Actor, Hero or Superstar,
How I wonder what you are!
Glitter, glamour, money and fame.
It looks like that to us from far!
So much swag till yesterday,
On Social media you had lots to say.
Now that you’ve finally found your tongue,
I hear you’ve gone to court today!
The actual players are running round in a maze,
kicking up dust and creating a haze.
throwing the public completely off track,
leading them on a wild goose chase.
Let’s pause awhile and survey the scene.
Don’t you think B-Town needs a good dry clean?
It’s picked up dirt through all these years,
concealing it’s genuinely golden sheen.
We‘ve put these actors on a pedestal so high.
Can you give me one good reason why?
It’s time to bring them down to earth
and put the real stars back in the sky!
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I’ve stopped watching news altogether. There is so much venom being spewed around and so much negativity.
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A good one. All that shines is not real. There’s a dark side to it.
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Never been a fan of these stars. Maybe because I’ve seen some up close. Nice one Radhika.
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This is so cool, Radhika! Love the way you have highlighted the harsh truth through your soft poetic words!
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Absolutely befitting, and interestingly penned Radhika! Loved the poetic representation. We really need to stop treating the stars like gods, and the B-town seems overdue for a drycleaning.
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You amaze me with your creative writing skills. So happy I that I woke up.to this beautiful poetry and it was my first read.
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Oooh! Now that’s a lovely message to wake up to, too!! 🤗🤗
Thank you so much. So glad you liked it.
In that case you might like the previous one too – nursery rhyme that’s going viral. 😊😊
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The harsh truth through such a beautiful poetry is commendable. Truly beautiful
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Oh I love this! High time some one said this. Hope people retain this spirit in the coming days also and not get influenced by the so called Bollywood quickly.
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Nicely penned and it’s true this is the time to change , acknowledge the real stars .
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Exactly, it is high time we take them down from that pedestal. Hopefully people would now stop following the so called superstars frantically. This was a real treat to read something so relevant in a nursery poem format…very interesting.
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I think we as a viewer should use our brains to know how much importance one deserves ..do not trust and believe people blindly. Really liked your take on this.
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Well said. I enjoy watching movies but never have had crushes over film actors. Or like supremely impressed by them. Because well they are actors and you dont know when they are real and when they are acting.
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That’s the sad part of our society. We ourselves are to be blamed for this thing. We make them God-like and then wonder what went wrong. Like this poetic introspection mam. All the best for your second book. Keep the wonderful work going.
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So much said in those simple shades of words.. so much to understand though things are beyond repair.. I’m always a fan of your writing..
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I really like the poem and thats so true, bollywood heroes no longer heros.
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Loved how you expressed yourself in this poetic style.
We need to choose our heroes wisely. And whole setup needs a dry-clean for sure.
Poems are love and they say so much in less words.
Harsh truth penned well.
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I love when people experiment with themes and expressions in poetry, you aced it
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With so much social media and the paparazzi I feel we know actors in and out of their life . I wish people know they are not real life heroes and stop keeping them on pedestal. Liked your poetry take on this topic.
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You hit the nail on the head girl! Said it bluntly but softened the blow with your verse.We need to put the real stars in our sky
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Nicely written. Never in the wildest of my dreams did I imagine that there’d be a poem on Bollywood 😂
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Hahaha!! Correct! 😆😆
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People need their stars nearby, not billions of kilometres away. If there are no heroes, people will create them. Just as they do with gods.
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Soo true, they are normal humans like us and we made them influencers who (atleast most of them) do not care about what they are recommending and being an example / role model… High time we look at treating them as equals…
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I don’t follow anyone thankfully
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The glitz is blinding and often makes us end up idolising the wrong heroes. Your poem is a reflection of today. They need to clean up and fast!
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Beautifully expressed via words. We have kept them at such a high pedestal and we forget they are humans like us.
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This is really one of the very beautiful poetry have a today
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A sad reality! We do worship the stars like Gods and do not understand they are not worthy of it. Good one!
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Actually too little and too late. this is what comes to mind. Loved your poetic style of expressing the harsh truths.
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Very different rhyme. It seems you said all the important things in a good rhyme.
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Lovely poem aptly describing the situation. Indeed a film is so much more than actors, everyone should realise that. Bollywood needs a drucleaning, n TV news media needs a deep sanitization for sure.
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Love the way you penned the harsh reality of bollywood in your soft and precise poetry.. loved the poem
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This lovely thought provoking poetic post reminds me the time when I used to take MBA classes. I asked my students of their ‘One personality that compels when to do something out of the box’, mostly all the answers were in tune of Bollywood actors. I was bewildered and agitated at the same time. How easy is to feel young minds and pump up with the fake realities of life.
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Everyone pay a prize for their fame, actors are paying by putting themselves at a pedestrian where everyone could judge decisions of their life. They’re human too and liable to make mistakes.
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Maybe that’s why we ought to treat them as humans and not super Gods! 😊
Thanks for dropping by, reading and commenting. 👍
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It has been so long since I have watched a news channel or a Bollywood movie. And that says something cos’ I am a movie buff and the harsh reality of the movie industry is disturbing to say the least. Amazing poem where you brought out all the emotions!
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Same here. To confess I am a Bollywood fan actually even if i know the reality.
However of late, not having watched a hindi movie for so long I am not missing it at all. Sad state of affairs. Because there is some real talent there….
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Loved the writing in rhyme. It’s hard to accept but that’s the true situation. #tmmreads
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Correctly said, Radhika. It time to dry clean Bollywood and bring the stars down to earth. The reality is so much different from what we have expected and still the truth is unknown to many of us.
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The line where it says we have put these actors on pedestal high, is so apt. I really don’t know why people worship celebs so much. Liking someone is different for their looks or art form, but giving them a whole new kind of place like worshipping them is to another level which i dont understand as well.
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Exactly, we need to bring them down and put real stars up there but who will do that? People who are enjoying masala?
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All that glitters is not gold indeed and these so-called stars shouldn’t be able to get away with anything and everything.
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You have surmised the deterioration of Bollywood so well, Radhika! #MyFriendAlexa #TinaReads
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Haha….a change is on the cards. Let’s hope the future is going to be better than today.
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Wow…loved your rhyme. You narrated the harsh truth in very soft tone.
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This is what happens when the flashlights cover the darkness that persists in reality. Loved how you highlighted the harsh truth!!
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Glamour, flash lights and the works… yeah true!
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Mindlessly following anyone – filmstar, politician or anyone is not a good thing! It’s us who make put them on a pedestal so high! Nice post 🙂
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That’s absolutely right. Thank you Sushmita dropping by.😊
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