truth or dare?

Truth or dare!
Just the lure of lucre seems to be enough inducement for Indians to let their deepest, darkest secrets come tumbling out, never mind if,
in the process, they risk marring relations with friends and family forever.

We, as a rule, are supposed to be very conscious of boundaries and keep dirty linen in the bottom-most drawer of our closets. Which is why one never learns
of the bed-hopping antics of our netas. That said, all that seems to be in the past. Your average aunty, 'happily married with kids' and house-proud to
boot, is on TV admitting to stuff that'll forever shatter the pati-parmeshwar image to bits.

Or, take the avuncular figure in his 60s who admits to paying for sex and says he'll readily jump into bed with a woman young enough to be his daughter.

This is more than just a paradigm shift... it's a frigging bunker buster! And it's on prime-time TV, five days a week... "Sach Ka Samna", how's that for a
name? Family entertainment that'll shatter, once and for all, our habit of taking things at face value. Nothing is what it seems -- as Al Pacino keeps
dinning into Colin Farrell's head in 'The Recruit' -- is the credo we'll have to go by from now on.

Coming back to the aunty... she was the guest on the very first episode of our desi take on 'Moment of Truth'. Introduced as Smita Mathai, a research associate,
she looked so propah, so middle class... saree, bindi, hair neatly done in a ponytail. Her hubby, mom, sister and brother-in-law had come to watch...but,
man, were they in for a surprise.

After a few looseners, host Rajiv Khandelwal (of Aamir fame) asked her if she loved her mom-in-law more than her mom... YES, came the reply. Mommie dearest
looked shattered. Then came a biggie...did she ever wish her hubby dead? YES again. Hubby's turn to look crestfallen. But wait... there's more. Did she
ever think of sleeping with another man? YES came the pat reply. Hubby looked like he'd explode. A trick follow-up: would she sleep with another man if
she was sure her hubby wouldn't find out? She took her time... and then said NO. Bang flashed the screen: FALSE. She'd lied and the polygraph that she'd
undergone prior to the show had caught her out. Bet her life won't be the same again... and she hadn't won any cash to go solo -- liars walk away with
zilch.

As for uncleji, an actor by the name of Yusuf Hussain. He's been married thrice and is currently with a girlfriend. In the audience -- daughter, GF, one
of his ex-wives and his brother. I'll just stick to the juicy stuff. Have you found your ideal woman? NO came the reply from the marrying man who's been
hitched to girlfriend Jezebel for six years. You should've seen the look on GF's face. Have you ever paid for sex? YES. Have you slept with a woman young
enough to be your daughter? YES. Daughter's shattered. Did you try hard enough to make your marriages work? NO... there goes the stereotype of the macho
male who can do no wrong. In comparison, a tame one got him -- Do you think you've been a good dad? He thought long and hard and said YES...big screen
flashed false. Off he went with not a penny...and he was close to taking home 25 lakh.

Missed the Vinod Kambli episode... hope to catch a repeat though. It seems he's blamed best bud Sachin for not doing enough on his downward spiral. That's
probably curtains for that friendship but Kambli does need the cash... he'll always get a few pals once he's got the dosh to blow.

So, these were just a few examples, and lot more are there like this. Ok, we have accepted reality shows as great entertaining substance, but i never had idea, that it’ll become that deep personal.
Now, Methinks the 'khandaan ki izzat' and 'parampara' bullshit is over for good and we're quite happy letting it all hang out...showing our warts, bunions and
all.
People at starplus argues, that they have never forced anyone to come on the show, and even the person already know about the questions which are going to be ask. So what? Aren’t you offering a carod rupees to the person who dares to speak truth?
Actually that itself is a great component that forces the people to partake in show.
Seriously guys, you have no right to be that severely personal, and specifically to bombard someone’s life.
Whatever I might be plugging about the value of truth, but this time I don’t support it.
Ok you can hail me as double standard if you like, but sorry, i’m pretty clear in my views.
As an outset, they have now got an official notice from government as well, let’s hope if they can do something instead of behaving in anesthetized manner.
What you think by the way?
Why don’t you tell whole world by your comments below to this post?
So, Whole world including me will be waiting for your expression on this susceptible issue.

how real reallity shows are?

Television is the biggest hub of entertainment for every one.
Viewers have a great variouty of programs like News, views, dramas, information, sports, travel, music, and so on, so on, so on.
With the hundreds of channels available, viewers can choose the programs of their inclination.
With the tremendous amount of variouties, a new trend started from several years call “reality shows”
STAR TV, Zee TV, Sony are some of the established and popular entertainment channels. They have everything for their viewers, ranging from sagas to comedy to horror.
A new range that has come up is that of reality shows. The channels make it a point to show the clippings of the contestants fight throughout the day. Many tabloids refer to these acts as scripted and mere publicity stunts. But, what’s wrong in using these stunts if viewers are enjoying it?
Coming to reality shows, everyone is in the spell of these nowadays. You ask for it and they are ready with everything in the form of reality shows based on singers or dancers or comedy. There are shows showcasing the talent of children, to shows based on celebrities. It’s not just great performances but one also gets to enjoy the difference of opinion between the judges and contestants.
The pioneer of these shows was Indian Idol. Though there were some other reality shows before Indian Idol, but the spell of reality shows on the the Indian audience began after Indian Idol. It was a new concept in our country, because the final decision was in the hands of the viewers ie the winner was decided on the basis of voting by the viewers. The viewers had the power to make or break the future of the contestants.
Now, a obvious question crops up, do viewers are intelegent enough that they can make or break anyone’s future?
Are they smarter then those high profile judges like anu malik, sonu nigam, sukhvindar singh, etc?
If yes, then don’t they should have on the place of those stupid judges?
Music which was a way of adoration at a time, has now became less important then a kids toy.
The concept where kismet gets decide by voting is nothing more then just subornment. Since everything depends on votings, it’s very easy to win the title of winner. All you need to have a is lot of pennies in the pocket.
Now, mind raises, is it fair to buy a title?
Is it fair to debase the talent in such a vulgar way?
Is it talent hunt in real?
Certainly not, it’s just a case of “money is honey.” isn’t it?
There might be many questions similar to these, but answer might not anything.
The entire idea of Indian Idol was copied from American Idol and the concept was successful in marking a new beginning in the Indian television scenario. After the popularity and success of Indian masses, other channels did not lag behind in launching these reality shows for their channels. Today, these reality shows are ruling the market.
Reality shows seem to be the new age entertainment recipe. They might be selling controversies or cashing upon peoples emotion; but at the end of the day, they are the most popular shows with the highest TRPs.
In fact, it doesn’t matter in whatever way they are crushing the actual talent, but they want money, and no matter it comes by good way or fake.

prateek agarwal.
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