CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT IN POLITICS:
As far the option of having .film stars for endorsement in politics is concerned it may not be a bad idea for the parties as due to that they are able together large crowd. And why so? It is because of the aura of the film stars. Yet, it is difficult to say whether it is going to get them votes or not celebrity endorsements influence our day to day life – from buying a chocolate to electing an Mp.
Giving a ticket to a party worker is fair enough than to give a ticket to some celebrity. Because the celebrity has not necessarily done work for the society, except entertaining them. When we give a vote to some party, it’s not the candidate we are voting for.
We vote for the celebrity. We are inspired by the character portrayed by the celebrity and not by an individual. So next time you vote, vote in the name of party and its work and in name of any celebrity.
It is stupid of the film stars to do such a thing, as being dishonest to the voter, by suddenly coming out of nowhere and being a part of the campaigning process. Also I think that the present voter also laughs at them saying “they think we are fools”
Just another gimmick of the political parties to have something new to offer to the voter. But instead of that I think they should do something more worthwhile, like talking to the voters personally.
Having film stars for endorsement in politics will definitely fetch the political parties’ crowd and votes both. Because people love the character played by an individual and fall in love with the same. Deepika chikalaya (sita) has contested elections last time.
People neither voted for a specific political party nor did they vote for deepika Chikalaya, but they elected SITA. Thinking that she might solve their problems. But how many promises were kept in front of our eyes. So if any celebrity wishes to join a party they must realize their duty towards society. As public brings them to power with lots of hopes…
It’s all about positioning the candidate .it’s upto the party as to how it’s portraying its candidates.SWOT, analysis has o be made and they have to identify the strength of the candidates.
Not only that, part must be prepared to counter-attack the opposition if it tries to attack on the weakness of the candidate yet another lousy to lure the voters! But doesn’t work with the townies! But… are they trying to impress us anyways?No
The major hunk of votes pour in for these peeps from the rural and SEC-C people … who still have some hopes from politicians!
And as far as the educated masses are concerned, do they really care to vote??? So lure- the-poor are the mantra. And what comes close to doing this is the filmstars! Pheeeew! A part of political drama! Probably, the school of advertising inspires them: Need 2 impress masses go the entertainment way!!
Film stars have the capacity to pull crowd, no doubts. Buts the IQ level of the voters has increased gradually over the years. They vote for a person who as and will do some good for them shahrukh khan can attract crowds but a credible politician (hard to find nowadays) make them vote.
Everyone needs a new way of advertising for themselves... Endorsements will work... May be not for metros but for the cites, towns, villages, my only concern is that these celebrities care a shit about the party they are endorsing. And choosing a government is a serious issue for the country so the bottom line is that I find it cheap that some celebrities are actually endorsing the political parties... Don’t play with the countries dudes!!
This is in reference to keyur’s take on Mc Alister’s message… I guess in the final analysis “We get what we deserve”…don’t blame the celebrities or politicians for doing things that will benefit them (remember that we live in a world in which self interest is given priority)… the blame lies with the educated elite who have not yet realized that it is in their “self interest” to reduce mass of the poor and illiterate in a democry.
Celebrities are tax paying citizens and have as much right as anyone to express their opinion. We obviously want to know everything about them since we buy people Mag. And the like . Why is knowing about their politics different than knowing about their relationship? You can’t buy has it both ways?
Yes, we get what we deserve. We deserve jokers so we are getting them. As some one said in the opinion that intellectuals only talk, and don’t even bother to vote, the ‘C’ class people go to vote, and as a result we get their choice as our rulers. So we are responsible for the chaos.
At the end of General Election2004, we can see it has worked for individual star candidates. But for the party, it hasn’t helped, like BJP had focused on hunting for stars. Finally for stars. Finally it resulted into dilution of political domain for BJP. In any case, no one can afford to ignore the base, the Indian public.
Come elections and our politicians can go o any extend to assure for themselves, a seat for the next 5 yrs. The latest of the bait used to lure voters are celebrties.
Celebrities, who will come over+ to your hose and dance for a party in return in return to a hefty sum, surely wouldn’t immaterial to them.
All that matters is the dough that they get at the end of the day! Hardly a handful of the celebrities are actually into social work, and work for the party.
The rest usually even trend to forget the party they are in and sometimes embarrass the party by criticizing a member other same party, as was the case of Ms Irani attacking Naendra Modi over the Gujarat communal riots. This shows the sheer ignorance on their part.
This is what an impromptu vox pop has to say - Neha told CNBC-TV18, "Ganguly is useless, he is out of the team now, so he should be out of the ads also. Anand on the other hand, feels, "Ganguly should come back as the captain and continue with the ads."
The first Khan on this celebrity list is Saif Ali Khan at No 8. With six brands already, he is close to signing two more. The ever dependable Dravid who can be depended on to do anything but act, has managed to more than double his endorsements over the last one year.
Women are obviously hard to come by in this power list, but Aishwarya Rai makes an entry with seven brands.
As far the option of having .film stars for endorsement in politics is concerned it may not be a bad idea for the parties as due to that they are able together large crowd. And why so? It is because of the aura of the film stars. Yet, it is difficult to say whether it is going to get them votes or not celebrity endorsements influence our day to day life – from buying a chocolate to electing an Mp.
Giving a ticket to a party worker is fair enough than to give a ticket to some celebrity. Because the celebrity has not necessarily done work for the society, except entertaining them. When we give a vote to some party, it’s not the candidate we are voting for.
We vote for the celebrity. We are inspired by the character portrayed by the celebrity and not by an individual. So next time you vote, vote in the name of party and its work and in name of any celebrity.
It is stupid of the film stars to do such a thing, as being dishonest to the voter, by suddenly coming out of nowhere and being a part of the campaigning process. Also I think that the present voter also laughs at them saying “they think we are fools”
Just another gimmick of the political parties to have something new to offer to the voter. But instead of that I think they should do something more worthwhile, like talking to the voters personally.
Having film stars for endorsement in politics will definitely fetch the political parties’ crowd and votes both. Because people love the character played by an individual and fall in love with the same. Deepika chikalaya (sita) has contested elections last time.
People neither voted for a specific political party nor did they vote for deepika Chikalaya, but they elected SITA. Thinking that she might solve their problems. But how many promises were kept in front of our eyes. So if any celebrity wishes to join a party they must realize their duty towards society. As public brings them to power with lots of hopes…
It’s all about positioning the candidate .it’s upto the party as to how it’s portraying its candidates.SWOT, analysis has o be made and they have to identify the strength of the candidates.
Not only that, part must be prepared to counter-attack the opposition if it tries to attack on the weakness of the candidate yet another lousy to lure the voters! But doesn’t work with the townies! But… are they trying to impress us anyways?No
The major hunk of votes pour in for these peeps from the rural and SEC-C people … who still have some hopes from politicians!
And as far as the educated masses are concerned, do they really care to vote??? So lure- the-poor are the mantra. And what comes close to doing this is the filmstars! Pheeeew! A part of political drama! Probably, the school of advertising inspires them: Need 2 impress masses go the entertainment way!!
Film stars have the capacity to pull crowd, no doubts. Buts the IQ level of the voters has increased gradually over the years. They vote for a person who as and will do some good for them shahrukh khan can attract crowds but a credible politician (hard to find nowadays) make them vote.
Everyone needs a new way of advertising for themselves... Endorsements will work... May be not for metros but for the cites, towns, villages, my only concern is that these celebrities care a shit about the party they are endorsing. And choosing a government is a serious issue for the country so the bottom line is that I find it cheap that some celebrities are actually endorsing the political parties... Don’t play with the countries dudes!!
This is in reference to keyur’s take on Mc Alister’s message… I guess in the final analysis “We get what we deserve”…don’t blame the celebrities or politicians for doing things that will benefit them (remember that we live in a world in which self interest is given priority)… the blame lies with the educated elite who have not yet realized that it is in their “self interest” to reduce mass of the poor and illiterate in a democry.
Celebrities are tax paying citizens and have as much right as anyone to express their opinion. We obviously want to know everything about them since we buy people Mag. And the like . Why is knowing about their politics different than knowing about their relationship? You can’t buy has it both ways?
Yes, we get what we deserve. We deserve jokers so we are getting them. As some one said in the opinion that intellectuals only talk, and don’t even bother to vote, the ‘C’ class people go to vote, and as a result we get their choice as our rulers. So we are responsible for the chaos.
At the end of General Election2004, we can see it has worked for individual star candidates. But for the party, it hasn’t helped, like BJP had focused on hunting for stars. Finally for stars. Finally it resulted into dilution of political domain for BJP. In any case, no one can afford to ignore the base, the Indian public.
Come elections and our politicians can go o any extend to assure for themselves, a seat for the next 5 yrs. The latest of the bait used to lure voters are celebrties.
Celebrities, who will come over+ to your hose and dance for a party in return in return to a hefty sum, surely wouldn’t immaterial to them.
All that matters is the dough that they get at the end of the day! Hardly a handful of the celebrities are actually into social work, and work for the party.
The rest usually even trend to forget the party they are in and sometimes embarrass the party by criticizing a member other same party, as was the case of Ms Irani attacking Naendra Modi over the Gujarat communal riots. This shows the sheer ignorance on their part.
This is what an impromptu vox pop has to say - Neha told CNBC-TV18, "Ganguly is useless, he is out of the team now, so he should be out of the ads also. Anand on the other hand, feels, "Ganguly should come back as the captain and continue with the ads."
The first Khan on this celebrity list is Saif Ali Khan at No 8. With six brands already, he is close to signing two more. The ever dependable Dravid who can be depended on to do anything but act, has managed to more than double his endorsements over the last one year.
Women are obviously hard to come by in this power list, but Aishwarya Rai makes an entry with seven brands.
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