Originally posted by: MsUniverse
Salman was promoted heavily by Zee, although there were no silly antics...They had that going for Rakhi, who got eliminated very early in the game. They also tried to do it for Ma ka ladla Mangesh, who also got eliminated early.
I think they did that for Rakhee in the beginning to garner NRI votes, and also global TRPs for the show... But it backfired, since Rakhee couldnt dance compared to others... Mangesh's drama - OMG, that was too much, but he still kept getting votes and stayed safe, and he was disqualified due to his hand injury... Mangesh didnt perform for a week and he still got enough votes to stay safe - he wasnt even in the bottom!! So that meant he is a threat, and so was disqualified... In Salman's case, they didnt use lingo drama or love drama or majboori drama, but used a very loving son image who also speaks politically correct words... It's not that they showed his parents once or twice, but that they made his parents speak often, as well as he speaks to them after his act and then go to hug his Mom, and all that were extra air time... But one thing I must say, D gets 100 times air time than Salman had!! Also more TRP stunts and drama too.. As Lachu had said above, as long as we have no personal interaction with these people, we really dont know if they all are what are shown on TV... Even in D's case, I believe he can speak English well... These days with mobile technology and internet revolution in India, even less educated people can pass by with some English...