The price of fame! Mihir Mishra

All good thing comes with a price tag! Sometimes celebs pay the price of their fame with their privacy, sometimes with things more tangible! We spoke to some of them to find out how they feel about being constantly under the media glare!

Riya V Anandwala gets them to talk on this topical issue.

Mihir Mishra- "People are constantly speculating about my life"

I agree we have to pay a price of being a celebrity at times. The culprits of the Jessica Lal case are moving around scot-free, and a high status celebrity like Salman Khan who has killed two black bugs is suffering for seven damn years to prove himself! It has certainly happened with me too. After one and a half year of marriage, I had put on some weight, so people started calling up and asking whether I have started drinking? People are constantly speculating about my life. Why don't they get it, that we are humans too, and we too like breaking rules!

Rupali Ganguly- "I have never been treated special"

No, I don't think that way. I feel, we all are equal and I have never been treated special, by anyone around just because I am a celebrity. I have banged my car so many times into trucks, but people have always helped me out, just because I am just another human being! I still mix around with people. I also bargain at the grocery shops!

Parmeet Sethi-" There are times when we feel conscious about doing certain things!"

I feel there are a very few disadvantages of being a celebrity as compared to innumerable advantages we have. Yes, there are certain times when we feel very conscious of doing things, but I guess we pay a very small price of being a celebrity then! It did happen with me too, once I broke a queue as I was in hurry. Well, I am not really fond of doing that, but I was genuinely getting late. A gentleman stopped me, and said that you being a celebrity shouldn't do such a thing. I gave it a thought and went back. These are routine things, which one should acknowledge.

Vikas Bhalla-"We do loose our privacy"

Yes, obviously that happens. People look up to us, and we need to be careful of not doing things which will make a negative impression. We have to be very careful, and in turn we do loose our privacy. Whenever I go for a run on the beach, people constantly stare at me, I loose my concentration on running and instead take a u-turn! There are 100s of people there, but people stare only at me! Only because I am a celebrity, so somewhere we do pay a heavy price!

Nikhil Arya-"People don't even confirm the information from us"

Well, we certainly have to pay a heavy price for our fame. I will give you a very small instance which happened with me. A popular television magazine wrote that I was buying a ring for Karishma Tanna just because they spotted me at a jewelry shop. They didn't have the decency to confirm it with me, as I was buying it for my sister who is in U.S. And later when Karishma called them up, they carried it in their next issue saying that "Karishma calls us up, and she didn't get the ring probably!" I have nothing to say about these things.