Kajol article sparks bollywood PR hoopla
11 October, 2018
"Actress Kajol kick-started her career in the showbiz in the 90s when the PR machinery was not in force. In the 90s, it was all about how actors conducted themselves in front of the media without the help of any PRs," says an article on Bollywood Bubble.
However, Bollywood's only PR guru Dale Bhagwagar has reacted in disagreement. "It's incorrect to say that strong PR didn't exist in the 90s. I've myself handled more than a dozen clients at any given time during the 90s too," he tweeted.
"Though Kajol is a diva, Bollywood Bubble seems to be bumbling with ignorance about entertainment PR," laughs Dale, who has handled the media for Hrithik, Shilpa, Priyanka and films like SRK-starrer 'Don' and Farhan -starrer 'Rock On!!', apart from being a crisis management specialist to umpteen 'Bigg Boss' contestants over the years.
"During the 90's, there have been great PRs such as Gopal Pandey, RR Pathak, Raju Kariya, Ajit Ghosh, Hilla Sethna, Keshav Rai, Harish Sharma, Susheel Sharma, Peter Martis, Parag Desai, Indermohan Pannu, Shahid Khan, Arun-Gaja and Rajendra Rao."
"They have planned elaborate publicity campaigns, advised and guided actors with image-building, have been an integral part of PR strategies, and wielded much more influence on media than most of the current publicists. I know, because I have been there," says the publicist who started out in PR in the 90s and went on to become a trendsetter.