But not for Rakhi Sawant. The item-girl of Bollywood plans to get married on the sets of the reality show “Rakhi Ka Swayamvar” being aired prime-time on NDTV Imagine. And this is no sham; she really means it and is loving and enjoying every minute of it. Close to 15,000 applications were received of which 16 were selected to be part of the melodrama that will decide on her Mr. Perfect. The show living up to its initial expectations is a Super Hit topping the TRP charts.

So, what kind of a hubby does Rakhi want? “Well, someone with a big heart and deep pockets” says Rakhi, but she admits “Right now the focus on how much the guy earns”. And what is that makes her think that she can find one on the sets of a TV program aimed at boasting its viewer-ship ratings? “TV has given me everything in life – name, fame and money – everything so I thought: why don’t I get my life-partner from TV too?”

The 16 contestants come from different backgrounds – from being a Crime Branch Officer in Jammu and Kashmir to a Vastu expert to an NRI from Toronto. And which one of these does Rakhi like? “I am confused” says Rakhi, “They all seem so good.”  aa..aa..aa that seems like the Rakhi Sawant we all know. The show as expected has thrown in some jolts and bolts with one of the contestants turning out to be married. eeesh; “I mentioned it in bio-data while applying” insists the man, “but was still cleared to take part.” We all know that, a small trick to make the heads turn! And it is working. Great Imaginings, team NDTV Imagine.

True Love is matter of Heart that cannot be gauged at first sight or in a couple of meetings. It is a feeling which begins with physical attraction and matures as mutual liking grows, a feeling that can only be time-tested. Some of the ex-contestants who were ready to do anything on the sets of the show to prove their love, have started to excoriate her in public accusing her of all sorts of things including partiality. Some have even gone on to confess that they were here for the “name, fame and money”. So much for true love!

Rakhi Sawant and NDTV Imagine have made a mockery of the sacred feeling of Love and tarnished the sanctity of the institution of marriage. Does she really believe that she can find a Heart in Reel life when she couldn’t in Real life?

Girls in love is not a new thing and has been an evergreen bollywood formula that has produced some of the biggest hits that the industry has known. A girl, A boy and Love. Sounds alluring, Right? Well that is what happened with 19-year old Manali Singh, a first year electronics engineering student in Navodaya College, Raichur. Like many college girls under the spell of bollywood romances, she too had a boyfriend and a Love-affair. A Love-affair that cost her her-life. She was in Love with Shiju, a boy studying in Navodaya Dental College, Raichur. Life was all rose until one day they had a small-fight on some petty issue and Shiju left for his hometown in Ahmedabad. Missing him after a couple of days, Manali sent him an SMS asking him to call her. Not finding any reply from Shiju, she sent him another SMS. Still no reply and she sent him another SMS and another and another until finally the count become 33. In came the reply this time that swept Manali of her feet. It read “Don’t Harass Me”. Heartbroken, she sent him a last SMS saying that she will never call him again and hung herself from a hook in her hostel room while her roommates were out for dinner.

Who is responsible for Manali’s death? Was it Shiju fault? Or is it the case of a girl, immature for her age and not strong enough to face the hardship of Love-life, which it at times demands? These are some of the questions that remains to be answered.

True-Love unlike anything else known or seen in this world, is blind. Love, be it between a man and wife or between a father and son or between kids and their grandparent or man and an animal is a complex relationship. A relationship that cannot be can be explained in a couple of lines or that of which one can be made to understand. It is a spell that can be understood only by soaking oneself in its drizzle.