Publicity Stunt?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 09/05/2012

Is this a publicity stunt? Rakhi Sawant has called Satyamev Jayate a “complete copy” of her show Rakhi ka Insaaf and has accused Aamir Khan’s production company of “stealing her concept”. She says her show was indeed the original one that dealt with core social issues. What saddens Rakhi more is that Aamir’s show is termed as ‘social work’ while her show was termed as a “business and means to garner TRPs only”. (Zee News)

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