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felicitation: Stars left to lurch
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Things could not have gotten
worse. That is the least one
can say about the function that
was held to felicitate the Chief
Minister. The organizers would
certainly have not thought of
such a bad scenario even in
their nightmares. But then it
all boiled down to one big mess.
We will be seeing the recorded
version of this event very soon
on television. One thing is
for sure, all that distasteful
footage, if any of that was
caught on camera, will be deftly
edited and what we get to see
will be the ‘perfect’
function. Many of you might
have already read about or come
to know about some of the discordant
notes that were struck on a
day that was supposed to be
very sweet to begin with.
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Seating
Capacity – 8000, Invitations
distributed - 15000
Let us put it this way, the organizers
of the function either suffered from
lack of time or cooperation from other
quarters. How else can one explain
the fact that around 15000 invitations
were given out for the function when
the venue had a maximum capacity of
only 8000. The number of invitations
is nearly double the capacity. The
organizers will have a lot of answering
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VIPs vs general public
They also seem to have forgotten
to earmark different entrances
for VIPs and general public.
There was a stampede at the
mouth of the entrance which
was supposed to be exclusively
for VIPs. Either the VIPs have
lost their senses or the people
at the entrance were not VIPs.
The stampede resulted in the
police closing down the VIP
entrance and wait for the CM’s
convoy to arrive. This meant
that many of the VIPs carrying
valid invitations were left
standing outside waiting for
their turn. Some of the stars
who were stranded outside were
Madhavan, Srikanth, Prabhu and
Ramkumar. |
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They
were lucky to be able to make their
way inside after a 10 minute wait.
However some of the lesser lights
like Vishal, Vikranth and Rajesh had
to leave in disappointment. |
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Trisha waits…Prabhu
Deva leaves…
The woes of the stars who made
their way into the venue were
not over. Seats were not available
and many of the big names were
seen standing through the event.
Madhavan could not find a seat
and after standing around for
an hour left the venue. The
less patient likes of Prabhu
Deva and Ravichandran left even
before the function began. Trisha,
in spite of her striking good
looks had to keep standing for
30 minutes before she could
sit and her mother had to be
satisfied with a seat in the
back rows along with the general
public.
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Balu Mahendra’s
walk-out and Namitha’s
scary moments
The police too seemed to have
lost a bit of their discretion
amidst the confusion. They were
seen refusing entry to many
of the towering figures of the
industry. Balu Mahendra is perhaps
the best example; he walked
away from the entrance after
a policeman refused to let him
in. Namitha endured a few scary
moments when there was a big
crowd around the car. Eventually
it was Abbas (organizer) who
came to the rescue (some good
work at last). Police also reportedly
manhandled female lyricist Thaamarai
when she wanted to be let in.
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Hope
that such incidents do not recur,
especially on days that are supposed
to be celebrations of good work done.
Hope that organizers count the number
of seats before handing out invitations.
Hope that police is given a lesson
on film personalities and general
courtesy and first aid. |
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