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Sara's party nothing more than sham. Ali Merchant insults media?
An onlooker says, "Ali Merchant didn't want the media to cover the actors letting their hair down on the dance floor. But when you have called the media to cover an event, you can't ask them to stop their cameras from rolling at your behest. Media didn't stop and tried to cover the actors dancing on the floor which is when a rather sloshed Naman out of the blue started hurling abuses at the media guys ordering them to stop covering the event. There were female reporters too but he seemed to be indifferent. We all tried to control him but he didn't budge. He even went on to say that he doesn't mind negative publicity as any form of publicity is good. His erratic behaviour had the media guys fuming in anger but Shaw was not in a mood to relent and repent on his crass behaviour."
Freelance journalist, Anil Merani who was present at the do says, "You have invited media hence it would be wrong on our part to ask them not to cover the event. I can't understand why actors are getting hesitant about dancing in front of camera? Naman's behaviour is not justified."
Naman however decilnes the news of being drunk or having had abused anyone. He says, "I did not say anything to anyone. I don't drink alcohol so I was very much in control of my senses. Ask those present and they will agree with me."
Another reporter who had covered the party says, "It a sponsored party and I am sure Ali and Sara hadn't spent anything for the party. There were hoardings of Richboyz Entertainment and a popular energy drink. Ali, who we all know is very media savvy, kept asking us to wait as their were surprises in store but there was nothing worth covering or mentioning about. The party was a dampener and fell flat. Sara was drunk too and kept dancing the entire night. Ali even went on to say that if media isn't asked to leave they would stay put here for no use till the morning. It was really insulting. Gaurav from Richboyz even gestured at one of the cameramen, that he will break his camera. I feel Naman was intrigued by Ali as the moment he said something to Shaw in his ears, he started hurling abuses at the reporters. But yes, he was certainly high and so must not have realised what he was doing? Apparently, Raja Chaudhary and Kamaal Rashid Khan were invited only to create a frenzy but the two didn't do anything much to the disappointment of the hosts. I feel Ali used the media just to flaunt his upcoming liaison and endeavours. It was really unsafe for the female reporters to cover the event."
We tried contacting Merchant but his mobile was switched off and Sara feigned ignorance over Naman's incident and said, "I am very close to media and I can't think of insulting them. They are also my friends. I have no clue about Naman's incident. had I been aware, I would have taken care of it. All we requested the media was to stop covering the party after a point of time as we wanted to enjoy the party and most of the actors weren't comfortable doing so infront of camera. Also I wanted the media to enjoy too. I am not someone who appreciates negative publicity." didn't answer our call. We certainly wanted to ask them about the absence of Bollywood celebs Arshad Warsi and Sohail Khan, who Merchant claimed would be attending the do.
Well, the party has turned out to be a complete sham, but from what conspired, these actors don't mind negative publicity too. Arshad and Sohail certainly will give such a party a miss. No negative publicity for them please.