Originally posted by: Jessica11001
guys i don't know if it was posted before in this forum but someone wrote this comment on youtube.....check it out........
"Do u know after dancing the whole night and winning in the grand finale Jeetumoni and his family left for home town at 6 AM next day by train from Pune in Geetanjali Express. The organizer did not even bothered to pay them neither the Air ticket or railway ticket nor hotel stay. The poor family pay by themselves to travel by train? (Information received as per media).This what happened in Realty Show.Jeetumoni we are there for you are the son of soil of Assam."
i don't know if it's true but it's definitely sad.......
This is one topic which can initiate a lengthy discussion as it involves many things
1. Agreement/contract
2. Exploitation
3. Humanity side
Zee is at fault if they didn't pay for any thing which they agreed in agreement but they are not at fault if they didn't pay for air ticket or hotel stay because they never agreed for this. I don't know what was in the agreement Zee signed with Jeetu, so can't say whether Zee is at fault or not. I know many businesses have morality issue and they do not fulfill the agreement but ZEE is a big company and I doubt they will say no to honor contract just for few thousand rupees.
Zee is providing entertainment but it's just a business for them and every business wants to maximize their profits and how you do it? you do it by controlling your cost. Zee is doing reality shows for sa many years so by now they must have standardized what all expenses they will cover for the participants and They must have explained this to each contestants and their family. I think that's the reason why Jeetu's family is not complaining about it (It's media and others who are complaining not Jeetu himself or his family) because they knew they have to pay for expenses related to hotel stay and travel.
Think for a minute what Jeetu or any other contestant from these shows has gained. The exposer and identity they get here is going to help them in big way. Look at Dharmesh he got a chance in a movie, Binny in a TV serial, Siddesh got other reality shows without DID they might had to wait long to reach up to here. So it's all gain for contestants even if we forget the prize money and performance fee they might be getting. Ofcourse there is this exploitation issue as ZEE holds all the cards. If Jeetu won't do it then some one else will do it, so the participants don't have any negotiation power and will have to agree to ZEE terms. Ofcourse one can argue about humanity side and say Zee is making a lot of money through them so they must take good care of them.
Edited by Cool_Ishu - 15 years ago