Television czarina Ekta Kapoor has put out a circular on the sets of
her serials stipulating that no artiste should be allowed to
give "unauthorised interviews" to the press without the knowledge of
her public-relation agents. Television stars who don't work with
Ekta say they'd feel stifled by the rule
Ronit Roy (Mr Bajaj from Kasautii Zindagi Kay)
Every company has their own policies to make. I do not want to
comment on it.
Amarr Upadhyay (fomer Mihir from Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi)
I think Ekta is right when she says that artistes should not give
interviews without her prior permission because it causes
unnecessary rift between them.
Nausheen Sardar Ali (former Kkusum)
Artistes not being allowed to give interviews to the press without
the knowledge of Ekta, I think it is a little too much. It is
curbing an individual artiste's freedom. I can understand Ekta not
wanting them to talk about her serials or aspects that she does not
want the people to know. But she cannot stop them from giving
interviews about their self. When I quit Kkusum, I was the first one
to tell Ekta about it and she let me go. There wasn't any kind of
bitterness. I think the problem in Balaji is not Ekta but the people
around her.
Hussain (Sumit from Kumkum)
It is entirely Ekta's decision. But I would not want anybody to tell
me whom I should speak to and whom I should not speak to. Yes, I can
understand a production house wanting to be secretive about the
story of the serial or a film. But we are mature adults. We know
what we are doing. If the issue is sensitive or debatable, then both
the concerned parties should mutually agree to a common decision
before going to the press.
Achint Kaur (Mandira from Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi)
Is there such a circular put up on the sets? I'm not aware of it.
i agree every production house/business has its own rulez😳