Post the Mumbai terror attacks, everyone right from a lay man to a celebrity has taken matters into his hands to condemn the attacks. However, out of the Bollywood brigade it was only Himachal girls Preity Zinta and Kangana Ranaut who came out in the open and joined the peace march on 3rd December in Mumbai.
Rest all commercial ‘A graders’ gave it a miss. Except for a few lines on the fight against terrorism campaign shot by Wizcraft, Shahrukh has not expressed his feelings on the attack. Not just him, Saif, Hrithik, Akshay, Salman all of them chose to keep mum.
Feisty writer Shobhaa De too expressed her disappointment over Shahrukh’s passive response to the Mumbai Terror attacks in an article of her’s on Facebook.
Excerpts - “I read ‘Shah Rukh Khan's on BBC Asia’ (reported in a local tabloid) with a great deal of disappointment. The report begins by quoting him stating, "I tried to keep away from commenting on all this..." He later goes on to say, "Youngsters need to understand Islam and respect the religion in the right way...." Yes, Shah Rukh! You are not telling your fans something they don't know! Also, "........no agenda should be attached to any kind of religion.'' Thank you SRK, for stating the obvious. And for being so very politically correct.... non-committal ....during the most violent attack on Mumbai - the very city that has made you. I wanted to hear some words of comfort for those who died; some strong condemnation of those who committed this crime. This report made no mention of any such thing. And it was the only published comment from SRK to date”, wrote Shobhaa De.
The writer who holds a reputation of calling a spade a spade further writes, “SRK is no ordinary Bollywood star. Others from his fraternity have spoken up boldly. Why such a wishy-washy response from The King\Badshah etc etc?? This is the time for people like him, Sachin Tendulkar and others who preen away as 'National Icons' at other times, to stand up and be counted. Look at RGV's arrogant and offensive stance even today - boycott his lousy films and teach him a lesson. The Taj is not a potential movie set he needed to study for art direction! Most of the filmwallas owe something to someone sitting in Dubai.
“No wonder they have been so cautious and guarded in their response. Cowards! All they can think of are overseas’ box office returns (they make the most money in those markets). Dhanda has silenced their conscience. Amitabh sleeps with a gun under his pillow, and then says it is a symbolic act! Aamir weighs his words with care. Salman stays chhhup (just as well). Akshay, Hrithik, Saif...... lost your voices all of a sudden??”
Very well written Shobhaa De. We are with you and completely second your opinion. Atleast, there is one writer who has the courage to speak her mind against the ‘A grade’ Bollywood stars and their mild stance on terrorism.
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