Bollywood celebs have been getting on twitter faster than Shahid Kapoor has been cycling through girlfriends. This seems to be a good idea - fans get a chance to talk directly to their loved ones. And the loved ones feel loved and get to interact directly with fans.
Guess who gets cut out - the media!
But the media has been striking back! How have they done it? They've come up with something rather innovative: the twitter news blurb. Here is how it works - the media monitors celeb tweets. Then they write about it. In other words, the media now reports to the fans what the celeb say to them directly. "SRK is sick!", "Imran Khan spent his birthday working!", "Celina has gas!" (I made that last one up - but you get the point, yes?)
But wait, there is more. Often fans respond back to the celebs. The media has caught wind of this and often reports on what the fans have to tweet about the celeb's tweets.
All this makes my head hurt even as I write it. But the incongruity of it all is much fun I have to admit. As an elaborate tribute to this phenom - which I call Phaltu Twitter Reporting (PTR) - I decided to respond with some Phaltu Facebook Reporting (PFR). I decided to check out Amrita Rao's Facebook Fan page and pull out the best her fans had to say about her.
Why Amrita Rao? Because her fans are the most entertaining. Over to them.
"U r ma dream gal !!!!!"
"CAN I MEET U ONCE IN A LIFETIME I M U FAN AND I WILL NOT TELL THAT I M U R BIGGEST FAN BUT I M U R ONE AND ONLY FAN .....PLS PLS REPLY ME PLS"
"how much"
"i wish.....i shud get a wife like u....."
"i use 2 think katrina is the prettiest bt no i change my mind after seeing u in the video song poorza poorza"
"u r definitely not the most beautiful gal on earth .. a true/honest msg frm ur normal fan"
"i have seen ur all of moveise"
"if there is any thing like black magic.....its in her eyes."
"ur posters r like paint in my room.they cover every square inch"
"I am mad about u. I wanna act with u. plz"
"I LUV U !! :) :) :)....WILL U MARRY ME !!"
"if you want to make a permanent impression upon the audience so that,you get remembered even after you than don't please compromise with your roles,story of the movie and try to do natural acting..for example as you have done in "vivah".............."
"Nothing new but I can't resist myself saying ........... you are gargious"
"you are very sexy pose."
"Wat i do if i lov u...:("
"your performance was good, but i loved your gestures from your face. It was hot, ammu."
"oh!! dear dont brake my heart..really there is someone special???"
"U R LUCKING HOT IN WHITE DRESS"
"im not so big fan of u yet.. bt always love to watch yr innocency in movies."
"all of us are making comments on this wall.....however, amrita doesnt reply or post any comment on her wall.....does this mean this is FAKE????"
