Movie Dekhne Do Yaar!

Will someone tell these idiots from B(hartiya) J(hagda) P(arty) that Salman Khan's link to underworld, outerworld, or waterworld has nothing to do with the movies he works in. Nor does it affect the average movie goer. So please let us see it.

I must also congratulate Veer Sanghvi for a highly 'successful' launch of Hindustan Times in Mumbai, where they 'exposed' a 'national traitor', and gave BJP members another person to fight against apart from poor LK Advani. This also gave us a peek-in on the future mode of working of this newspaper - sensationalism. Perfect in line with TOINs & Mid-day.

For the record, I must say that, as far as I think, Salman Khan is not a villain in complete blackness, and I have my reasons for that. Having said that, nothing can absolve him for his running over people while drunk, killing endangered animals( against the land of law), and hitting Aishwariya(if at all).

But the way media, politicos, his love life & rest of us has treated him - I still believe he his much saner. I could have lost it further.

The media has targeted him because he is the only Khan, among big three who has an element of controversy, in him. Rest of the two are too boring in their private lives. Still he has got unfair deal, and here are, perhaps the reasons, why !

On his drunken driving, he spent TWO weeks in prison. Same night in a similar incident in Pune, a retired army official ran over and killed a person. He didn't spent a night in jail. But due to misplaced heroics of the then Home Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Chhagan Bhujbal, in an unprecedented scenario, Salman spent two weeks.

This is the law of the land( which does not require a jail remand or detention) I am talking about, not the moral issue. Morally, he was wrong to drive under alcohol.

About the killing of back bucks, I totally agree it is a crime. And he must be punished. But morally speaking, killing and eating a hen or a lamb is as much a sin, as a black buck. All are the animals - endangered or not.

Hitting a person, male or female can never be justified, even more so when s/he is your beloved. That makes Salman a bad person. However, pounding on the door of the lady love whole night makes him possessive but not bad. If my beloved, even half as beautiful as a Miss World, arbitrarily turns the door on me, then who knows, even I may do that in desperation!

When Salman was called for a routine questioning in Bharat Shah case, media jumped the gun by alleging underworld links. When he was called by Enforcement Directorate(ED), again in Bharat Shah case - he was accused by media for violating FERA.

In fact, I remember this clipping from a news channel. Media was already awaiting for him outside ED office. When he ignored media questions, an irritated scribe shouts -"Aishwariya Ne Chhod Diya Kya". This was very distinctly audible on microphone. If this is not a mental torture, then what else.

Now the positive side of him. Every now and then, he donates his bone marrow, and I can vouch for this - it is painful. He donates a lot for charity. He works free for his friends.

In fact, most of the artists in industry vouch for his friendship. When Mohnish Behel's house was burning at 1 am in night, Salman was the only one at his side. By that time, nobody was sure if Mohnish's dad was still trapped inside. It was on Salman's insistence that both of them barged into the burning flat to save him, after breaking the fire brigade cordon. It was then that Mr Behel's charred body was discovered.

Such incidents are galore in the industry, but media never catches them. Just that a channel or a newspaper has to be launched some Bali Ka Bakra is needed. God only knows what would happen at the launch of Daily News & Analysis(DNA) by Zee group.