Bigg Boss 4: Dolly Bindra Starts A Fight With Ashmit Patel

Dolly Bindra has again started her usual fights in Bigg Boss 4. She had an immense face-off with Ashmit Patel.

Ferocious Dolly said that Veena and Ashmit are the lazy ones on the show and they do not work the whole day. However, the duo said that they work very hard.

The dispute started with some tea stains on the kitchen area and Dolly asked Veena and Ashmit to clean it up. From this, a disagreement followed and they started bitching against each other by commenting on their private lives. Dolly pulled Ashmit's MMS scandal into the argument and Veena also didn’t lag behind as she commented that Dolly Bindra represents a cartoon like character. Khali supported Dolly and tried to stop Ashmit which also ignited a dispute between both of them.

Sameer backed Ashmit in the war of words and Veena warned Khali about his behaviour towards Ashmit. In the garden, Ashmit commented that Dolly is a bloke and further called Khali a Namard (Impotent).

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'Nothing real about reality shows!'

The Sara Khan-Ali Merchant fiasco, where the two tried taking everybody for a ride by getting married on Bigg Boss after 'patching up', has audiences questioning how real are reality shows.
That these shows world over are tweaked to make them interesting is a known fact, but now viewers are wondering whether they are totally scripted and there's any element of truth in them.
Thumbs Down To Scripted Drama
In a survey conducted by BT, 83.5 per cent people said reality shows are rigged. "There is nothing real about reality shows. It's all planned," says Saina Ghosh, a post-graduate student. This is exactly how most viewers think. "Channels want to make their shows more interesting, hence they plan things in advance. But why call them reality shows," asks Kushal Pandit, a businessman.
Quite a few shows have been under the scanner recently. In the case of Bigg Boss, soon after its first season, actress Kashmera Shah who was an inmate said that she was just playing out her part in the house of being a bitch! Now the Ali-Sara case has further strengthened the allegations of inmates acting out a role, at least a few of them. At the moment, the loud Dolly Bindra, people strongly believe, is in the house only to create trouble for TRPs!
Recently Kaun Banega Crorepati had a contestant who after winning Rs 1 crore took the risk of going in for the jackpot Rs 5 crore question. Eventually he lost everything and had to go home with just Rs 3.5 lakh, but this did put a seed of suspicion in people's minds... could the whole thing be an exercise to grip audiences? Talent hunts, singing-based shows and dance reality shows have always resulted in debates over the winners. Mona Singh's victory over Shveta Salve, a far better dancer, in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa had become a talking point. The public voting system, too, has been questioned by people, including judges and contestants on shows!
Who can forget how Rakhi Sawant and her then boyfriend Abhishek Awasthi walked out of Nach Baliye's grand finale in front of Salman Khan after Sanjeeda Shaikh and Aamir Ali were crowned winners. Wedding-based shows like The Perfect Bride and Rakhi Ka Swayamvar too have been questioned. As also Emotional Atyachar, which deals with people's emotions!
Time for change:
Audiences are looking for a change; they want reality shows to gain lost credibility. "There has to be some truth to it. That's why it's called reality or else it would be a soap," says Kanta Dhruv, a housewife. The BT survey had 81 per cent people say they wanted to watch more authentic stuff. Channels and production houses have their compunctions in these competitive times. "Sometimes you need to hype things up or add masala to grab eyeballs or else a show might end up being very boring for viewers," says a channel official. They have a point, but viewers want to get real!
Read more: 'Nothing real about reality shows!' - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv-/Nothing-real-about-reality-shows/articleshow/6920007.cms#ixzz15L99tpLI
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Reality shows over film for kids

There is a serious dearth of good children's movies being made/watched in India. Is the growing interest in children's reality shows making up for the absence of movies for kids? On Children's Day today, TOI does a reality check

The number of films made for children have gone down. Directors might want to make them but they say it's difficult to get producers for such projects. Producers say the box-office returns of these movies aren't
encouraging at all. Yet, when it comes to children's reality shows, there is no dearth of programmes. Be it a 'Hawa ka jhouka' Sameer or 'Panta bhate mundu' Dipannita Kundu — all have become instant hits. Is reality television then trying to eat into the space that was once reserved for clean children's movies?
Says Rituparna Sengupta, who acted in Priyadarshan's remake of "Children of Heaven" titled "Bumm Bumm Bole", "There was a time when Tapan Sinha and Satyajit Ray would make some gems. These were serious film-makers who understood the psyché of a child too. Films like "Haathi Mere Saathi", " Safed Haathi", "Ramer Sumati", "Joi Baba Felunath", "Fatikchand", "Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne", "Sonar Kella" and, even, "Hirer Angti" were such great entertainment for children. I was attending a film festival in Delhi on Friday. The focus of the festival was children. Even countries like China and Korea make such good children's movies. But India is nowlagging behind. Today, I find that children are just addicted to cartoons and reality shows. That's definitely eating into the space for clean children's movies. Producers are going by the tried-and-tested formula. Reality shows are popular and, hence, that's where they want to put in their money. But I don't like children trying to look sexy on reality shows. We can't just be populist without shouldering any responsibilities towards our children. It's important to make quality children's films in India. Someone has to take the risk."
Director Raja Sen, whose "Damu" had won the National Award for the Best Children's Film, says that since reality television for children provides free viewership, it is weaning away the interest of the audience in paid entertainment that comes from children's movies. "Had the same reality shows been screened in theatres and parents had to shell out money and wade through the traffic to take the children to watch these episodes, I wouldn't be sure of the viewership of these shows. People give a lot of lectures when it comes to supporting children's movies, precious little is being done to support such films. When I released "Damu", I had personally requested both the government and non-government organizations to make efforts so that school students could watch the movie in batches. But no one did anything. There should be some incentive from the government if directors make children's movies. When "Damu" won the NA, the producer got paid only `2 lakh for screening of the film on national television. But the Best Feature film got `8 lakh for that. This kind of discrimination doesn't help encourage producers to make kids' movies."
Riingo, who has directed a children's film ("Neel Rajar Deshe") and also been a reality show judge, says the problem lies with the herd mentality. "Parents take a lot of pride in having wunderkids. While television makes stars out of children, children's movies don't guarantee that. The free viewership of television is more exciting a proposition than the uncertainty of audience for children's movies. Producers are keen on making remakes. If one remake of a children's film works at the box-office, may be, something like a remake of "Anjali", things might change here."

Paramita Kundu, the mother of four-year-old Dipannita Kundu who has become an overnight star in "Dance Bangla Dance Junior", says, "The reason why children's movies aren't able to replicate the success that reality show with kids have rests largely on the difference in the age and nature of viewers for reality shows and movies. Seventy five per cent of viewers of cinema want some adult elements in movies. That's not something a clean children's movie can provide. Children's reality shows, on the other hand, are watched by elderly people at home. Grandparents and homemakers are dedicated viewers of children's reality shows. They would be more than happy to tune into channels that go watch movies in theatres."
Director Subhankar Chattopadhyay, who has helmed popular children's reality shows in Kolkata including "Dance Bangla Dance Junior" and also made a film "Hada Bhoda" with Mithun Chakraborty and reality show stars Aritra Banik and Bittu, says, "I think, it all depends on the maker. I never made "Hada Bhoda" thinking it will only attract children."
Perhaps, that's why today a lot of films are being made with children as protagonists. But none of them, including "Tare Zameen Par", can be strictly called children's movies. The desire is to not have coterie-based viewership. Moreover, there is also a bit of uncertainty among makers about whether today's children would be willing to sit and watch movies that are only about clean entertainment? What children like as entertainment today is way different from what their parents would have liked when they were kids.
Says Paramita, "My daughter, Dipannita, loves to watch anything related to children on television. I have seen her shed tears when she sees children being beaten up in serials or classic movies. If a film is well-made, I think she will watch it though she hasn't yet watched any children's movies in theatres. She hasn't watched Potter movies or the Ray classics yet." And if Dipannita is offered a role in a movie now, can she leave her show to shoot for it? "Right now, I don't think it's possible since this show has made her a household name and I can't be lured into making her do movies at the cost of this show. In future, I'll definitely consider such offers if they come by," she says.
Though the hurdles remain, the hunt for producers willing to make good children's movies is still on. "Despite every impediment, I still want to make another children's movie," says Raja. So, does Riingo. And also someone like Birsa Dasgupta who is now dreaming of making a Bengali adaptation of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" about a 15-year-old boy with a photographic memory. "We grew up watching "Malgudi Days". Today's children grow up watching reality shows that's only dedicated to kids imitating songs from commercial Hindi movies. If a director goes with a proposal to make a kids' movie, he will be immediately shown the door. But that doesn't stop me from dreaming."
It's perhaps that dream that's waiting to be turned into reality in the near future.
Read more: Reality shows over film for kids - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Reality-shows-over-film-for-kids/articleshow/6920621.cms#ixzz15L6agrCn

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