celebrity mountanier ! for real?

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Posted: 11 years ago
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no matter how much i love Arjun this thing always seems to unrealistic to me, do you really know the names of recent most successful mountaineers of world? the way people are taking Arjun's autographs look like he is a Bollywood hero or a star cricketer before this show i never knew there is any term called celebrity mountaineer

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Posted: 11 years ago
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i dun knw from whicvh place u r but i hail from haryana and mountaineering is luved sport here n yes i know a few recent mountaineers from here n i can identify them.
so its not extinct
plus u r forgetting the fact that mr. roongta has alteady done a publicity hype in the serial and arjun looks are a bonus to it
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Posted: 11 years ago
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but are the mountaineers clebrity there? in Bengal there are many mountanieering clubs but we generally get to know the names if there is any accident
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Most people wouldn't know. But look at it in the context of this show - Roongta's company Century Corp is famous. And by making Arjun a brand ambassador, he's only added to his fame. So it makes sense.
And also just because you don't know famous mountaineers, doesn't mean others will not know. Everyone has different interests & they follow different kinds of sports & news. So those people who click photos with him either know him because they follow it or have read about him in the newspaper which is highly possible. In India, if you appear on TV & newspapers, then people just treat you like royalty even if they don't even know much about you.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I noe quite a few mountaineers from my place...
So if u follow people out there you will be knowing...
The famous personalities are called celebrities in some cases..
So yeah I feel this is valid...
Arjun being a celebrity mountaineer!! I feel the reason is valid and justified
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Posted: 11 years ago
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Actually I'm not much awared about mountaineering or mountaineers but here it was shown he was branded by Roongta.. I each field there will be any person he /she must be a star or a wonderful performer in their profession.. Here just like it goes for mountaineering, I agree that I don't know about mountaineering or any institute going for mountaineering course but only. after watching this show.. Then I surfed and got many information regards mountaineering.. Like other sports mountaineers also had same type of strategic management and that goes for picking up best performers.. So here Arjun's reason is much reasonable being a celebrity mountaineer..
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Posted: 11 years ago
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That depends. Talking about celebs I fail to identify the majority of contestants from Big Boss. They are still called celebrities.
Do we know the names of successful doctors or advocates unless we need them ?

I fail to identify the best fashion designers of our country. That doesn't mean they are not famous. Its just that I don't understand their work profile.

Every group has its own limitations. Mountaineering as a sport is pretty much famous and the people who follow it follows the news also. SO, Arjun definitely is a name there. That doesn't mean everyone know about it. Remember the other girl in NIM din't really recognize Arjun immediately. She would not have recognized him at all if Roongta was not marketing his dream project at that time. Anjali however knew him well because she was trying to learn everything about mountaineering.

Cricket and movies are religions here in India. Don't compare with them.
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Posted: 11 years ago
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I agree

Mountaineers are not that famous as compared to bollywood stars and cricketers


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Posted: 11 years ago
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Well ...
About anyone being famous ...
...
I never knew who is Mary com until I watched the movie ..
..
I never watch tennis batminton ..
But I knew sania Mirza n sania nehwal ..
Before I didn't knew them but wen news paper ..media showed them ... I came to know about them
I never knew who was sangram Singh but wen I watched him on bigg boss ... I knew him now ...
..
Arjun is young mountaineer to climb second highest peek ..
N now his next target is Everest ...
..
N as he was shown media made him famous ...
N him being linked with the big company ..
A big company Sponcers him ..
Him coming in news paper ..
TV news ..
...
Delhi is arjuns home town n people knows him der ...
..
N during travel to journey ..he meet the other mountaineer ..who gets inspired by him ...
N are his fans ..
So they took autograph n photo ...
...
I don't think its unrealistic

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Posted: 11 years ago
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People who go on those Himalayan bike races know the famous names in their circuit. The general populace would have zilch idea about them.
Then there are all these new age DJs and EDM festivals happening. Again these are niche groups.

Nowadays if you look around on the internet, even bloggers get sponsorship deals with apps/mobile companies etc. But you wouldn't know about that in the mainstream media. Therefore a lot of people think that it's only actors who can be brand ambassadors. But that's not the case.

So a celebrity mountaineer is not such a far-fetched idea.

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