Tabloids across the length and breadth of India are unanimously in their opinion - that all celebrity types, movie stars, telly stars, singing stars - just love holi and have memorable experiences that are so uniquely different from the experiences of general masses that they deserve to be shared with the world. Weather it is Mid-day, Mumbai Mirror, Bombay Times, HT Style or Express Lifestyle, all tabloids, color supplements of newspapers and hindi news channels have once again discovered just how much our show town stars enjoy celebrating the festival of colors.
This discovery has not caused much of a surprise to tabloid readers who year after year keep discovering just how much our bollywood stars enjoy celebrating festivals. Most readers of tabloids are fully aware that all movie and telly stars without exception enjoy diwali, christmas, ramzan id, navrati, durga-poojan, pongal, mahashivrati and of course holi.
Pooja Bedi, Kajol & Ajay Devgan, Neil Mukesh celebrating holi
If tabloid readers have any confusion, its only about the extent of enjoyment that tinsel stars derive from various festivals. Initial assessment and analysis of tabloids during this years holi coverage and comparison with celebrity celebration coverage during other festivals suggest that holi could be the second most celebrated festival by celebrities after diwali. Every movie star from bollywood has had at least one memorable holi experience in their lifetime. Many tinsel starts have had more than one memorable holi experiences. Almost all the stars recall vivid memories of holi day celebrations during their childhood days.
We queried our readers asking them to mail us with their views on celebrity celebrations and how reading memorable holi experiences of show town stars changes us for the better. We received some very interesting responses. According to Swati Malhota, 19, resident to Navpada, Thane "I used to love playing holi. But after being hit by a water-balloon on my temple, which almost blinded me, I gave up playing holi. But reading about the great holi experiences of movie stars year after year helped me overcome my fear of being hit by water balloons. I realize the importance of enjoying our festivals without worrying too much about potential risks"
Ragini Das, 24, receptionist with a private firm at Nariman Point, loves reading how stars celebrate Holi "I can never get tired reading how our bollywood stars celebrate holi. Reading every memorable holi experience gives me a fresh perspective on how a simple festival like holi which just involves throwing colors at others can be source of so much fun and nostalgia"
Sociologist Purva Sinha, insists that tabloid accounts of tinsel stars memorable holi experiences and their current plans for celebrating holi play an important role in keeping the spirit of holi alive and kicking. "All over the world, over a period of time, festivals tend to lose their original spirit and degenerate into vulgar commercialization. Human nature being what it is, often the worst aspects of the festivities tend to catch on with the masses and the original purport of the festivals gets forgotten. But movie stars being a cut above the general masses and insulated from the ugliness of ordinary life, tend to enjoy festivities in their pure form. Tabloids, color supplements of newspapers and news channels, by regularly featuring accounts of celebrations of festivities by movie stars are serving a vital function of reminding the readers how to enjoy festivities in their true spirit "
