Originally posted by maya123
Thanks for sharing this Payal. Would love to read both the articles in its entirety.
A lot of time has gone by since the advert was placed by starplus/BT, so reaction to this article is a bit delayed, in my opinion.
The ad/publicity stunt was done in poor taste, I agree. And I am not sure it has helped. Pictures of actors are always garlanded when their character passes on in a show, so I am sure seeing that was nothing unusual. But seeing it in a newspaper, with the actual date of birth and without being informed can come as a shocker to people close to him.
From what I can gather, despite all that has happened, HC still attends events held by BT and Starplus and from the looks of it is still in their employement.
So the cynic in me wonders if this is late outrage to what has happened is not another publicity stunt.
Maya
hey maya. i read an excerpt of the .. (gr8?) article that deepika posted at:
http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1074782
and my first reaction was to 🤣
my second reaction was "hmmm, mr. v. b" wants a scripwriting job with some tv-show. 😆
my third reaction was wondering who paid for the ad too. i think it's star+, no?
my fourth reaction was wondering who paid "mr. v.b" to dig out this apparently old piece of "outrage". and here too, i think it's star+.
apparently star+ are not doing much publicity for the show during the day (in terms of previews, my friend says). so this could be another way in which they're trying to keep the audience's attention on the show. apparently the price of print ads is much lower than the price of tv-ads. they are treating this show very much like a step-child -- has star+ pushed all the balaji telefilms shows (other than this one) out of prime-time slots? 😕
in any case, can't help but feel rather sorry for the actors -- what a random life. i hope that hc is still on the balaji telefilms payroll, and is not out of pocket while tv-channel/production company fight out their differences....
edit addpayal! long time no see! i hope you're having a great time with exams, job? - new life?, happiness. 😆
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Edited by estee - 15 years ago