Paparazzi and Suchitra Sen

Paparazzi is a plural term (paparazzo being the singular form) for photographers who take candid photographs of celebrities, usually by relentlessly shadowing them in their public and private activities. Celebrities claiming to have been hounded by such photographers often use "paparazzi" and even "stalkarazzi" as a pejorative term.
News agencies commonly use the word in a broader sense to describe all photographers who take pictures of notable people.

Suchitra Sen, a pronouned indian (read bengali, as most of her creation are depicted on the bengali screen) actress is in hospital and photographers all around are waiting at the hospital to grasp a snap and to publish it for a huge bucks. Currently I am not debating on the topic of privacy that one needs in his or her life. But I'm more interested to know who wants to see her photographs. I'm not. Well, she was a great actress, she presented us good pieces on movies, we enjoyed them and perhaps we will be doing so in the future. But under any circumstances I don't want to know what she is doing today. With all respect to her, we imagine Suchitra Sen as the characters played by the mighty talents of acting. But in reality she is not those characters. She is common human being just like you and me and there is no exaggeration that you will be overwhelmed by. If Zeenat Aman were hospitalized, would it be that much of a news?

No, surely it would not be. By enshrouding herself, she has created a strange attraction towards herself, especially for the media. Old age is a part of our life. As gerontologists say, daring from it is a psychological disorder and it is called gerantophobia . I don't know what is going on in her mind. If she is practicing the philosophies of Vedanta, it's well and good. Otherwise ...

Anirban Naskar
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