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Ugly side of idol worship
When ‘Golden Star' Ganesh tied the knot much before the much-talked-about date of marriage, he left many hearts broken. But one girl in Shimoga took the extreme step of ending her life.
What's with this fixation? What blurs the line between reality and fantasy? Pre-university students from New Horizon College for Women discussed the issue threadbare with TOI@Campus.
���Youngsters live in a fantasy world,'' declares Reethika Kunjithai, a I-PUC (science) student. Varsha Dwajan, another I-PU student, says fans tend to get emotionally attached to screen roles played by actors. ���They can't comprehend how an actor can marry someone else.��� Sangeetha R, a I-PU (science) student, says some moviegoers aren't just infatuated with the hero or heroine, they even believe in the they-lived-happily-ever-after formula.
Referring to hysterical reactions of some fans, Shwetha Menon, I-PU (Arts) student, says fans will do ���anything for their idols���. Sreeranjini, a commerce student, believes they must draw a line somewhere.
Examples pour in: temples being built for idols, riots which follow an actor's death and how a woman slashed her wrist when Abhishek married Aishwarya.
Fans, Radhika Nanaiah, a I-PU (Commerce) student, says try to ape everything the stars do ��� clothes, accessories and even motorbikes as the Dhoom craze showed. And they agree that youngsters can be influenced to believe that smoking is cool too. Yet, many appreciate the social causes that receive endorsements from stars. Advertisements featuring Amitabh Bachchan imploring people to vaccinate their kids against polio, for instance, ���is a step in the right direction���.
The girls think it's unfortunate that the girl in Shimoga committed suicide. ���They must first think of their parents and the pain they'd go through, since they make so many sacrifices for their children. Such students must receive counselling,'' say the girls.
Finally, fans should not be obsessed with the doings of actors and sportsperons because, as Radhika Nanaiah sums it up with: ���In life, there's no retake, unlike in the movies.''
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