Peepli Live promotion

The 'Peepli live' promotion on Indian idol was a bit beyond acceptable limits. Sony has this habit of over-promoting its programmes and movies, but showing scenes and dialogues in the middle of Indian Idol and introducing the actors, praising their work was too much. I would prefer that Aamir Khan had let the movie speak for itself or maybe made other types of promos. Somehow after this promotion by Aamir Khan I don't feel like watching the movie.

Completely agree. This is what I wrote in another thread.

Anyway, I was thoroughly bored and irritated by the promotion of Peepli Live. The movie looks good but I find such excessive promotion very off-putting. And I personally don't like Aamir. He is so calculating and it all seems like a big business venture for him both times he came to Indian Idol.

The singing portion was fantastic though

And I was thinking Indian Idol seems to have transformed into Bollywood home shopping network of late. The stars come entirely for self-promotion, no one cares about the contestants and they talk some superficial nonsense and go away. Today it was so ridiculous to see the three contestants stand way back at the end when the whole Peepli teem and the judges were singing in the forefront.

completely agree.

they went a little overboard. all charm lost about the movie now.

Of late Amir has made a name for himself in the field of film promotiom. He has always been praised sky high for his "innovative" promotion schemes with every new film. Yesterday's effort was one more "innovation" from his side. And then Sony is more than happy to give in. He is still coming and promoting 3I on setmax. What for????

@topic starter
It is in my ignorance that I am asking that ,does aamir need a channel or a show to promote his movie?I dont think it is true that he begged,he already proved with his success what talent he is.

I agree that other drama was all unnecessary,esp the ammaji and other people praising aamir irritated me.

Originally posted by: rths

@topic starter
It is in my ignorance that I am asking that ,does aamir need a channel or a show to promote his movie?I dont think it is true that he begged,he already proved with his success what talent he is.

I agree that other drama was all unnecessary,esp the ammaji and other people praising aamir irritated me.

I think the answer to your first question is yes. No matter how big a star, he is very much in need of media. A show like Indian Idol whose viewer ship is extremely high is a huge platform for promotion. That is why you see all the biggest stars making an appearance. Of course, it goes the other way around too. If Aamir makes an appearance more people are going to watch Indian Idol. The fact remains that it is a business transaction where the contestants take somewhat of a backseat.

And to the person who thinks Aamir personally selected poor people😆. Maybe I am too cynical but sometimes I feel people don't realize how the world works. Everything is based on the requirements of the movie. The story demands that you have ordinary looking new comers to make it believable and credible. So they look for ordinary looking people. Nothing shatteringly noble about that.