Rinku Ghosh: I do not promote the extra entourage on set

MUMBAI: Recently, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap raised a rather fair point on the entourage culture that exists in the industry. He said that actors come with their people in good numbers, say 7-8, including assistants, hair and make-up artists and even social media teams, forming quite the crowd. Talking about the same, actress Rinku Ghosh says that she also doesn’t appreciate having a large team follow her around.

“Personal staff is important up to a certain level like a makeup artist, a hairdresser, a personal assistant and a stylist. It’s for the artist's comfort because these people work with the artist for a very long time like my make-up artist is from 17 years. So, the personal staff exactly knows what when and how the artist works or wants. It’s for the artist to work hassle-free on set. Saying this, I do not promote the extra entourage on set, if at all necessary, then the artist should take the responsibility,” she says.

She adds, “Social media has become too strong and given unnecessary importance. I am not against social media but for everything now it is social media. As an actor, sometimes it is distractive. I just have my three staff members following me. Makeup artist, my hairdresser and personal assistant, that’s all.”

However, she feels that this discussion needs to be held between a production house and its staff. “It’s between the actor and the production house about how many staff the actor is going to get. I don’t think it is an invasion of privacy to others because personal staff has got nothing to do with anyone else on set.”