Another article in MID-DAY..
Maureen Wadia is upset at Dimpy Ganguly, for breaching Gladrags contract and participating in Rahul Mahajan's SwayamvarMaureen
Wadia is not very happy with one of Rahul Mahajan's would-be brides.
According to Wadia, Dimpy Ganguly, one of the finalists of Rahul
Dulhaniya Le Jayega, has violated the terms of a contract that she
signed to be part of the Gladrags Mega Model Hunt 2009. The president
of Gladrags Magazine claims she has been repeatedly trying to bring the
breach of contract to Dimpy's notice but has not got a response from
the contestant, NDTV Imagine or the Gangulys.
Turning up the heat: Maureen Wadia says Dimpy(above) participated in
the TV show without informing Gladrags, which she is supposed to do
under the contract she signedWadia's
claim is that Dimpy has participated in the TV show without duly
informing Gladrags, which she is supposed to do under the three-year
contract she signed during the contest. Dimpy had participated in the
Model Hunt and had reached the semi-finals.
Though she did not win the crown, she was chosen as Miss Potential by the judges. "She sure has shown
potential
so that means that our judges were not wrong about her. But what
irritates me the most is that after putting in so much effort training
her and turning her into somebody, you hope that she would have a shred
of respect for the contract that she signed," snapped Wadia.
According
to Wadia, neither Dimpy, her family or the channel have replied to the
letter her office has sent them informing them about the breach of
contract. "It has been three weeks since we sent out the letter. They
keep saying we'll settle the case.
But it's not a case of
settlement, it's a matter of sticking to your principles and breaking
the rules," said the exasperated editor. She added, "If she hadn't
participated in the Mega Model Hunt and I hadn't trained her to bring
her to the level that she is at today, she wouldn't be on this show at
all."
'Troublesome'Wadia says she is not
surprised about Dimpy's actions because she had a tough time dealing
with the Kolkata-based model even during the model hunt. "I knew she
was a troublesome girl from the moment I set my eyes on her. A number
of times Dimpy would vanish after late night rehearsals and report at 4
pm for a 10 am call time. I had given her a solid firing during the
pageant," she recalled.
Wadia is in no mood to take things quietly anymore, more so since the show is about to end this Saturday. She plans
to take legal recourse if she does not get a reply from those involved
soon. "Such convenient amnesia on the part of the models has to stop,"
she said.
NDTV Imagine officials did not respond to our messages.
Bride in-waiting?Dimpy
Ganguly, a finalist in the reality TV show Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega,
alights from a car outside the Neeta Lulla store in Santacruz. The
Kolkata model is the favourite in the reality show, which has young
women trying to win Rahul Mahajan's heart. The finale will be aired
tonight. Pic/Sayed Sameer Abedi
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