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Originally posted by: PV_IFhandle
Re. bold: I am beginning to agree with you on this. I just posted the following on the Arunita AT. Posting it here too for the sake of completeness.
As I think more about this, I am now not so sure this has a positive impact on her career. My reasoning is as follows.
This is a very dire picture in my opinion. I sincerely hope that all my pessimism is misplaced and in reality she does well in her career.
- The Octopus contract was for 20 songs. I believe it would be "upto 20", but even 5 or 10 songs at this stage of the career is a big addition to the discography. And released songs is what other directors / producers / music composers would give weightage to.
- We know that at least 1 more song is already recorded, maybe 2 based on some reports. But there is a definite chance that there may not be more songs. If she is the one who reneged from the contract by opting out of the videos, it is most likely that the contract releases Octopus from any obligations of recording further songs with her. It would be an incredibly naive lawyer who did not factor in such a clause.
- Increasingly, featuring in videos of one's own songs is become mainstream. All the big artists of Bollywood are doing that. Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan, Badshah, Guru Randhawa, Neha Kakkar, Tony Kakkar - even HR himself :). Instead of choosing to opt out of videos a better option may have been to work out the differences and come to an acceptable resolution for both parties.
- One only has to look at Raj Surani's filmography on IMDB to know that he is extremely well connected with literally all the names that matter in Bollywood. Continuing to work with Octopus would have meant being able to benefit from those connects. Now, that may no longer be the case.
- On the other hand, if at all there was any acrimony involved in this, then it may be a significant disadvantage and could work to her detriment.
- In this industry, out of sight is out of mind. Being in the public eye with your work is important. Octopus afforded a great opportunity for that. Now - who knows what work will come.
- After ditching Octopus, she has taken up the Singing Superstar 2 Reality Show. She is extremely young compared to all the other Captains, and seems out of place. There is a very significant risk of being branded a "reality TV star" instead of a "singer".
Hope this doesn't happen. Less chances if they have committed.
But if it comes down to that..we can guess who will take her mic
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