My first tryst with Tollywood's corruption was shocking. I went to interview actor Sushanth today. He was all fine and the interview was great. I was done with it in 45 minutes. As I bid bye to him and stepped out of his Srinagar colony office, a media manager walked up to me. He said he wants to talk to me and wanted me to wait downstairs.
I thought he wanted to seriously tell me something. As I went down, he came running behind with a cover.He told me it had Rs 5000. I asked him what is it for?
He told me in a typical shy style " friendship".
I was flabberghasted and told him that I am not in this profession to make money. I warned him not to offer anything to me ever again if he wishes his stars interviews to be published in our newspaper. He had a filmi look with an expression of adoration and shock.
I would never forget this attempt to bribe on me ever.
Great job, my dear young man. Once you take money from someone, particularly politicians and film personalities, you will become their slave.
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Syed Akbar
Hyderabad
prashanth u proved urself once again congrats keep it up - kavitha, reporter tv9
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