Delhi - easily starstruck?

Prithwish

It has been long alleged that Delhi, deprived of seeing Bollywood celebs, gets easily starstruck. I didn't believe it at all when I came to the city as I thought it must be a rumour! How can people living in the Indian capital be unruly but sadly my impression about Delhi has changed recently. I was a witness to a few things which I think I should have never seen.

It makes sense that photographers and cameraperson shout their lungs out to get the best pic of a top notch celeb, whose photos are of great sales value! But leave aside such these celebs, Delhi simply cannot handle the ecstacy of seeing personalities who don't even feature in the industry's A list.

I was at Ministry of Sound some days back, happily sipping away "juice" (he he) and listening to the not so common voice of Simon Webbe, the British pop star and the former member of all boys band Blue when suddenly people went berserk!

It got so unruly that I could hardly hear him sing. All that I could hear was absurd requests flying in from all quarters and people yelling at the top of their voice. It got so bad that Simon had to himself first beg with his hands folded to people to stop behaving like hooligans and then threatened that he would not perform if the crowd did not control themselves.

What a shame!

Next came Neha Dhupia - the "Sheesha", "Julie" fame girl -- known for her steamy dances and bold roles! An eye-candy for sure! ;) but photographers were crazy as soon as she stepped inside the venue (not to forget she was almost 3 hours late) and then the television cameramen lost it as they tried getting an exclusive footage of the svelte heroine! It looked like she has won an Academy Award! Gosh!

First there was pushing and pulling, then came abuses and to top it all people started threatening each other. Neha must have also wondered why she's getting so much of media attention? So did we!

Delhi is a little strange place to be in! I still don't know why people go ga-ga over celebs! It's their job to come for promotions and it's our job to report about them and try and get exclusives! (It's bread and butter you know!) But why behave like lunatics! It's a shame! What would the entire Bollywood fraternity think about Delhi - a place which boasts of it's culture? And then we should think what impression would the audience have about us looking at these alarming footages beamed through the national television channels!

Time to think Delhi ...

Photo Courtesy: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Delhi_Times/Neha_got_mobbed_/rssarticleshow/2183081.cms