Sipping juice and cursing the Media, doesn’t work Mrs Sen
- Arijit Bose
- May 2, 2019
- 3 min read
I have grown up in a family that has always believed in the power of the media, arts and our ever so vibrant culture. In that sense, we have grown up listening to stories of the legendary stars of yesteryears and how they had their class, yet a tinge of idiosyncracies was hard to miss in few.
I like Moon Moon Sen, she comes from a family that is well recorded for its contribution to cinema. If not in a film shooting, she takes out time to do cookery shows and has tastes that are associated to the privileged class. Her English is great, the fashion and pomp and fair predictable, but her attitude towards the man with the mike is quite apparent.
As someone who has been part of the elite club, it is no surprise that when as a member of the TMC, she is tossed a question, her rebuttal is – Oh I got my bed tea very late I know nothing about violence in Asansol. To add salt to injury, she later adds, “A little violence always happens.”
As per an NDTV report – Half a dozen people were injured and over 100 people were arrested following clashes during polling. It is this elitist approach that does many of us more harm than good.
I did not like the way, Moon Moon threatened a reasonably senior journalist saying I will sue you, when she was questioned about some problems during voting. At times when politicians are expected to have a vision for their constituency, she told the journalist I think the TMC high command should answer why I was chosen for Asansol.
The hard truth is that when we as journalists report or review a film and give a five star rating, we are cool. When we ask ethically correct questions, we are branded. Well, life can be downright mean for us in the fraternity.
It is even more shocking when this yesteryear’s star sipping juice from a glass with a straw, tells a journalist – “This has not happened before. These guys don’t know I speak to journalists from as far as London. If they want, tell them to go and lick ass of the BJP.”
Well I reckon, despite you not knowing Hindi, even if a stringer from Bahraich or Bareilly shoots tough questions, let alone an editor, you are liable to answer. Because even journalists from the Hindi Heartland, the cow belt for many are worth a dime.
And let’s not tell journalists – you were not even born then referring to communist rule. I am sure a zillion scribes in India believe in homework more than you do. Politically Moon Moon Sen may have her reasons for this kind of behaviour given she was once dubbed the giant killer beating CPI –Ms nine-time lawmaker in Bankura hollow.
This time her prospective future Karmabhoomi has shifted to Asansol. As someone who is credited with films across languages like Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Kannada. With a repertoire of 60 films and 40 television series, a recipient of the Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1987 she needs to be careful.
Daughter to Suchitra Sen and Dibanath Sen, she is a product of Loreto, Somerville College, Oxford and Jadavpur University, Kolkata. A protege of the great Jamini Roy she has had a keen eye on art and collecting antiques. She continued in the education sector till she married. She made her debut in Andar Baahar (1984).
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