The FAKE Life of Bollywood Celebrities - Paparazzi Culture
Have you ever wondered how celebrities look so perfect at the airport even at 3 AM? Is it their gym routine, diet, or something else? The answer is paparazzi. In this video, we dive deep into the world of paparazzi, exploring how they capture every move of celebrities, from airport looks to lunch outings and gym visits. We'll also discuss the role of paparazzi in events like the Ambani wedding, the rate cards for celebrity photos, the authenticity of these images, and how this culture impacts celebrities and their fans. Join us as we uncover the secrets behind the glamorous facade of celebrity life.
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00:00How fake is the life of all these celebrities in reality?
00:03How much truth is there in what you see on social media?
00:07Paid social media trends, paid posts, paid paparazzis, paid podcasts.
00:12This is how the hype of movies is created.
00:14The box office collections of movies that you see,
00:17a lot of nonsense is done in them as well.
00:21Hello, friends.
00:22Have you ever noticed that these are Bollywood actors and celebrities?
00:24Whenever and wherever they go,
00:26a crowd of paparazzis with a camera in their hands is always following them.
00:30Whether they are going to the airport at 11 at night to catch a flight,
00:34or they are coming out of the gym in the afternoon after working out.
00:38Someone or the other is always there to click their photos.
00:41They also go to the market to shop.
00:42It's quite a coincidence that paparazzi are also there to click their photos.
00:48Forget this, if they start travelling in an auto rickshaw instead of a car,
00:52this becomes a news headline.
00:54It's very strange.
00:55Even I often travel in an auto rickshaw in the Delhi metro.
00:58But no newspaper has ever published such a headline for me.
01:01And neither have I ever seen a paparazzi in my life.
01:04But it's not just about me.
01:06You must have never seen this happening for most YouTubers.
01:09And there are some very popular Bollywood actors
01:11with whom this happens.
01:13What a coincidence!
01:14On the other hand, the faces of some completely unknown people
01:17are repeatedly shown to us by paparazzis.
01:20On social media, in newspapers.
01:21To the extent that they themselves become famous because of it.
01:25Or it can be said that they are made famous.
01:29In today's video, let's understand
01:31how true and how fake is this glamorous world of celebrities.
01:41Today, paparazzi is used for those people
01:44whose job is to click photos of celebrities and high-profile people.
01:48In India, they are these people.
01:52Click this side.
02:03This word paparazzi is actually a plural.
02:05Its singular is paparazzo.
02:07And it's also very interesting to know how it originated.
02:10In 1960, an Italian film was released.
02:13La Dolce Vita.
02:14In this film, a side character's name was Paparazzo.
02:17Who was a very annoying but fearless reporter
02:20who was ready to go to any extent
02:22to click photos of celebrities.
02:24The film's director tells in his autobiography
02:26why he chose the word paparazzo.
02:29Because it's an Italian slang.
02:31Which means a big, noisy mosquito.
02:34He said that to show the reporter's personality,
02:37this was the right word.
02:39Just like a mosquito, it keeps buzzing around your ears.
02:42Sometimes it bites, sometimes it annoys.
02:45That news reporter is also like that.
02:50How was the meeting?
02:51This is not the right place to talk.
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02:59Did you get Nitish Ji's blessings?
03:01Is he okay? Is he happy?
03:02Why is this not the right time to talk?
03:04We'll speak to someone.
03:05Everything is fine, that's all.
03:06In the same way, whenever you do web browsing,
03:08you are followed by a lot of online trackers.
03:11Whatever data you leave behind,
03:13it is used on the internet
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04:21Now, let's come back to the topic.
04:23In the 1961 Time magazine,
04:25a feature article was written on paparazzi
04:27which made the word paparazzi even more popular.
04:31In that article, paparazzi was called
04:33a pack of hungry wolves.
04:35There was a very simple reason behind this.
04:37In those days, the culture of paparazzi was known for this.
04:40Secretly taking photos of celebrities,
04:44without their permission,
04:45without valuing their privacy.
04:47Going after celebrities everywhere
04:49to get their photos.
04:50In 1997, the infamous car accident of Princess Diana
04:54in which she died,
04:56it was reported all over the world.
04:57A big reason behind this was told to paparazzi.
05:01That night, paparazzi's cars were chasing her car.
05:05In an attempt to escape from them,
05:07their driver accelerated the car.
05:09Because of this, their car entered the tunnel
05:12and collided with a pillar.
05:13Because of this incident all over the world,
05:15questions were raised about paparazzi's ethical boundaries.
05:18But in India, in the 1990s,
05:20the culture of paparazzi was just beginning.
05:23After the economic liberalization of 1991,
05:26along with international brands,
05:27tabloid culture also came to India.
05:29Magazines like Stardust, Midday, Bombay Times and Page 3
05:33started becoming popular.
05:34Yogen Shah is known as India's first paparazzo.
05:37In those days, when there was no internet and social media,
05:39the business model of paparazzi was very clear.
05:42Take candid photos of popular celebrities
05:44that no one has seen before.
05:46And sell these photos to magazines and tabloids.
05:48People were also very interested in this.
05:51Because there was no social media,
05:52celebrities didn't get a lot of exposure.
05:55The general public was curious to know
05:58how these celebrities live their lives.
06:00How do they stay at home?
06:02What do they do?
06:03Because of this, this culture became popular.
06:05But today, after the advent of social media,
06:07the whole system has turned upside down.
06:09Now, for paparazzi,
06:11taking money directly from celebrities
06:13to click their photos has become a new model.
06:16I'm not kidding.
06:17A lot of paparazzi openly admit this today.
06:20Smaller stars do call you, right?
06:21They send messages on media groups.
06:23They're even ready to pay.
06:24And they say, please shoot us.
06:26Give us a name.
06:27Everybody who's new,
06:28even everybody who's made it also,
06:31will always start off, right?
06:33The paparazzi thing is commercialized now.
06:36In a very big way.
06:37Now, two types of models have been created here.
06:39One is the so-called celebrities
06:41who want publicity
06:42and pay paparazzi for their PR and publicity.
06:46And the other is the top A-list real celebrities
06:49who don't need publicity.
06:51Who never want to pay for their photos.
06:54But still, there's a demand to see their photos in public.
06:57To see private, candid photos.
06:59So paparazzi secretly click their photos.
07:02In the second category,
07:03there are people like Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Virat Kohli.
07:06Why don't you take it, sir?
07:07Why don't you take it, sir?
07:08Wait a minute.
07:09No, no, no.
07:10No, no, no, sir.
07:11Hey, camera.
07:12Don't be scared, ma'am.
07:13Sir, sir.
07:14Sir, sir.
07:15Sir, please, sir.
07:16Please come to our bedroom.
07:18But the question here is,
07:20how many photos you see in social media,
07:22in newspapers, of celebrities,
07:24are authentic?
07:25And how much money is spent on PR photos?
07:28Manav Manglani said in his interview
07:30that this ratio is 30-70.
07:32But in my opinion,
07:33this ratio is actually 90-10.
07:3590% of the things you see on social media,
07:38on TV, in newspapers,
07:39about these celebrities,
07:41are paid promotion,
07:42fake acting,
07:44and only 10% is authentic.
07:46Why am I saying this?
07:47You'll understand this if you watch the video.
07:49Think about it.
07:50In a celebrity's life,
07:51how many things you see publicly,
07:54are paid promotion, PR,
07:56and how many are authentic and real?
07:58Secondly, notice when these celebrities
08:00give podcasts and interviews.
08:0290% of celebrities give podcasts
08:04only when their movies are about to be released.
08:08And if we talk about those social media pages
08:10that regularly post about Bollywood and celebrities,
08:13even there,
08:14it can be difficult for you to identify them.
08:17But a lot of posts are often PR
08:20and paid promotion.
08:21Sometimes, you just see a clear proof of this.
08:24Like on this Instagram page of Instant Bollywood,
08:26look at this 2-year-old post.
08:28What's written in the caption?
08:29Hi, can you please use this picture
08:31and mention hashtag Divya Khosla Kumar?
08:33This is BTS of her recently released song,
08:36hashtag designer.
08:37Whatever caption was written in the back,
08:39they just copy-pasted it by mistake.
08:43Although, this post was corrected later.
08:45But this should give you an idea
08:47that a lot of posts that you see on social media,
08:50on such accounts,
08:52are PR.
08:53How many times have you noticed
08:54on Thursdays and Fridays,
08:55whenever a new movie is released in the cinema halls,
08:58the hashtag of that movie is trending on Twitter.
09:01If you click on that hashtag,
09:02you will see a lot of tweets
09:04that are praising that movie.
09:06Like, look at these tweets.
09:08Rocky and Rani's love story
09:09when the movie was released.
09:11All these reviews came from that movie.
09:13And these accounts tweeted on Twitter.
09:15And all of them have used the same language.
09:18They have used the same phrases.
09:20Because the thing was, friends,
09:22that all these tweets were fake.
09:24These accounts were being handled by a PR company.
09:26This doesn't mean that it was a useless or a flop movie.
09:29When I saw this movie,
09:30I genuinely liked it.
09:31And I praised it publicly on Twitter.
09:33Without taking any money.
09:35But this fake work on social media,
09:37let's look at it in detail as an example.
09:40One of these accounts is this one.
09:41By the name of Sapna.
09:42If you click on this account,
09:44and look at its tweets below,
09:45you will see that a lot of tweets have been made by it.
09:48On 4th June, this account was tweeting
09:50with the hashtag, The Narrative on TOI.
09:52Promoting Times of India.
09:54But below that,
09:55on 4th June, it also promoted ABP News.
09:57If you scroll down a bit,
09:58you will see the hashtag, TOI Counting Day.
10:01If you scroll further down,
10:02the hashtag, Results with Decoder.
10:04Another separate platform was promoted.
10:07Scroll a bit more.
10:08Look at this PR tweet of 1st June.
10:10Hashtag, Mr. & Mrs. Mahi Review.
10:13This movie has been given a good review.
10:15Below this,
10:16hashtag, IDFC First Bank Best.
10:18If you scroll further,
10:19you will see every other tweet
10:21promoting a movie or a company.
10:24These PR accounts are often handled by PR companies.
10:27And by looking at these tweets,
10:28anyone can understand that
10:30they are being paid for the promotion.
10:32On 25th May,
10:33this one account promoted
10:35voting for BJP,
10:37voting for Congress,
10:38and voting for Kejriwal.
10:40Look at these tweets.
10:41Hashtag, Delhi with Kejriwal.
10:43Below that, there is another tweet.
10:44Hashtag, Our Vote for BJP.
10:46If you scroll further down,
10:47you will see the tweet of 18th May.
10:49Hashtag, The Most Solid Priyanka Interview.
10:51Where Priyanka Gandhi is being praised.
10:54And from this,
10:55the last tweet is
10:56Hashtag, Delhi with Modi.
10:58Delhi, It's Support Modi.
10:59These PR companies
11:00give their contracts to different political parties
11:03and get their work done
11:04from the same account.
11:06I would like to tell all these political parties
11:08to open their eyes.
11:09There is no point in wasting money on these things.
11:12But if we come back to celebrities,
11:14more than celebrities,
11:15probably someone uses these PR companies.
11:17Hashtag, Mr. & Mahi Review.
11:20If you click on that tweet,
11:21you will get more tweets like this.
11:23You get to see another account like this.
11:25Nisha Saini 32.
11:27Most likely,
11:28the profile pic used
11:29is of any such girl.
11:31If you scroll on this Twitter timeline,
11:33you will see the same things.
11:34There is more than one promotion.
11:36Paid Social Media Trends,
11:37Paid Posts,
11:38Paid Paparazzis,
11:39Paid Podcasts.
11:40In this way,
11:41the hype of films is created.
11:43But it doesn't stop here.
11:44Another new trend has started these days.
11:46Corporate Bookings.
11:48Corporate Booking means
11:49when these producers
11:50book their own films
11:52and distribute them
11:53to companies or corporates.
11:55This is called Promotional Activities,
11:57Employee Engagement
11:58or Client Entertainment.
12:00But in reality,
12:01what they are doing
12:02is basically creating the hype of the film.
12:04Before the release of the film,
12:05buy the tickets yourself for 2-3 days
12:07so that it feels like
12:08this film is running house full.
12:09A lot of people want to watch this film.
12:11So people should be motivated
12:13that yes, we also want to go and watch this film.
12:15According to this article,
12:16in 2023,
12:17a family entertainer Bollywood film
12:19spent INR 20 crores
12:21on Corporate Bookings.
12:23Apart from this,
12:24in the end of 2023,
12:25two films spent INR 70 crores
12:27on Corporate Bookings.
12:29See what is written here.
12:30The shows of these films
12:31on BookMyShow
12:32looked house full.
12:33But there was no audience
12:34in the hall.
12:36The question here is
12:37that if corporate bookings
12:38of films are done in this way,
12:40then the box office collections
12:42that are shown to you,
12:43the box office numbers
12:44that you see in the films,
12:45how true are they?
12:46And without this paid hype,
12:48what will be the real performance of the film?
12:50This has been explained in detail
12:51in this article of News24.
12:53One is self-booking
12:54where individuals
12:55use their personal money
12:57to increase the box office numbers
12:59of their films.
13:00But in corporate bookings,
13:01a film star works
13:02with 4-5 brands.
13:04Those companies are requested
13:05to buy the tickets.
13:07They distribute these tickets
13:08among their employees
13:09and in this way,
13:10the box office numbers
13:11can be increased.
13:12So the hype of the film is fake.
13:13The hype of the celebrity is fake.
13:15The box office numbers of the film are fake.
13:17And later,
13:18the awards given for the film
13:19are also often fake.
13:21Look at this old clip of Shah Rukh Khan.
13:23When a person has a want,
13:25a desire,
13:26he becomes very cheap.
13:28I want this,
13:29I want this,
13:30I want this,
13:31I want a car,
13:32I want a bungalow,
13:33I want this.
13:34So I have a lot of desire for awards.
13:35So I was very desperate
13:36to get a Best Actor award.
13:37So I went to the editor.
13:38And I said,
13:39Sir, I am a very cheap person.
13:40I want this award.
13:41And if you take money,
13:42then I will also give you money.
13:44He is talking about
13:45how he tried to bribe
13:46an editor of an award show
13:47once
13:48so that he gets the award.
13:50So I went and told him,
13:51Sir, give me the award.
13:52He said,
13:53such awards are not given to us.
13:54If you are good,
13:55then the public
13:56gets it.
13:57They will give a tick mark and send it.
13:58And if you are good,
13:59then you will get it.
14:00Now, at that time,
14:01this bribe was not successful.
14:02But today,
14:03almost every industry
14:04is accused
14:05of how awards
14:06are bought and sold.
14:08The credibility of these award shows
14:09is almost over.
14:11Watch this clip of Alia Bhatt.
14:15Okay, I will say thank you
14:16to Jitesh.
14:17I will say thank you to Filmfare.
14:18Thank you, Anu.
14:19I literally told Jitesh that
14:20when he said,
14:21you know, you are coming for
14:22my Glamour and Style Awards
14:23is happening on the 3rd.
14:24You have to come.
14:25I said, okay, I am coming.
14:26Just give me an award.
14:27Like, I don't even know
14:28which award I was getting.
14:29You all can cut that out.
14:30But that's the truth.
14:32Thank you for
14:33giving me this award.
14:34She was openly confessing
14:36that how could she not attend
14:37this award show
14:38if she was not given
14:39the award.
14:40Once again,
14:41personally, I have no
14:42enmity with Alia Bhatt.
14:43But the point here is that
14:44if things happen like this,
14:46then what credibility
14:47is left in award shows.
14:49Today, you must have
14:50also noticed that
14:51these award shows
14:52make any category
14:53of their choice.
14:54Earlier, there were
14:55awards like Best Actor,
14:56Best Film,
14:57Best Director.
14:58And now,
14:59look at the categories
15:00of Zee Cine Awards
15:01of 2024.
15:02Hot and Techy
15:03Performer of the Year Award.
15:04Nothing to Hide Award.
15:06This year, we are going
15:07to introduce a new award
15:08in Star Screen Awards.
15:10The Nothing to Hide Award.
15:11What kind of awards are these?
15:12Will you make anything
15:13and keep talking?
15:14By the way, this thing
15:15is not limited to
15:16only the film industry.
15:17Influencer Awards
15:18are also like this.
15:19Entrepreneur India's
15:20Influencer Awards
15:21of 2024.
15:22Trendsetter of the Year.
15:23Best Newcomer
15:24of the Year.
15:25Rising Star of the Year.
15:26Young Influencer
15:27of the Year.
15:28Cosmopolitan Blogger
15:29Awards of 2024.
15:31Fashion Influencer Award.
15:33Emerging Fashion
15:34Influencer Award.
15:35Luxury Fashion
15:36Influencer Award.
15:37It seems like
15:38new categories
15:39are being made
15:40so that everyone
15:41gets some award.
15:42Now look at me.
15:43I have more than
15:4420 million subscribers.
15:45But till date,
15:46I haven't got
15:47any Influencer Award.
15:48Do you know why?
15:49It's not like
15:50I don't get invitations.
15:51Often these award companies
15:52email me
15:53that we will give you
15:54this award.
15:55But they always
15:56have a condition
15:57that they expect
15:58something in return.
15:59If not money directly,
16:00then they expect
16:01indirect promotion.
16:02On top of that,
16:03how many awards
16:04are being bought
16:05and how many awards
16:06are being given
16:07only for publicity.
16:08It is said that
16:09in the film industry,
16:10an actor like Aamir Khan
16:11has not attended
16:12any award function
16:13in the last 20 years.
16:14The truth is, friends,
16:15if we come back
16:16to the topic of paparazzi,
16:17then most of the
16:18Bollywood celebrities
16:19and actors can
16:20easily maintain
16:21their privacy
16:22if they want to.
16:23This is the reason
16:24that you will never
16:25get to see
16:26the paparazzi photos
16:27of some celebrities.
16:28But on the other hand,
16:29there will be some
16:30celebrities whose
16:31paparazzi photos
16:32will be seen
16:33on social media,
16:34newspapers,
16:35and TV every day.
16:36The biggest example
16:37of paparazzi
16:38is Kim Kardashian.
16:39It is even said
16:40that the paparazzi
16:41photos taken by her
16:42are edited
16:43and returned
16:44to her
16:45before publishing.
16:46Have you seen
16:47this article?
16:48People are accusing
16:49Kim Kardashian
16:50that her latest
16:51paparazzi photos
16:52are actually
16:53edited.
16:54Or her sister Kylie Jenner
16:55whose actual candid
16:56photos went viral
16:57after the COVID lockdown.
16:58But she didn't want
16:59anyone to see
17:00these real photos
17:01so immediately
17:02after that,
17:03she did this
17:04fake candid
17:05paparazzi photoshoot.
17:06In this fake world
17:07of celebrities,
17:08there are some
17:09genuine exceptions.
17:10There are some cases
17:11where actually
17:12some celebrities
17:13are fed up
17:14with these paparazzi photos.
17:15Like Jaya Bachchan's
17:16paparazzi videos.
17:21You can clearly
17:22understand
17:23that she doesn't
17:24like this at all.
17:25There was an incident
17:26about Alia Bhatt
17:27where some paparazzi
17:28took photos
17:29inside her house.
17:30Many such cases
17:31have been seen
17:32where many people
17:33shamelessly
17:34ignored the
17:35truth.
17:36Virat Kohli's
17:37one such video
17:38went viral
17:39where someone
17:40took a video
17:41of his hotel
17:42room,
17:43went inside
17:44and showed
17:45his stuff
17:46in a video
17:47and made it
17:48public.
17:49Many celebrities
17:50take tough steps
17:51to prevent
17:52such things from
17:53happening.
17:54Like Katrina Kaif
17:55and Vicky Kaushal's
17:56wedding.
17:57Allegedly,
17:58people were not
17:59allowed to
18:00click any
18:01photos inside
18:02the venue.
18:03No paparazzi
18:04was allowed
18:05inside the venue.
18:06There are many
18:07ways that
18:08celebrities use
18:09to protect
18:10their privacy.
18:11Hollywood celebrities
18:12like Beyonc├й,
18:13Paris Hilton
18:14and Nick Jonas
18:15use an anti-paparazzi
18:16scarf which
18:17blocks your
18:18photo.
18:19If the photo
18:20is clicked,
18:21it looks
18:22like this
18:23after wearing
18:24this anti-paparazzi
18:25scarf.
18:26Taylor Swift
18:27also uses
18:28a decoy car
18:29to protect
18:30herself from
18:31paparazzi.
18:32But what
18:33happens
18:34is that
18:35people become
18:36unrealistic
18:37expectations
18:38about their
18:39appearance,
18:40success
18:41and happiness.
18:42Some people
18:43get cosmetic
18:44surgeries done
18:45to look like
18:46celebrities.
18:47They think
18:48that's the
18:49ideal look.
18:50Take the
18:51case of
18:52an Iranian woman
18:53who apparently
18:54got cosmetic
18:55procedures done
18:56to look like
18:57Angelina Jolie.
18:58Although she
18:59later claimed
19:00that this look
19:01was not real,
19:02some people
19:03start worshipping
19:04dangerous fans.
19:05For example,
19:06a fan of Kannad actor
19:07Yash who
19:08burned himself
19:09with fire
19:10because he couldn't
19:11meet the actor
19:12on his birthday.
19:13This fake
19:14glamorous hype
19:15is now
19:16costing the
19:17film industry.
19:18If genuine
19:19actors don't
19:20promote genuine
19:21films,
19:22people will
19:23lose interest
19:24in this industry.
19:25People can
19:26watch films
19:27once or twice
19:28due to this
19:29fake hype.
19:30But if
19:31we show
19:32an inauthentic
19:33image on social
19:34media,
19:35people will
19:36tolerate it
19:37for a while.
19:38After that,
19:39people will
19:40say that
19:41it's enough.
19:42I have a simple
19:43lesson for you.
19:44Watch films
19:45and enjoy.
19:46But there is
19:47no need
19:48to waste
19:49time in
19:50this fake
19:51world of
19:52celebrities.
19:53You won't
19:54get anything
19:55from this.
19:56And especially
19:57don't waste
19:58time in
19:59shows like
20:00this.