So I’m at this restraint one day and I over hear a conversation off the next table. They were complaining about someone. At first I did not get who they were talking of or what they were talking of. But as I strained my ears further and realized they were a bunch of fans complaining about a particular star. Apparently this star was supposed to be at some place by 3pm on some day and did not reach on time. The star was only 3 hours late. These girls had reached at 0:300 hours and were sweating and fanning themselves with the autograph book they had brought. And then I heard them say that it had begun to rain and some of them did not have an umbrella. So their make up and hair got ruined. Well I said to myself, “Its your choice to go and wait.” But yet I felt sorry for them.
I must say that I have even heard of girls waiting for over 4 hours to meet their beloved stars at places where the stars may have called them. It’s according to many rational people insane to lave everything aside and devote so much of time to stars.
Now another thing which the fans blow off their ego with is by standing outside or below the buildings or houses the stars stay in. Some have seen the security shout at the fans or talk to them rudely. At times they wait for days together and do not get lucky. Teenagers run from their homes in other cities to come to this city to catch a glimpse of them who they admire and want to one day dream of becoming like.
And when they do meet the stars through contests or at awards, it’s never enough. They just smile or sign an autograph and quickly make an exit. Or if it’s on set between shots they at times appear to be in character when they meet the star and that can be very unnerving and unsatisfactory. The incompleteness of the meeting haunts the fan for months together if he/she is in love with the star. The fans emotional side remains unsatisfied and they become disheartened very quickly.
And the worst heartbreak, I hear from my teenage niece, these days, is when one fan finds out that the star show more favor to the other fan than them. There becomes the matter of competition and to who should be treated how by the stars. The fans say that the older and more loyal a fan, the better the treatment. Do I know the logic behind this?? No I don’t.
With the growth in social media have witnessed that the fans go out of the way to promote their films by making pages and creating awareness and spending hours updating it. Not only this, have also seen websites of stars made by fans with all love and enthusiasm. They land up spending hours on the site, collecting pictures and news.
Initially I was under the impression it was a PR process but later I realised they were just fans and some of them haven't event been lucky to meet their favourite star. I feel sorry, But hatts off to such people who devote so much of time for some1 who they love. My all respects and bows to them.
At times it hurts when, some biggie gets to meet a star through contacts and then stays in touch with the star and a true fan who is not as well to do keeps struggling for the entire life to catch the glimpse of the person they admire the most.
Life is like that. This creates hatred and heart break for the other fans who are not fortunate and love the star at the same level but are just not lucky and there is a clash.
My question is do stars really deserve so much attention? They are doing their job, but as fans are we getting the desired response?
Now whether a star can reach out to all is a question only the fans and the can answer.
Harshita
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