Noted vernacular news channel TV9's sting operation, Operation Dirty Picture has received good response from the public who have reportedly started sharing the shameful truths-unearthed by the media-on their social networking profiles. What this Operation Dirty Picture was all about? Well, it involved a character artiste of television soaps ( a yesteryear film star too who appeared in two films) and her husband. And the story was about how girls-wishing to become film actresses-would be thrown to VIPs as prey.
When films like Kadgam hit the screens, people in the state were shocked. Some argued that such things might not take place while some said it was common in all fields. Whatever it might be so far people came across only casting couch and now TV9 showed that even casting couch has two sides just like a coin. People might have heard the one side of the coin-directors or producers-asking for favours while offering roles. The other side, unveiled by TV9, was even more dangerous that can, in fact, slowly trap the girls in to flesh trade.
A girl, in the guise of a film actor aspirant, approached this senior TV actress. And she lured the girl to change the way she looked (asking her to wear skin tight clothes) while her husband enquired whether she has the culture of taking alcohol by directly questioning as to which brand she prefers. She further asked this sting operation girl the way she has to adjust with some people and serve them in order to grab the film offers. Also, she stressed it might take at least a year and more....Till then she should keep becoming a toy in VIPs bed, probably this was her intention as she stressed time and again that success doesn't come in a day. But what success has to do with skin tight clothes? What success has to do with serving aged bachelors at star hotels?
While the entire country is crying over the crimes against women, it's shameful that this TV artiste is luring women to compromise on ethics for earning big. Film industry, which cries so loud over piracy, is perhaps paying deaf ear and insensitive attitude towards the problems of women in the society.
A woman is no pleasure toy, it was the same gender that gave birth to all of us. Every damn soul that deals treats woman as s** symbol should remember this. All those taking advantage of women's career graph and her struggle to earn bread will be taken to the task by the people for sure the moment their identities are revealed.
Andhra Wishesh is with all those (people, media, organizations, associations) which strive for the women empowerment and fight the odds against women in the society.
(AW Phani)
