Do marriages affect fan base of TV stars?

The recent controversial marriage of television actors Sara Khan and Ali Merchant in the reality show Bigg Boss house has pointed out a big question among all of us. There is a strong evidence that both the actors were already married two years back but they kept it secret and married here again in the reality show just to churn out money and TRP for the show.

Now, the question arises that what was the need of hiding their marriage when everyone knew that they are dating each other and very committed to each other.

No doubt the couple was too young to get married then because Sara was only 19 then and just started her career in the television industry. But they have not admitted it till today and remarried on the show.

Most of the television stars have this fear of losing their fans if they get married. The same happened with Sara's 'Bidaai' co-star Angad Hasija, who maintained his single status in the public forum until early this year when he declared that he is married and just wanted to settle in the industry before being tagged as a married man. Another popular actor from the same show Kinshuk Mahajan also shied away from his committed status until his part in the show ended.

It seems that tele-stars have become more conscious about their fan following than the Bollywood stars. We can understand the trick in case of female stars because they hardly get any lead role following marriage but why the male stars are so bothered?

Only handful of the viewers may be concerned about their marital status but it hardly affects their popularity or fan list. We hope the television stars realize the reality and come out with the truth on time without fooling their fans.

-Ritupo*na Nath/Tellycafe.com