To an extent, I think everyone needs to do some publicity on the show to get noticed and receive votes. Even, the whole notion of asking for votes from the 'janta' at the end of each performance does that. It's just that some people are more skilled in this area and are able to receive positive publicity than others.
As for Bindu, I personally feel she is genuine but her innocence is being exploited by the production house. Her background has been brought up twice in the show [once in the first episode, second in last week's episode] and the hosts usually push her and incite her to say more about her background and she complies. You can say the same thing about Sayantan who spoke about his respective background but once again, he was asked to do so.
In the end, all that should matter is talent and hard work. Frankly, Bindu has both of these qualities and peripheral issues [such as one's background which once again, are usually brought up by the production house/hosts] are secondary to that.
Edited by lilroses_89 - 17 years ago