Priyanka’s soapy tale

Stars losing their temper because of the media’s undue interference in their personal life seem to be history! Stars creating controversies to stay in news and become famous is the ‘IN’ thing!

Media’s popular myth that only the wannabes and starlets can stoop to low levels and take resort to ‘frivolous’ form of publicity was broken recently by none other than Priyanka Chopra!

A former Miss World and an A grade actor like Priyanka Chopra didn’t mind promoting a FMCG product by actively participating in a controversy created by the company themselves!

Here’s a quick recap- The news of Cricketer Sreesanth calling up Priyanka to express his feelings created quite a furore in the media some time back! News channels flashed the story as ‘Breaking News’ and even played the audio tape of their conversation! Both Sree and Priyanka denied such happening, saying the tapes were forged and called the press to clear the controversy!

As we rushed to the venue in an attempt to know the truth we were kept waiting for two hours after which instead of Sreesanth and Priyanka clearing the issue, there were dancers who took to stage and tried entertaining us! If that wasn’t bad enough, soon tv actor Aamir Ali joined Sreesanth and started voicing his love for Priyanka in front of the press! The two men seemed desperate to seek Priyanka’s attention. “I flew all the way from Australia for Priyanka” said Sreesanth while Aamir confessed to go to any heights to win the love of the dusky lady!

After this delayed drama of two hours, Priyanka finally emerged on stage (looking gorgeous) thus further tempting the two men only to declare how “a soap” has made her so tempting”!

We were speechless for the rest of the night after getting to know the ‘promotional strategy’ of this soap of the star.. What further infuriated us was the trio’s approval of the publicity gimmick!

“This was pre-planned. Since Sree, Aamir and I know each other so well, we thought Lux’s innovative idea of promotion would be fun” said Priyanka. She justified Lux’s publicity stunt by saying, “The concept was catchy besides it feels good to have two men fighting for you! I don’t think this concept was cheap or even misleading! We as celebrities laugh off so many things written about us by the media which are not true. I am sure the people will take this ad in the right spirit and laugh it off too!”

On asked whether who would she choose between Sreesanth and Aamir if they were to fancy her truly, the actress said, “I don’t know how I would react if that would happen. I’ll be flattered though!”

A blushing Sreesanth who evoked the maximum applause for his dance performance during the launch (not to forget his ‘champu’ hairstyle) said, “I would never stalk a girl in real life. I would want to know her well before I make that phone call!”

Sreesanth also confirmed that he is single. “I am single right now”, he said. The Kerala speedster brushed off the rumours regarding his Bollywood career. “I am happy playing cricket right now. Films can happen later”, he said.

The controversy may or may not help Lux’s two new beauty bars, but it sure reinstates how soap operas came into being.. must have been a soap promoter who coined such a term because there was certainly a lot of drama for this soap cake.