Curious Case

Stars are made when a person achieves extraordinary success in his/her career.

When you think of Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan or even Kareena Kapoor, they’ve touched dizzying heights of fame and popularity owing, primarily, to their unflinching dedication to their work. No one will be able to accuse them of taking a shortcut to where they stand today.

Poonam Pandey, better known as the girl who promised to strip if India reached the finals, is someone who exists because of this shortcut.

She is neither breathtakingly beautiful (which explains the "Poonam Pandey is ugly" Google result) nor is at the top of her profession. Then what is it that makes her so attractive to the masses?

 

She obviously does not believe in the 'less is more' theory which explains her penchant for shedding clothes. While her strip-fest and ‘bathroom secrets” will continue to bring her all the attention, she will never have the kind of impact that mega stars have on their viewers.

Iconic legends like Marilyn Monroe or Zeenat Aman or Rekha are irreplaceable because of the very impact of the viewers. They held sway over their fans essentially because of their exclusivity and the dignity with which they conducted themselves. Poonam Pandey belongs to a totally different class and cannot even come anywhere close in being compared with even the most average but respectable stars.

There was Mallika Sherawat who stormed into the scene with reportedly a record number of kisses in her debut movie. She dared anyone who tried to bow her down. Sure she loves creating drama and grabbing eyeballs but there's no denying the fact that the girl has worked hard to get where she is today.

 

Then there was Rakhi Sawant who courted controversy with utmost loyalty for quite sometime. Her public spats, controversial statements and faux Swayamvars to keep the Indian audience glued worked well for sometime.

Ponam Pandey is no different from Mallika Sherawat and Rakhi Sawant when it comes to chasing instant fame but unlike them, Pandey's desire to draw attention to her work seems almost non-existent.

She seems to have taken the 'love me or hate me, but you just can't ignore me' syndrome to a whole new level. The starlet thrives on hogging attention by losing clothes and making controversial statements.

 

Even Sunny Leone, despite being a pornstar by profession shows utmost dignity in the way she behaves and commands respect from others. Poonam Pandey, on the other hand, has trivialized her very existence by seeking to cash in on her body.

Very recently Taslima Nasreen lashed out at her “attitude is like underwear” statement. Irrespective of being a fierce feminist, Nasreen’s outburst is justified because Pandey takes objectification of women to a disgusting level.

 

We love it when women choose to celebrate their bodies irrespective of their shapes and sizes. But, using one’s body to secure public attention and, as a shortcut to fame, it drops down to a very demeaning level. Throughout history, women have always been objects of desire and there is nothing wrong with the notion unless other sterling qualities of a woman like her substance, integrity and strength of character are not overshadowed by that desire.