Yes…the boy is 20 years old Abhishek from bangalore and the show is none other than Sony’s much worshipped and much appreciated music hunt: Indian Idol.
It was immediately after his today’s performance that the show went into flash-back, and all that we could hear was Abhishek’s heavy voice disclosing a truth that his parents managed to keep under sheets not just from him but also from the world, for twenty long years. “I am fortunate enough to have grown up with love of not one but two parents,” were Abhishek’s words. If happiness for getting to meet his real parents was one emotion visible in his eyes, fear of facing people who showered him with love all these years was another. “I don’t know how I will tell my parents that I know the truth.” Cut to the world of reality TV:
With due respect to the boy’s sentiments, I would like to divert the current of emotions towards the practical scene…
I couldn’t find even a single strand of link between the flow of the show and this dramatic revelation, except for the fact that was roped in as a sure shot gimmick to for soaring TRP’s. Otherwise, there was no point in sensationalizing the biggest secret of Abhishek’s parents before crores of audience. And another reason that I could guess is that even the boy didn’t mind cashing upon some publicity aka votes in this case…but I’m sorry to say he’ll be doing that on the cost of his parents’ sentiments.
This kind of weird stuff to raise TRP ratings is not an alien trend for the world of Reality TV.
If Anu Malik tears off meek Udit Narayan on one of them, then there are Aadesh Srivastava’s Walk-outs dhamkies if Alka Yagnik continues as a judge on another popular channel, while on the third rival channel nasalite Himesh Reshamiya doesn’t mind challenging veterans like Asha Bhonsle in the name of getting roti in his contestant’s home.
Cut the crap guys…and get out of this mad race of TRP… there’s more to reality TV than bringing the so called ‘behind the camera scenes’ before the world and cashing upon the clash of opinions of judges …emotions of the contestant and sentimental approach of the Indian audience.
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