4 min readDec 6, 2013 04:30 AM IST
A glance through the newspapers is a clear indication of the fact that a whole new generation of celebrities is waiting in the wings to take centrestage in celeb glossies.
For those that came in late,Bollywood’s infant brigade is fast gaining prominence in the celebrity stakes.
The early excitement of being the first to get hold of these prized photos having subsided,the focus has now shifted to finding them suitable tags.
Aaradhya for instance is considered the sharp dresser courtesy her animal print slacks (quite along the lines of Tom Cruise’s daughter Suri),Shilpa Shetty’s son Vivaan is earning himself the tag of an amiable baby while baby Azad is reportedly showing signs of being a nimble dancer what with him matching steps with dad Aamir who has been tap dancing for Dhoom 3.
Though celeb babies max the ‘aww’ factor,children snapping includes all age groups.
Recently,snaps of Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira in a sari on her way to a party at her father’s residence caught everyone’s attention in a big way. It was quite the “Pippa” moment.
Superstar lives may be great fodder for the media at large but in present times when instant soundbytes and sneaky snapshots constitute a significant part of celebrity chronicles,the breathless coverage of everything associated with them is par for the course.
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The most recent addition to the bucket list is coverage of star kids which for most part was an uncharted territory with random photos of celebrity kids accompanied by their famous parents on shoots or at home.
It helps that unlike several other contentious issues,children make for a pleasant subject that proud celebrity parents are unafraid to dwell on.
This Eid when Shah Rukh Khan took his son Aryan and daughter Suhaana,along with him to greet fans gathered at Mannat,it was a moment out of the family album. For the fans and the media alike,it was a moment worth the wait.
A similar moment took place not very far away at Jalsa when Big B stepped out with Aaradhya and her parents for his darshan to the crowds gathered outside his residence — the photo which he posted on social networking site got the maximum number of likes from followers.
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However with snoop and shoot gaining greater prevalence,the craze for getting exclusives,of star kids is gaining popularity. The frenzy around Aaradhya Bachchan ever since her birth is a shining example.
Given the family’s protective efforts to keep the tot out of the media glare only evoked a greater curiosity with the freshly minted paps training their cameras from all possible sites — outside the hospital,airports and so on for that exclusive photo.
Why,there was even a photo of the moppet floating around in the virtual world till publicists rubbished all such claims. The persistence of the paps paid off though and they did eventually manage to get the world a sneak peek at the youngest member of the Bachchan family during an airport outing.
Papparazzi trying to click Shah Rukh Khan’s youngest born AbRam from a distance have not met with success so far but it’s likely that we will soon get a glimpse of him in the papers.
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Vexing it may be but with media’s fascination with all things celebrity,the trend is likely to grow stronger in days to come.
One thing is for sure — this,is no childplay.
