Rann overkill

IN Media Watch Briefs | 26/01/2010

By the time of Rann?s release this weekend we will have had Amitabh Bachchan and his fellow stars do a virtual takeover of our news channels. After Barkha Dutt obliged the film?s makers with an interview which served Bachchan?s purpose in a lot of ways,  you have Star News laying out the red carpet for him on Republic Day, with a bulletin to anchor thrown in. In between the film?s maker Ram Gopal Varma interviewed his star on Zoom. Give us a break.

 

 

 

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