The Diva Syndrome

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August 10, 2011

Invited to grace a prestigious charity event organised by the non-profit arm of a major corporate, this former female superstar made a list of unreasonable  demands that left her hosts speechless. Since there was to be no financial remuneration to be paid to her in exchange for showing up at the event in the capital, the actress’ manager seemed to have decided that they’d take full advantage of the hospitality instead.

Six air tickets were demanded in all; three business class tickets for the actress, her manager and his daughter, three for her personal attendant, a hair-dresser and a make-up man. The hosts were asked to make a BMW available to the actress for the duration of her stay, and the manager also conveyed that the actress had flat-out refused to stay at the five-star property where rooms had been booked for her entourage and herself. He revealed that the actress was insisting on being put up at a nearby seven-star property where the room tariff was roughly thrice that of the other hotel. Despite repeated requests from the hosts urging the actress to “adjust” to their original hotel arrangements—since they’d struck a good deal with the five-star hotel, where the event itself was to be held—the actress’ representatives wouldn’t budge.

The demands didn’t end there. The hosts were asked to pay for an outfit by a top Delhi designer the actress had decided she wanted to wear at the event. On enquiring with the designer, the hosts were informed that the outfit cost Rs 2.5 lakh. In an email exchange with the hosts, her manager had also stated that ‘all other expenses’ during her stay would be borne by the hosts, sending the poor fellows into a complete tizzy just thinking about the bills she was likely to run up by way of room service, laundry and salon expenses.

Harrowed by her prima donna demands—and in all fairness, unsure about how many of these unreasonable requests were being made at her own behest—the hosts wondered if it might have been better to have offered her a Rs 10 lakh all-inclusive compensation deal instead. Too late for that, they figured. What’s shocking here is that the actress doesn’t have a single film on her hands currently, and is said to be shopping around desperately for a comeback vehicle.  You’d think a little humility would help.

Source

https://openthemagazine.com/voices/priyankas-swell-new-project

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Sushmita Sen