| Palak aka Gurmeet Kaur, a participant in a recent season of Roadies, came across on the show as a complete bitch. Today, Palak, who was also part of Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao, says she was manipulated by MTV. "I was just 19," she says. "I didn't know what I was doing. They would encourage me to swear in Hindi and they wouldn't beep out my gaalis the way they did with the English gaalis. I came across as a third-class, abusive person, which I am not. I spent three weeks in the Jungle show, and you can ask any of the other participants about me. They will tell you I'm not like that." (Ask Ashish Patil, general manager, MTV India, to respond and he laughs, "Now you know why we selected her for Roadies!"😆😆) But fears of being manipulated or of coming across as controversial and unpleasant are unlikely to deter Indians who seem to be in no mood to live happily anonymous lives any more. ISS JUNGLE SE MUJHE BACHAO SONY Celebs rough it out in a Malaysian rainforest. Highlights: The primitive living conditions and tough tasks that involve hideous creepy crawlies someone want to be thrown into a pressure cooker situation where conflict is inevitable? Or agree to perform gross, revolting tasks, common to several reality shows? In fact, this mystery is not difficult to solve. Most reality show participants are either celebrities or wannabe celebrities. There is no third category. As Danish Khan, marketing head, Sony, points out, such shows give a great platform for celebrities: they offer money (celebs are paid to participate) plus non-stop visibility for weeks. The celeb law rules that as you go higher, you will be less willing to appear on such shows. But for B and C list celebs, reality shows are a professional lifeline. For more on the article check http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=09_08_2009_328_001&mode=undefined |
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