Celebrity Gossip in Nepal

 Moin Uddin

Date: 09/23/2014

Celebrity Gossip

On the last day of Ncell Nepal Literature Festival 2014 which was held at Pragya Bhawan at Kamaladi where M&S chief Editor Samriddhi Rai as a moderator and Media person Malvika Subba, Actress Priyanka Karki and film maker Nilu Doma Shepa as a panelist talked on the topic "Celebrity Gossip".

The three of them shared their own definition of Celebrity .i.e. the one who is liked by the most of the people, who tries to get a glimpse and struggles to watch the movie and also appreciate his/her work widely by the larger audiences are the celebrity and they said Rekha Thapa is only one Actress who is a true celebrity in Nepal.

In the program, the gossip that made front news in the media .i.e. the wardrobe malfunction of Priyanka where her Panty was highlighted and promoted, but in reality according to her it was a T-shirt, however media promoted and published it in other way.

Malvika as well as Priyanka and Nilu Doma agreed that the media demands female. And their bodies are liked the most, than that of the men, so women are targeted the most.

There were many gossips that took place past couple of weeks ago – Sahana Bajracharya shaking the car in the midnight at Chitwan with her co-worker, Anju Panta not willing to sing a religious song  and so on .

When one of the audiences asked question that why can't movie be made without putting vulgarity and exposing the body where Nilu Said,"To some extent yes, but that is not possible in today's age, the audiences demand's, I don't think that can be done."

Priyanka Said, "I enjoys my  roles in movies, I did a role of a prostitute, but equally enjoyed portraying it and I also don't feel like – I was discriminated doing that roles and also I have done women empowering movies." When the question was asked to her that why women are given or are made to do the dominating roles.

To the new comers who wants to step the ladder in this field, Malvika Suggested that the girls should be tough and be able to raise a voice when injustices' are done to her and be mentally strong to face the criticism."

Priyanka said ,"One should have a deep passion –be it male or female, don't think it's easy, it's more difficult than it seems and be ready to work at odd hours as it's not 9 to 5 job. If one fails, people tag you with different names. If you lack passion and only want to explore for just fun, then this field is not for them."

So what would you like to say it to the gossip writer?

Malvika said, "Just keep the two side story, don't just go one-sided and write anything that one likes, write after knowing the actuality, I suggest them to write two sided story."

Nilu Doma, "Have a concern before you write. Don't try to destroy the life of a person, don't just write to bring traffic in the online portals and to the magazines and to the newspapers –just put yourself in the other person's shoes and think what one would feel like if their own daughter, sisters news gets published…and then write…"

Priyanka, "My wardrobe malfunction was sponsored, so it was difficult for me to get rid in Face Book as it was always there. Our life is Public; we are there to entertain you. There should be win-win situation for both of them .i.e. for an actor as well as to the gossip writer. Good Publicity, Bad Publicity, after all it's publicity. I want the gossip writer writes news that carries positive meaning which would inspire and motivate the readers from my work. "

The other different story was heard by their experiences, when asked why you women don't get together and raises a voice, where Priyanka Said,"If we get united then we are left in a lurch, the media abandon us. Actress Keki Adhikari had liked my Face Book Page and also she commented supporting me –her news was out casted by many media after she supported me. So there is a huge problem in it."

On the ending note the three of them agreed that glamour is needed in the media where Malvika said she likes working behind the scene than to come at the front of the camera, she confessed that she can't handle criticism easily as she is a Cancarian and it happen as a nature. So, for me I like working backstage."

Also Priyanka Said that while on the media and to attend the function one should be conscious in wearing clothes and taking care of the dresses and the position they sit. She wore a yellow one piece dress and had crossed her leg and said, "we should be very careful and if my leg gets tired and If I  try to remove it then the media are there sitting down of this stage and they will click the pictures so, one should be careful and most often we are careful."

Malvika said, "I check my dress more than 1000 times before I step out of my home and I make sure that nothing gets reveled from anywhere. its really tough for me."

Short Bio of an author:

Moin Uddin is a  student of Masters in Business Studies  (MBS) studying at Shankhar Dev Campus, Putalisadak .He has a passion to write and has written a Novel book, He's looking for a publisher to publish his book. 

 Email: moinuddin_200000@yahoo.com