Happened to watch a TV show called Lift Kara De earlier today. Now the show is hosted by the super amazing KJo (of the MNIK fame ;)). The concept is quite interesting...u get a movie star to come on the show...there are 3 fans identified from about 15 cities who compete to be the #1 fan of the dude(ette) and who ever wins the contest (goal is to make the most money) gets to meet the star in person...the good part...all the money the winner makes, is I think, multiplied by some number, and given to a family in need!
Today they happened to have Big B on the show (which is one of the reasons I watched it :-p). And very interestingly, the 3 contestants who were chosen, all considered him as A God in the literal sense...they actually perform AB's puja everyday morning...talk about idol worship!! And that got me thinking...are these people nuts?! I mean, even I like the Big B, but this is taking things way too far...one of them has even written an arati for BB, which he sings everyday morning! One of them has not worn any kind of footwear for the last 15 years in the hope that he will get to meet the superstar some day...one went and shaved his head and got into the character of Pa! They celebrate his birthday and distributes sweets to everyone in the neighbourhood! mark u, they apparently don't celebrate their own child's birthday in the same manner as per one of the kids interviewed! And I guess this is my pain point with the whole thing.....you can idolize/worship anyone u feel like, but it should not be at the cost of your family! and definitely not ur kids where they feel they are being ignored! We already have way too many kids in the country being burdened by unrealistic parental expectations, peer pressure etc etc....this is one extra thing we can definitely do without!
I didn't see the end of the show, but I am hoping that Big B told the winner to stop such nonsensical worship and focus on the more important things in life! :) Ditto for all the other stars who have already come or will be coming in the future...
-uv
update: 02/21: Saw the remainder of the episode and at least the good part was they multiplied the amount the winner earned (630 INR in this case) and multiplied it by 1500 to give the family in need ~9.5L and Big B added 1.25L from his side, to give a ray of hope to at least one family :)
