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New Delhi, There are stories and rumours galore about film stars, but celebrities are no longer willing to tolerate gossip that will affect their relationships. Many like Aishwarya Rai, Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar have threatened legal action to stop gossip-mongers from spreading false news about their personal lives.
Recently an article titled, “Career more important than family”, published by a website infuriated Aishwarya so much that she issued a statement saying she would take legal action against those who are spreading rumours about her.
According to Archana Sadanand of Imagesmiths, who handles the publicity for Aishwarya, a celebrity’s life is in the public domain but circulating untrue statements about them affects their personal lives.
“Yes, a celebrity’s life is there in the public domain but writing things that are untrue and attributing false statements to them affect their personal lives and in such cases the best way out is legal recourse,” Archana told IANS.
“A rumour is a rumour until it takes the shape of newsprint or media space… when we authenticate any such information by broadcasting, we in a way are adding to our readership or viewership.
“But we seem to forget that a life, a person is attached to such rumours and in most cases these rumours have a snowball effect,” said Archana, whose client list also includes big names like Akshay Kumar and Imran Khan.
In the past actors like Saif Ali Khan and Akshay too have threatened legal action against gossip-mongers.
Saif was at the receiving end when The New York Post reported that he had thrown attitude in a local bar and was thrown out. He then threatened to take the newspaper to court.
“I’m considering taking legal action against the paper. The article is slanderous and completely baseless,” Saif, who was shooting for Siddharth Anand’s “Tara Rum Pum” then, had said.
Akshay too decided to act against those spreading rumours of a discord in his married life with Twinkle Khanna.
Akshay and Twinkle’s spokesperson released a statement that said: “They will not stand for false and malicious reporting by any publication any more. They have sent a legal notice to the publication concerned for the false report that they published on July 24, 2007, and they will take them to court.”
Akshay also threatened to sue a British tabloid for giving false “details” of his and ex-girlfriend Shilpa Shetty’s personal lives. It was published soon after Shilpa won British reality TV show “Celebrity Big Brother” in 2007.
“I will never talk about a lady in those terms, this is totally baseless, I’ve never spoken to the said newspaper and I will seek legal recourse,” Akshay was quoted as saying that time.
Said Rajnigandha Shekhawat, another publicist: “Rumours can take a completely nasty turn sometimes with absolutely no bearing on the truth… I think it’s fair if the actors threaten to sue.”
“However, rumour-mongering is a big part of a celebrity’s life and most of them are now aware that there is no escaping it,” said Rajnigandha, whose clients include Shahid Kapoor, Sonal Chauhan, Vir Das and Purab Kohli.
Even southern actors have come down heavily on people circulating false news.
Recently, when Tamil actress Trisha was accused of entering into an unsavoury argument with former India cricketer Hemang Badani at a hotel, she issued a stern denial and said that certain “vested interests” have been spreading rumours about her.
“I won’t keep mum from now onwards. Whosoever writes or says anything bad about me, I won’t mind taking them to court,” she had said.
Many feel that stars seek legal help not just to safeguard their personal lives but also to protect their image.
“Actors survive on image, it’s their bread and butter. So how can they take somebody trying to tarnish it so lightly? And in the clutter today, image has become more important…It’s part of the marketing strategy of celebrities,” said Neelam Gupta, who handles the publicity of singer Sukhwinder among others.
But rumours about stars have always done the rounds. So are celebrities becoming more impatient now?
“I don’t agree. I’ve heard of stars in the 1980s going and beating up editors of film magazines! That’s something I haven’t heard of in recent years,” said Rajnigandha.
Looks like all these new kind actors are getting bored of their professionals it takes a lot of hard work doing the same thing over and over again ,too much time out of their natural dwellings away from their kit and kins , families loved ones, time consuming, far and beyond travels foreign countries. touching ,kissing each others partners, hotels living. So let have a easy way out. Sit on the Ass glamorously and sue some one, magazine news paper for the considering and making taking legal actions easy money rolling in.” The article is slanderous and completely baseless.
I think these Directors and Producers should be told that either they make a good actress or a good actor or forget them all They are flops and real waste of time just base less actors making chicken hatches production films copies of the west. More like the oldest trade in the industry more and more on the streets. So now these with make up actors spoilt children of the Vatican’s become popular and begging to grow their wings.
They forget that the public that now Bollywood is out and beyond in the world due to these gossips like medias and magazines make them known. The far and belong have much better talents and beauty then all these Aishwarya and Akshay and Saif and many many more like them flops. but only beautified, Look at them in the morning the realities shows. The are just baseless. So let the public that make them also enjoy them or media/magazines would also continue to neglect and flop them. They are part and parcel of the continuity of oldest trade in industry for the easy money making machines. OK do so!! So Lets have an insurance and cover also for the oldest trade too.
Have an insurance Aishwarya Akshay and Saif other cronies actors , Could say and brag in future I gave two film that would be flop and 20 Courts cases rolled up in each Indian county. Hah !! India need more Actor Courts instead of film studios more Actors qualified lawyers/barristers. No wonder Serial dramas doing better then films in Indian industry. who want the kissing, sex, two peace nudity clothing’s Gay stuff. flops in Indian houses, parents and children around. and copies of the west
Ekta Kapoor carry on the old tradition family dramas we loving it .The natural Indian Nary and Saris beautiful with religion traditions serials and stories with the real like classic actors and off course no stressed up no travels all studio work.