Page 5

Originally posted by: anjs

Since people are misunderstanding members speculation as revelation... Let's post a few answers here

EccentricBai 4d

Thanks for your detailed response on other sets of questions .

I am itching to ask you a question that you are free to chose not to reply. How reliable are Blinds? Are they secret weapon used by all PR agencies. Do PR agencies write a Blind and send it to publication?

Also, do agencies clean up internet for a news that can harm a star? I was looking for Aamir Khan's illegitimate son Jaan Khan's news and there isn't any detail about this. You can ignore this as well.

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Throwawaymedia9 4d

Blinds are either blatantly false, true or built on rumours. It's mostly the rival PRs work. I myself have written a blind, it's just mudslinging. I would say a fair percentage of what you read might be true. If we have a PR battle though, you can have false news for 7 or 8 consecutive blinds.

Now, the number of people who actually pay attention to these blinds is rather small, but they spread things quite fast and the next thing you know, a sizeable percentage of people know about it. Furthermore, a lot of celebs pay attention to these blinds. It exposes them at their most vulnerable, so they want to see people's reactions to it. It's part of the game. Not a very important part, but it keeps the tradition alive, and gives celebrities something to know too. Since everyone is just so superficial

Originally posted by: anjs

peace_preacher 3d

How true are the rumours about a chatterbox director his gentleman student being in a relationship?

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Throwawaymedia9 3d

A forceful relationship for sure could have definitely been the case with how suggestive the former is at parties and gatherings.

Originally posted by: anjs

EccentricBai 4d

My questions

Do you Manage SM accounts for stars? Does Agency posts praise of other movies, reply to a celeb tweet, RT all favorable tweets, Moderate comments on SM?

Do they keep eye on forums like Reddit ( our Sub isn't that popular, there must be other discussion boards like India Forums) to see what are opinions of fans and others about their star?

Do they tell star what can they get trolled for or what behavior should they avoid?

Do stars get pointers on where the wind is flowing on a social topic?

Lastly, how does one get job of being a SM manager? We have a few members who would love to manage Insta/ Twitter accounts of celebs

Thanks for doing this for our Sub.

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Throwawaymedia9 4d

1. Yes, sometimes we manage every little detail, who they like, who they comment etc. other times the celebs manage their own social media and we preview all the posts. About the other part, I myself have typed quite a few thank you's after a trailer launch or important event. My colleague has even done an AMA on behalf of a celebrity on twitter. We even moderate quite a few comments if the celeb wants us to, but our agency is against this. We believe that pushing down on the negative comments is only going to make them come back harder, sort of like the Barbra Streisand effect.

2. We sometimes do. But indiaforums is just a bunch of sycophants and fans wanting the best for their stars and not being easily convinced by other celebrities. They are the type of audience which knows that celebrities aren't perfect, and they do have a dark side, so it's useless trying to convince them otherwise. One of our A list clients is an ardent follower of India forums though, and was quite enraged when news of her indulging in an activity harmful to her body broke out there, we convinced her that trying to delete it there would only make it gain more traction, and thankfully she agreed. It's not a big enough platform to think about too much. Let's not even get started on pinkvilla.

3. All.the.time. Except a few rare exceptions, celebs are quite out of touch with reality and let out questionable statements. We spent half an hour convincing a client that tweeting All men are potential rapists, teach your boys not to rape' could backfire on her last month.

4. Yes. We actually craft up responses based on their personalities, and if it's a topic that we haven't gotten time to address, simply tell them to say an excuse that would sound the most like themselves to avoid it. If they are a firecracker, letting out rather rash statements can get them in the news, but our agency does not believe in that sort of publicity. As per many algorithms and history, it scarcely pays out in the long run.

5. Well I graduated from a top 20 school(USA)with a degree in social media marketing. I worked with a few companies before going to Mumbai. My dad is a builder, we often met tv actors during functions. I just climbed the ladder from their and now I manage quite a few A list celebrities. Not going to lie, connections are everything. My manager is not even 12th pass. Props to her for getting where she is, but connections helped her out a lot. I would say about 40% of our agency had no previous connections with this industry, so all hope is not lost!

Sorry for any grammatical errors, I am not proofreading right now. No need to thank me, this is fun.

So her depression was fake after all. Not surprised one bit. What a horrible person.

Originally posted by: you2

Its interesting that people think the scummiest thing that DP's PR could do is fake depression.It is very common..and even more so in a stressful environment as showbiz.others have come forward too,I am sure none of them are faking it..I dont know what success they got from telling people.In the west,we get to know only after the stars death.

To me it is very exciting that DP chose to tell her story(real or fake) at the most successful period of her life,personally and professionally.She did it! And I think rivals feel that it gives her tremendous advantage over others.Yesterday The Prime minister tweeted about mental health.So I guess it is a big deal.

But not Scummiest.

So what is the scummiest other thing DP's PR could have pulled (according to this person)?

Originally posted by: you2

Its interesting that people think the scummiest thing that DP's PR could do is fake depression.It is very common..and even more so in a stressful environment as showbiz.others have come forward too,I am sure none of them are faking it..I dont know what success they got from telling people.In the west,we get to know only after the stars death.

To me it is very exciting that DP chose to tell her story(real or fake) at the most successful period of her life,personally and professionally.She did it! And I think rivals feel that it gives her tremendous advantage over others.Yesterday The Prime minister tweeted about mental health.So I guess it is a big deal.

But not Scummiest.

So what is the scummiest other thing DP's PR could have pulled (according to this person)?

I don't think it's the mental illness issue. He said she and her PR pulled the scummiest move alive so she has no morals when it comes to being a success. Keyword being success so that makes me think of something relating to her movies. My bet is on the Padmaavat controversy and the death threats she received. Her PR probably hyped it up. Padmaavat didn't need any other publicity help.

Originally posted by: jb508

He answered later on he does not manage RK or know him like that so it's Kareena

Originally posted by: anjs

This is what they easily do

"Extremely easy The society is easy to blame the women too, aside from the minor vocal crowd on Twitter. These people forget things easily. We mostly just make the celeb do charitable things or ignore the topic, it's not even a big enough concern to worry about in most cases. Unfortunate really.

We have a client, a decent actor who had given a few flops until recently. He got into trouble and we just penned down earnest messages as him on social media, publicised it and he is strong as ever now. People are unnecessarily grateful when they see a celeb doing a good deed. The amount that is circulated is often not even real."