Just think of the money, privileges, exposure and all the good stuff associated with a career that gives you every glamorous thing at your feet at costs not funded by you. Won't everyone want that for themselves? And among billions of people to pick out tens and give them that opportunity is in the hands of a select few, it's obvious why there is exploration. If there is corruption in fields such as education, medicine and even petty part time jobs are explored for why not such a humongous industry.
And about tele stars, according to the stats released in 2013, leading Balaji actors earned 1.25 lakhs per day (not episode) if they were leads and similar for almost all leading channels. Events got them around 40 lakhs for half an hour appearances and especially those like Navratri times where they do five six events per day mostly. Appearances get them similar income, for photoshoot they charge 5lakhs per outfit change or something, plus the recent adverts and campaigns that have started this year. For a career that was heavily looked down upon a decade ago and given to rural 'innocent' girls who were then exploited in term of work hours, remuneration, ethics, work environment and what not... This industry has certainly grown. And the fact that TV doesn't even require you to be pretty, you need to look homely and demure...
And you are exploited in every field, and as a newcomer in every damn job until you manage to make your mark. It's just that the bigger the industry, the bigger is the coverage and the more public are it's hardships. Like no one will talk about office corruption or corporate corruption as easily as Bollywood or glamour industry related corruption. The world's differ, so do the scales and the leverage.
Edited by -Ara- - 8 years ago
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