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Brawlgate’s on the upswing in B-town now more than ever. Trade talk explores the recent scuffles that rocked Bollywood and why
While there’s no dearth of masala in Bollywood onscreen, B-Town’s been witnessing enough real action off screen too, these past few days, as the heroes choose to show off their herogiri beyond the camera. Though trade analysts reveal that such incidents are not a new occurrence in Bollywood, the increased frequency of brawls and scuffles in the public domain is certainly setting the alarm bells ringing in the industry. Insiders reveal that higher competition and raging insecurity, coupled with the private lives of the celebrities being all out in the open now, leaves them more vulnerable to outside elements.
A look at the recent events that rocked the industry is proof enough. Close on the heels of the slapgate incident wherein filmmaker Shirish Kunder faced the ire of actor Shah Rukh Khan at Sanjay Dutt’s bash, came news of actor Vivek Oberoi roughing up a man at a political rally that he was attending in Mathura, where he had allegedly grabbed him by the collar. And now actor Saif Ali Khan finds himself in the news after being booked under IPC section 325 when he got involved in a public brawl on Tuesday night.
“Guilty or not, it’s not the first time however, that Bolly heroes have found themselves in the news for the wrong reasons,” informs trade analyst Taran Adarsh. Apparently, Saif was involved in a media scuffle several years back too, when he and then wife Amrita Singh reportedly beat up a journalist. Besides the recent incident, Vivek was earlier a part of the public melee, when he had called for a press conference alleging actor Salman Khan of making threatening calls to him and then girlfriend Aishwarya Rai. Actor John Abraham had apparently threatened a guy, who had misbehaved with then girlfriend, actor Bipasha Basu. SRK too has been a part of several such infamous incidents including one where he apparently lunged at a reporter when asked about his equation with his Maya Memsaab co-star Deepa Sahi. Much later, in 2008, the actor got into a fight with Salman at actor Katrina Kaif’s birthday party, in what was considered a Bollywood-dividing incident. Govinda too had apparently slapped a visitor on the sets of his film Money Hai Toh Honey Hai, while there have also been rumours of him having slapped a co-actor as well. Ashish Raheja was apparently roughed up by actor Sohail Khan after the former passed some snide remarks about his sister Arpita. Zayed Khan too has a history of displaying violent behaviour in public and the actor is said to have gotten into several fights over the years in public domain, not very much unlike his father, Sanjay Khan and mum Zarine, who had apparently roughed up actor Zeenat Aman in the lobby of a hotel.
“Bollywood’s always had its set of bad boys who were in news for their fights and bratty behaviour way back in early 90s, but there has been a sudden surge once again in such incidents,” adds Taran. But there’s a segment that feel that the stars are being wrongly targeted. “True, their lives are up for public consumption, but sometimes people just cross the line and it’s only human then to snap sometimes when that line is crossed,” says a filmmaker.
Psychologist Seema Hingorrany points out that the high pressure lives that the stars lead is the culprit. “There’s so much stress, competition and insecurity, it’s like they are sitting on a ticking bomb. One wrong trigger and they just take off. Nothing can justify their actions, but they are not always entirely at fault too,” she says.
Brawlgate’s on the upswing in B-town now more than ever. Trade talk explores the recent scuffles that rocked Bollywood and why
While there’s no dearth of masala in Bollywood onscreen, B-Town’s been witnessing enough real action off screen too, these past few days, as the heroes choose to show off their herogiri beyond the camera. Though trade analysts reveal that such incidents are not a new occurrence in Bollywood, the increased frequency of brawls and scuffles in the public domain is certainly setting the alarm bells ringing in the industry. Insiders reveal that higher competition and raging insecurity, coupled with the private lives of the celebrities being all out in the open now, leaves them more vulnerable to outside elements.
A look at the recent events that rocked the industry is proof enough. Close on the heels of the slapgate incident wherein filmmaker Shirish Kunder faced the ire of actor Shah Rukh Khan at Sanjay Dutt’s bash, came news of actor Vivek Oberoi roughing up a man at a political rally that he was attending in Mathura, where he had allegedly grabbed him by the collar. And now actor Saif Ali Khan finds himself in the news after being booked under IPC section 325 when he got involved in a public brawl on Tuesday night.
“Guilty or not, it’s not the first time however, that Bolly heroes have found themselves in the news for the wrong reasons,” informs trade analyst Taran Adarsh. Apparently, Saif was involved in a media scuffle several years back too, when he and then wife Amrita Singh reportedly beat up a journalist. Besides the recent incident, Vivek was earlier a part of the public melee, when he had called for a press conference alleging actor Salman Khan of making threatening calls to him and then girlfriend Aishwarya Rai. Actor John Abraham had apparently threatened a guy, who had misbehaved with then girlfriend, actor Bipasha Basu. SRK too has been a part of several such infamous incidents including one where he apparently lunged at a reporter when asked about his equation with his Maya Memsaab co-star Deepa Sahi. Much later, in 2008, the actor got into a fight with Salman at actor Katrina Kaif’s birthday party, in what was considered a Bollywood-dividing incident. Govinda too had apparently slapped a visitor on the sets of his film Money Hai Toh Honey Hai, while there have also been rumours of him having slapped a co-actor as well. Ashish Raheja was apparently roughed up by actor Sohail Khan after the former passed some snide remarks about his sister Arpita. Zayed Khan too has a history of displaying violent behaviour in public and the actor is said to have gotten into several fights over the years in public domain, not very much unlike his father, Sanjay Khan and mum Zarine, who had apparently roughed up actor Zeenat Aman in the lobby of a hotel.
“Bollywood’s always had its set of bad boys who were in news for their fights and bratty behaviour way back in early 90s, but there has been a sudden surge once again in such incidents,” adds Taran. But there’s a segment that feel that the stars are being wrongly targeted. “True, their lives are up for public consumption, but sometimes people just cross the line and it’s only human then to snap sometimes when that line is crossed,” says a filmmaker.
Psychologist Seema Hingorrany points out that the high pressure lives that the stars lead is the culprit. “There’s so much stress, competition and insecurity, it’s like they are sitting on a ticking bomb. One wrong trigger and they just take off. Nothing can justify their actions, but they are not always entirely at fault too,” she says.
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