On Wednesday, news came that a certain Monica Bedi, was granted bail from a prison in Hyderabad where she had been kept in connection with a passport forgery case.
Television channels flashed images of the woman visiting her native village in Haryana apparently after a long gap.
And then comes the piece de resistance. The people of the village showered petals on her, the media of course as usual struggled for a ‘share of the pie’ and a triumphant Bedi thanked God saying that her ‘experience’ had made her a strong person.
What was all this? Why was this Monica Bedi beaming so shamelessly and glowing like a demure bride almost as if she was visiting her husband’s home for the first time?
Who is this Monica Bedi? I thought she is the one who was extradited along with gangster Abu Salem in 2005, was his companion and was herself convicted in a fake passport case. I thought she is the one who was earlier declined bail after she told the court that she had lost her passport in Lisbon.
But I guess, I am completely wrong. Because why would someone want to give her a ‘hero's welcome’ if she is the same Monica Bedi. In fact, today a news channel also interviewed her asking her about her aspirations for the future to which she replied that in addition to returning to acting, she also wanted to get married. Truly, she has to be some other Monica Bedi. Otherwise this whole drama lacks explanation. This must be some other Monica Bedi who has nothing to do any of the above-mentioned cases. (Photo courtsey PTI)
Television channels flashed images of the woman visiting her native village in Haryana apparently after a long gap.
And then comes the piece de resistance. The people of the village showered petals on her, the media of course as usual struggled for a ‘share of the pie’ and a triumphant Bedi thanked God saying that her ‘experience’ had made her a strong person.
What was all this? Why was this Monica Bedi beaming so shamelessly and glowing like a demure bride almost as if she was visiting her husband’s home for the first time?
Who is this Monica Bedi? I thought she is the one who was extradited along with gangster Abu Salem in 2005, was his companion and was herself convicted in a fake passport case. I thought she is the one who was earlier declined bail after she told the court that she had lost her passport in Lisbon.
But I guess, I am completely wrong. Because why would someone want to give her a ‘hero's welcome’ if she is the same Monica Bedi. In fact, today a news channel also interviewed her asking her about her aspirations for the future to which she replied that in addition to returning to acting, she also wanted to get married. Truly, she has to be some other Monica Bedi. Otherwise this whole drama lacks explanation. This must be some other Monica Bedi who has nothing to do any of the above-mentioned cases. (Photo courtsey PTI)
4 comments:
I completely agree, but alongwith Monica it is media which is more shamless for continuously flashing her and cashing upon it. By giving continous footage to her, media is creating curiosity among the auidence and making her project a "silent sufferer". Remember, the same kind of footage given to Sanjay Dutt when he was convicted under Arms Act. His case is still has not taken up for hearing and the reasons given were...his birthday..Hello, all human-beings for that matter have one day reserved as their birthday...who's he so great...what great he has done to humanity...It is not people, but media responsible for this. Recently, I was watching a talk show, where a senior journalist mentioned that sting operation, is a crime in UK. If a TV channel does a sting operation there, next day he/she will found himself/herself in jail. And here in so called Democratic country like ours, sting operations are looked as easy way to escalate TRP's.
You are right Manasi. I am not sure whether we are in a postion to comment on the 'media' part as third persons, since we happen to be a part of it:) may be the only consolation is that we are a part of the print media and thankfully we are not into sting operations:)I wish I could have done something about such unnecessary coverage
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