Matter of Opinion

Our dear Bollywood star Sallu Bhai ( Salman Khan) is in news yet again, sadly for the wrong reasons! So Sallu-ji your recent release "Dabangg" was super hit with the masses with a collection of over `15 Crore on the first day. I guess the excitement caused the recent slip of tongue, at an interview for a Pakistani channel. " Too much hype has been created around 26/11 attacks because elite people were involved" comment can be called a classic case of a foot in mouth situation for Salman Khan.

Mr. Khan, with all due respect to you, expressing your opinion is a right has been given by government of India to all its citizens. But, a person of such stature has to be very careful while expressing them at the right forum, since being an icon it leaves a lasting impact on people. My favorite minister Sashi Tharoor had to face verbal bashing and finally had to resign from his position, owing to his ' cattle class' comment on Twitter. Its sad enough that you had to voice such an opinion on Pakistani National television, irony is we are still struggling over the nationality of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab. This version of Chulbul Pandey didn't really strike the right chord with the ministers and citizens. You owe an apology to them.

While watching the news I came across the interview of Shiv Sena Chief Raj Thackeray. I was throughly amused when he said " I support Salman, its impossible he would say something like that". On one hand Raj Thackeray claims to teach a lesson to the terrorist who have crippled Mumbai and on the other hand he supports Salman when he says that the issue was 'Over hyped'. My apologies, but I never understood the logical explanations by Shiv Sena, not today, not when they draped sari on Kareena Kapoor's Kurbaan poster and not on ' Maharashtra is for Marathis' issue. Its just supporting illogical issues and trying to prove that they exist. Besides, if the same comment would have been made by someone like Amitabh Bachan, Raj Thackeray would have personally asked for a written apology. But hey, its his friend, Sallu.

So well, Mr. Khan and Mr. Thackeray please watch what you support and the opinions that you lend your voice to. So Sallu are you still humming 'Oops I did it again...'