Never Kiss-n-tell!!

The casting couch is not a new phenomenon in Bollywood..
lecherous producers and casting agents have been around since the time of maybe even Dadasaheb Phalke..!
but the remarkable unwritten policy followed by every poor soul sucked up into this vortex of deciet, power, fame, money and jealousy remains:
never kiss-n-tell!

Repercussions for those who violate this can range from being ostracized from the filmi community.. to being sidelined at the very least.

Recently during the famous shakti kapoor sting operation.. a lot of "shit" hit the cieling.. with names like priety zinta, yash chopra etc being dragged into this controversy.
(personally i say somebody is sleeping around with some1.. all the time.. but then.. tats my view)
but the way in which the entire film fraternity rallied behind the high priest of bolywood, mr.chopra, and publicly sidelined mr.kapoor was interesting.

more recently.. when a certain ms.sawant hit the headlines for a lot of things.. latest amongst which was the kiss with mika..n the subsequent court case.
the treatment meted out to her by the media.. was at best.. condescending..
it was hilarious to watch her interviews on the hundreds of news channels tat featured her..
with the anchor asking her all sorts of inane questions.. taking subtle potshots at her..
while the busty bimbette played all.."ohh.. im so naive.. im so innocent".. with a superbly unconvincing look.

for the ignorant..i will try to reproduce some of the "pearls of wisdom" , courtesy ms.sawant.

" i have a hot body. log paise dete hai mujhe dekhne ke liye.. they like my jhatkas.. my expressions, my dance moves. when i have to become sexy.. i make a face like this (n she makes a constipated expression)..... ppl go all crazy!"

"agar ek ladki apne baap se ladkar is industry mein aa sakti hai.. to fir kuch bhi karke.. mehnat karke..(added as an afterthought!).. yeh industry mein bahut aage jaa sakti hai"

"rakhee sawant is hot.. and im wearing a dress made of ONLY coins.. so HOT MONEY"
(at a promo for her brother's new movie.."hot money")


"im not a cheap starlet.. yah c grade actress.. im an A-list dancer..and i have so so many fans.. at every show.. its not hundreds that come.. but thousands that come to see me dance.. you shud the way they react when i come on stage.. or do this.."

"i will ask the womans rights organisation to campaign for me.. my rights have been violated by mika.. is there no law in this country???"
(n the best part is.. som organisation is actually supporting her!)

"i am shocked.... how can u say this?"
(when asked by a reporter if she knew anything abt a recent MMS doing the rounds with her in the nude)


all the above portrays a woman who came here with big dreams..and enroute to making her dreams come true..most probably indulged in certain questionable activities..
and when her fame went to her head.. she decided to brk the rules!

Just a week back i was reading an article.. in which the author..( a respectable and well known film critic).. goes on to mention that within the film circles.. the story doing the rounds is..
"at the time of the audition of her first movie..for the song "mohabbat hai mirchi".. the audtioners had asked her wats so spcl abt her.. n wat makes her unique..
shes supposed to have bared all and the rest as we kno.. is history."