Jaya Fumes Over Vivek’s Saving Souls

Whatever a star does becomes a news and when two superstars like Jayalalithaa and Vivek Oberoi are involved, the news eats into the newsprint. The accounting wrangle jeopardising corporate fund-raising for Oberoi's 'adoption' of the Devanampattiam village in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu has made him the object of vituperation of the TN Chief Minister. The Oberoi family has wisely thought it safe to tackle the issue with a straight bat by solemnly denying any 'publicity' motive behind Vivek's otherwise humanitarian efforts. Now, Jayalalitaa's aggressively defamatory stance against Vivek Oberoi cannot be supported even if it is true that the latter has contributed very little moneywise for the December 26, 2004 tsunami victims. Curtains should fall on this desi version of the modern 'Much Ado About Nothing' with immediate effect.