'I'd Be UP's Brand Ambassador Even If Another Party Comes To Power'
Amitabh Bachchan explains why he agreed to star in the Samajwadi Party-produced promotional films showcasing Uttar Pradesh as a well-administered state.
You once described politics as "a cesspool" and, despite your friendship with some Samajwadi Party members, you've always maintained you don't want to be in politics. Why are you then doing these ad spots saying the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh is fine?
The ad differs from ones you've done for the pulse polio campaign and the one where you urge people to pay their electricity bills. In those ads, you use your role model status to make people do the right thing. Here, you give the SP government a clean chit on the law and order front. This makes you a virtual party member...
You are a great star and an icon of our times. Your fans are shocked to find you endorsing something that is palpably wrong. Aren't you damaging your own credibility?
Is being UP's brand ambassador synonymous with being the SP's brand ambassador?
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