False and Misleading Advertising

A recent media controversy surrounds false or misleading advertising for the movie King Arthur. Media reports state that Actress Keira Knightley was shocked when she saw the first posters for her film “King Arthur” because her breasts were digitally enhanced in it. According to contactmusic.com, Knightley played Guinevere and was surprised to see her breasts ridiculously enhanced. How about the DVD cover for the movie Pink Panther? It mostly shows Beyonce Knowles. She has a very small role in the movie. This is definitely misleading. Also, take a look at the DVD cover for the movie “The three burials of Melquiades Estrada.”  The movie tries to humanize the debate on immigration but Melquiades Estrada is barely visible on the DVD cover. Rampant false advertising is a sign of unabated and uncontrolled capitalism. Eros entertainment is a giant media company. They claim they are taking Bollywood places. I say they are taking Bollywood the wrong places. I bought a compilation DVD called the best of Rishi Kapoor and Jitendra. I expected about 6 songs of each actor. Guess what. The DVD has 12 songs of Rishi Kapoor and 2 songs of Jitendra. They also have a DVD called the BEST of Rajesh Khanna. Surprisingly most of his songs from his hit movies like Aradhana, Anand and Kati Patang are missing. Instead you get several numbers from the same movie Dushman. This to me clearly is false advertising.

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