Look who is dominating the popularity charts these days. It is not some film hero or heroine. Nor some cricket star or a top politician. It is just two youngsters. A young couple to be precise. Yes we are talking about film actor Chiranjeevi's daughter Srija and her husband Sirish Bharadwaja.

Newspapers and television channels have given to so much publicity and coverage to Srija-Sirish marriage and their "threat perception" that the duo have started dominating the popularity charts. The Dasara festival passed off with people discussing what would Chiranjeevi do once the duo returns to Hyderabad from Delhi. Now the festival of lights, Deepavali, is round the corner. This festival too will dominate with the discussion on Sirish and Srija. The angry reaction from the chief minister's security guards in New Delhi when Srija and her husband wanted to meet the chief minister has only further livened up the discussion and gossip circles across the State.

Even as the media wants to forget the couple, the duo does not want the publicity slip by. They have been creating one or other issue so that the media keeps them in the focus. Naturally, Sirish and Srija will continue to dominate the popularity charts. And this will continue for some time to come. Once they settle down everyone will forget them.