Bollywood’s love affair with the intelligence forces
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How Paying Rs. 5.25 cr Earned Sudip Sen Chairmanship of UP Tourism, a Lok Sabha Ticket from the SP
As Nazrul Geeti singer and his spouse became the single largest individual donors of the Samajwadi Party, they conveniently misreport the same to the authorities. Other donors also follow suit. | Read more|
Press Release: Operation Karaoke
Cobrapost exposes three dozen Bollywood celebrities willing to post messages, as their personal opinion, on social media on behalf of political parties, for money. These celebrities include famous singers, comedians and actors from the entertainment industry, TV and films. | Read more|
Operation Karaoke
An investigation by Cobrapost exposes three dozen Bollywood celebrities, including famous singers, comedians and actors, willing to post messages, as their personal opinion, on social media on behalf of political parties, all for money | Read more|
Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Bollywood Playback Singer
“Facebook pe acchi-acchi cheejein karoonga, gaali nahi doonga thoda musical gaa ke you know guitar leke wo sab bahut viral hoga Modiji kee tareef mein ek gaana ki ‘Ye hee hai aur kaun hai’ (I will write good posts on Facebook. I will not abuse anybody. I will play a musical, holding a guitar, you know, and sing a | Read more|
Jackie Shroff, Bollywood Actor
Wo game hota hai apna-apna yaar … apne ko kya hai apna kaam hai hum acchi baatein hum faila rahe hain saath mein dhan bhi de rahe hain toh oopar waale se faqir kya maangta hai (That is the rule of the game, friend … I have no problem. What I am supposed to do is spread good words and you would be paying me money in | Read more|
Shakti Kapoor, Actor
“Number one mein daalo mat (Don’t pay in number one).” | Read more|
Sunny Leonne, Model and Bollywood Actor
“Modi Sir ne Daniel ko overseas citizen banaya toh hum zaroor support karenge (We will definitely support provided Modi Sir [the BJP government] grant Daniel overseas citizen status).” | Read more|
Kailash Kher, Bollywood Sufi Singer
“Hum ye kaam kar payenge (I will be able to do this job).” | Read more|
Mika Singh, Bollywood Playback Singer and Performer
“Humne kuch bola tha Kanwaljeet ko bhi ki iske alawa kisi aur ko bhi chahiye toh main do-chaar logon se baat kar loonga … lekin pehle ek baar apna ho jaaye (I had told Kanwaljeet that if you need help I can rope in some more people … but first let me start it).” | Read more|
Vivek Oberoi, Bollywood Actor
“Ye window kya rahega … kitne mahine ke liye karna hai (What will be this window … how many months I will have to do it).” | Read more|
Sonu Sood, Actor
“But I feel ki jo apan 1.5 crore soch rahe hain it should be at least 2.5 (but I feel that the price 1.5 crore you have quoted, it should be at least 2.5).” | Read more|
Ameesha Patel, Model and Actor
“Samajho aap 28 ko aa rahe ho transaction ho jaata hai 28 kee sham ko main kar doongi taaki first week of September mein jab aapka pehla aa jaye toh wo paanch din ka gap rahega toh wo (Suppose, you say you are coming on 28. If transaction takes place on 28, I will post the tweet that very evening. So, when I receive | Read more|
Shreyas Talpade, Film Actor and Director
“Toh humein kyon 30 de rahe ho yaar humein bhi thoda better do (So why are you giving me Rs. 30 lakh, friend. Give me some more better remuneration).” | Read more|
Ganesh Acharya, Film Choreographer, Actor and Director
“Kya hai matlab jaise ye nau mahine ka hai … chaar-paanch mahine ka ek aapka white ka RTGS ho jaata na toh hum log confirm ho jaate ki kaam karna hai (I mean, this contract is for nine months … see if you can arrange RTGS of the white component of four-five months together, it would confirm that I have to work fo | Read more|
Rakhi Sawant, Actor, Dancer, TV Show Host and Judge
“Last time bhi aise hua tha mujhe hire kiya tha Rajnath ji ne pata hai (Last time around the same had happened. I was hired by Rajnath ji, you know).” | Read more|
Pankaj Dheer and Nikitin Dheer, Actors
“What do I stand to gain? Mera gain kya hai ismein (What is there for me to gain in this deal)?” | Read more|
Akhilendra Mishra, Theatre, TV and Film Actor
“Lagbhag black kitna chah rahe hain, 10 percent, 15 percent hoga (How much you want to pay in black, 10–15 percent)?” | Read more|
Surendra Pal, TV and Film Actor
“Bas aap ye dhyan rakhiyega ki aath mahine continue rakhein ye nahi ki beech mein chhod dein aap mujhe … aur agar ho sake toh fir aath mahine ke baad bhi fir continue rakhein usko aage bhi zaroorat padegi (Please see to it that you honour the contract for eight months. Don’t leave me half way through it … and i | Read more|
Puneet Issar, Actor and Director
“Main aapse discuss kar loonga … sir ye main inki maar sakta hoon destroy kar sakta hoon kya hai wo wo we will talk the money then (I will disuses the idea then … I will tell I can screw them up, I can destroy them. So, we will talk the money [part] then).” | Read more|
Tisca Chopra, Actor, Author and Film Producer
“Teen thoda kum hain. We charge five normally. That is my normal rate (Three [lakh rupees] is somewhat on lower side. We charge five normally. That is my normal rate).” | Read more|
Deepshikha Nagpal, TV and Film Actor and Director
“Aap mujhe ek cheej bhejoge … content. Usko content ko apne hissab se appreciate karoongi that is (You will have to send me one thing … [yes] content. I will appreciate it in my own way. That is …).” | Read more|
Rohit Roy, TV and Film Actor
“Mere toh sub followers ko pata hai ki main bina wajeh paid tweet bhi nahi karta hoon (All my followers also know it well that I never make even paid tweets without reason).” | Read more|
Rajpal Yadav, Film Actor
“Badnaam karo toh kuein mein matlab dubki mat lagwao (Don’t give me a bad name or push me into the well).” | Read more|
Sunil Pal, Stand-up Comedian and Actor
“BJP itni badi party hai kyonki inhone duniya se liya bahut hai inhone… inhone Nirav Modi ko de diya falaan ko de diya hai toh hum kalakaaron ko bhi de dein kuch (The BJP is so big a party. They say it has gained a lot from the world … [they say] they have given so much to Nirav Modi, they have given so much to o | Read more|
Raju Srivastava, Film Actor and Stand-up Comedian
“Aur doosra kya waise kya rehta hai in logon ka kya offer hai (… and the second thing … anyway what is their offer).” | Read more|
Krushna Abhishek, Stand-up Comedian and Actor
“Jo mudda hai usmein se chaar mudda mujhe de do main anchor link mein dalwa doonga (Give me four issues. I will put those issues in the anchor link).” | Read more|
Vijay Ishwarlal Pawar, aka VIP, Stand-up Comedian
“Uski maa bolegi Modiji baar-baar aap kyon jeet rahe ho. Mere khyal se Rahul bhi Modiji ko hee vote de raha hai wo bhi Modiji ko hee vote de raha hai Pappu (His mother [Sonia Gandhi] asking Modiji why he has been winning all the time. I think son Rahul is sure voting Modiji. That Pappu).” | Read more|
Evelyn Sharma, German Model-turned-Bollywood Actor
“I love this idea, I really like. It’s very subtle.” | Read more|
Minissha Lamba, Model and Actor
“Lekin aapne mujhe bola tha ki saara cash hoga (But you had told me payment will be made entirely in cash).” | Read more|
Koena Mitra, Model and Actor
“Nahi, nahi. Kejriwal ko maine thoda troll kiya tha … Kejriwal ko maine thoda troll karke likha tha unka thoda mazaak udake likha tha. Public ko bahut pasand aaya tha wo (No, no. I somewhat trolled Kejriwal … I had written while trolling Kejriwal. I had poked fun at him. Public loved it very much).” | Read more|
Sambhavana Seth, TV Presenter, Dancer and Actor
“Main expect karoongi ki kum se kum mere paas pachaas tak to aaye (I would expect at least Rs. 50 lakh.” | Read more|
Salim Zaidi, Theatre, Film and TV Actor
“Kum shabdon mein teer lag jaaye sateek (It should hit the target using fewer words).”” | Read more|
Upasana Singh, Actor and Stand-up Comedian
“Haan, aap pehle hee pay karte hain (Yes, do you pay in advance).” | Read more|
Baba Sehgal, Hindi Rapper, Playback Singer, Actor and Music Director
“We normally jo bhi ek tweet ka ek post ka hum 2 lakh rupaye charge karte hain (We normally … for a tweet or post I charge Rs. 2 lakh).” | Read more|