Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Bipasha’s kiss – who frets and who cares?

What’s with the celebrity craze? Are we really a society that’s dying to hear how Bipasha locked her lips with Soccer player Ronaldo in Lisbon backstage of the much-hyped ‘the new seven wonders’ campaign? Or is it just the sensational-news hungry media that blows things out of proportion?

‘Times Now’ dedicated almost a solid hour ranting over the fact that Bips already have a boyfriend and Ronaldo have a girlfriend. They even dissected Bipasha’s damage control statement nitpicking the grammatical aspects (well the grammar was okay, it is just the meaning) of the same. To top all that, analyses were sought from editors of Page 3 tabloids and fellow celebrities.

Good god. A not-so-worthy news piece that could’ve been just compressed in the entertainment segment of the news bulletin – just the way it was shown in CNN-IBN – has literally become a debate of national interest for others.

What if Richard Gere could not control his libido when he shared stage space with Shilpa Shetty and Ronaldo for reasons similar in case of Bipasha? Who cares other than India’s pseudo-religious fundamentalists waiting for an ‘opportune moment’ (as is uttered by Bipasha Basu in her damage control statement over the kiss) to stage protests in the name of safeguarding the cultural values?

Well, I don’t. Not in the least.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Times Now� dedicated almost a solid hour ranting over the fact that Bips already have a boyfriend and Ronaldo have a girlfriend."

and I am guessing you spend the hour watching Times Now.

distanthorizon said...

hell no bro.. my channel surfing revealed that the program could be running for an hour (i may be wrong too).. i could still see the program running while flipping channels..

Anonymous said...

yeah - who cares - there are real issues going on in india and the media feed us cheap crap about celebrity gossip - would be nice if everyone grew up and got a life