In their interviews and statements, celebrities go on claiming endlessly that they have had to pay a huge price for their "fame" - their privacy [though I suspect that most of them enjoy, or in some cases, desperately try, to be in the limelight]. But what I want to ask is, what is the price of this so-called privacy?
Special events - weddings to be most specific - in the lives of celebrities, specially of those in the business of entertainment, are keenly followed by a section of masses [I really wonder, why?]. These celebrities will have different events of their wedding in different, exclusive locales, in luxurious [though I feel that luxury is too mild a word for it] style. The event is attended only by "immediate family and close friends". And then - they sell the "exclusive rights" of the event to a media company!! For an exorbitantly large amount !! Perhaps the buyer is indeed their closest friend, at least for the moment - he is providing the much needed moolah that allows them to afford such super-luxuries.
Point in case - two large profile weddings - one that has already taken place [Liz Hurley and Arun Nayar], and one that is eagerly awaited [Ash and Abhisek]. Liz and Nayar sold the rights for filming the wedding to "?" [sorry I do not know the name; I am not a part of the above mentioned section of the masses - I am only made aware of it because the newspapers thrust the news under my eyes]. And now we hear that the rights for Ash-Abhishek wedding has been sold to "a foriegn media company" for "an undisclosed amount".
Selling everything from Tag Heur watches to 'Navratan tel' is one thing ... but this - have they named a price for their self? Because, I feel that this amounts to selling oneself - these stars have made themselves a commodity. But that is not the question. The question is - why do they then shout themselves hoarse, cribbing that the media allows them no privacy?
Special events - weddings to be most specific - in the lives of celebrities, specially of those in the business of entertainment, are keenly followed by a section of masses [I really wonder, why?]. These celebrities will have different events of their wedding in different, exclusive locales, in luxurious [though I feel that luxury is too mild a word for it] style. The event is attended only by "immediate family and close friends". And then - they sell the "exclusive rights" of the event to a media company!! For an exorbitantly large amount !! Perhaps the buyer is indeed their closest friend, at least for the moment - he is providing the much needed moolah that allows them to afford such super-luxuries.
Point in case - two large profile weddings - one that has already taken place [Liz Hurley and Arun Nayar], and one that is eagerly awaited [Ash and Abhisek]. Liz and Nayar sold the rights for filming the wedding to "?" [sorry I do not know the name; I am not a part of the above mentioned section of the masses - I am only made aware of it because the newspapers thrust the news under my eyes]. And now we hear that the rights for Ash-Abhishek wedding has been sold to "a foriegn media company" for "an undisclosed amount".
Selling everything from Tag Heur watches to 'Navratan tel' is one thing ... but this - have they named a price for their self? Because, I feel that this amounts to selling oneself - these stars have made themselves a commodity. But that is not the question. The question is - why do they then shout themselves hoarse, cribbing that the media allows them no privacy?
3 comments:
I feel this is all hog wash...they just love all that attention...! If someone wants to guard their privacy they can still do...! There are many cases where you find that celebrity just don't speak - though they are quite rarefied kind...!
Oh Yeah Liz and Arun was big tamasha.....on top of that some org is now filing a case against them for making a mockery of "Hindu rites" - yeah keep stoking the fire...so that the whole matter should remain alive and everyone can have their 15 min of fame...$%#@*.....!!
I liked the way you have pointed out the irony...only close friends and relatives were invited...and whole circus sold to media...oh yeah...we all know how close the wedding they wanted to be...! gosh..they are quirks...:-)
Nice post.
I'll repeat what you have said. It is just another way to remain in limelight.
@BTR: Thanks for sharing your views! Well, I hadn't heard of that one - that someone filed a case against Liz and Nayar!! This is just outrageously funny!
@Cuckoo: Thanks!
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