Attempt to deter Khan from canvassing for Congress
Amar Singh is in a storm once again. That too for a remark jokingly accusing him of eyeing a lady with wrongful intents! And the remark has been made by none else but the King Khan of Bollywood, who is reported to have nearly come to blows with Amar Singh on at least one previous occasion. Blow up of this small incident is being seen as SP’s attempt to deter Shahrukh from canvassing for Congress in the forthcoming UP election.
When Shahrukh Khan commented on Amar Singh at a recent film awards function, nobody had guessed that this comment would turn into a political battle with Samajwadi Party workers as well as members from other organizations protesting outside the actor’s residence ‘Mannat’ in suburban Bandra and Congress workers coming up to defend the actor in another protest. The Samajwadi Party, however, denied it had anything to do with the protest though the party MP Abu Azmi confirmed that some of SP’s workers were participating. Shahrukh on the other hand clarified that the comments were meant in ‘pure jest’ and he did not mean to hurt anyone’s feelings.
It so happened that Khan light-heartedly described Amar Singh as Darinda or fiend at the Awards function, thus leading to condemnation and slogan shouting by those affiliated to SP. Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh even told media persons that he would retaliate by publicly humiliating King Khan for his crude joke against him. Singh said “I found more ‘darindagi’ in his language than in my eyes. I will also humiliate him publicly someday and then apologize to him and say that it was said in black humour.”
However, critics of Amar Singh said that SP workers including Amar Singh should not have taken the comment seriously as all that the King Khan said during that evening was usual satirical talk about himself and many others in the audience. Some even cited that Singh was acting so out of guilt and the Khan’s comment had actually revealed the truth. One person even confessed to seeing the leaked CDs about Singh in which he was found to have made lewd comments about several well-known female actors of Bollywood.
There are others who are citing hardcore politics behind this entire episode. Rumours are already circulating about Shahrukh Khan canvassing for Congress Party in the forthcoming elections of UP whereas Amitabh Bachchan and family will surely be contesting for the Samajwadi Party. It is being said that SP was already looking for an excuse to attack Shahrukh and give him a taste of what to expect if he was to think of entering the dirty arena of UP’s politics. Shahrukh has surely learnt the lesson perhaps and Amar Singh has shrewdly reserved his decision of ‘publicly humiliating’ Shahrukh till the day SRK lands on UP’s soil.
It is to be remembered that is not the first time that duo have had a spat in public. In 2004, during the Zee award function in Dubai, Singh and Khan got into a heated exchange. Singh, who calls Amitabh Bachchan his brother, felt that it was not appropriate for the organisers to give Big B a sitting arrangement on the 12th row. The function was organised by a close friend of Shah Rukh.
Last year before holi both the personalities had differences and those were sorted out at a Holi function organized by Bachchans at their home. But this time there won’t be any invitation for SRK at Bachchan’s house. So where will you patch up King Khan!
Amar Singh is in a storm once again. That too for a remark jokingly accusing him of eyeing a lady with wrongful intents! And the remark has been made by none else but the King Khan of Bollywood, who is reported to have nearly come to blows with Amar Singh on at least one previous occasion. Blow up of this small incident is being seen as SP’s attempt to deter Shahrukh from canvassing for Congress in the forthcoming UP election.
When Shahrukh Khan commented on Amar Singh at a recent film awards function, nobody had guessed that this comment would turn into a political battle with Samajwadi Party workers as well as members from other organizations protesting outside the actor’s residence ‘Mannat’ in suburban Bandra and Congress workers coming up to defend the actor in another protest. The Samajwadi Party, however, denied it had anything to do with the protest though the party MP Abu Azmi confirmed that some of SP’s workers were participating. Shahrukh on the other hand clarified that the comments were meant in ‘pure jest’ and he did not mean to hurt anyone’s feelings.
It so happened that Khan light-heartedly described Amar Singh as Darinda or fiend at the Awards function, thus leading to condemnation and slogan shouting by those affiliated to SP. Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh even told media persons that he would retaliate by publicly humiliating King Khan for his crude joke against him. Singh said “I found more ‘darindagi’ in his language than in my eyes. I will also humiliate him publicly someday and then apologize to him and say that it was said in black humour.”
However, critics of Amar Singh said that SP workers including Amar Singh should not have taken the comment seriously as all that the King Khan said during that evening was usual satirical talk about himself and many others in the audience. Some even cited that Singh was acting so out of guilt and the Khan’s comment had actually revealed the truth. One person even confessed to seeing the leaked CDs about Singh in which he was found to have made lewd comments about several well-known female actors of Bollywood.
There are others who are citing hardcore politics behind this entire episode. Rumours are already circulating about Shahrukh Khan canvassing for Congress Party in the forthcoming elections of UP whereas Amitabh Bachchan and family will surely be contesting for the Samajwadi Party. It is being said that SP was already looking for an excuse to attack Shahrukh and give him a taste of what to expect if he was to think of entering the dirty arena of UP’s politics. Shahrukh has surely learnt the lesson perhaps and Amar Singh has shrewdly reserved his decision of ‘publicly humiliating’ Shahrukh till the day SRK lands on UP’s soil.
It is to be remembered that is not the first time that duo have had a spat in public. In 2004, during the Zee award function in Dubai, Singh and Khan got into a heated exchange. Singh, who calls Amitabh Bachchan his brother, felt that it was not appropriate for the organisers to give Big B a sitting arrangement on the 12th row. The function was organised by a close friend of Shah Rukh.
Last year before holi both the personalities had differences and those were sorted out at a Holi function organized by Bachchans at their home. But this time there won’t be any invitation for SRK at Bachchan’s house. So where will you patch up King Khan!
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History of arguments Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has had arguments and fights with Shahrukh on earlier occasions as well. At the Zee Cinema awards last year, Singh admitted to differences with Khan but said they kissed and made up after the superstar called him up."I did have an argument with Shahrukh at the Zee awards in Dubai. But it wasn't a scuffle...The experience that I and Amitabh Bachchan had the Zee awards was no less than horrific," Singh had said. "It was I who convinced Bachchan to go to the awards. We chartered a plane to get there so that he could return to Mumbai the next morning to catch his connecting flight to Chennai. "When we reached the function we were given seats in the 14th or 15th row along with the general public...and there was no one from the fraternity to welcome Bachchan. Forget about me, I'm no one in the film industry. But how could Bachchan be treated this way? "Of the 100 years of Indian motion pictures 30 years belong almost exclusively to Bachchan. Not just me, there was a public outcry against Bachchan's treatment even during the function. I couldn't take it." "When we got up to leave, the organizers caught us and began to request us to not leave. Then a scuffle took place between me and (organizer) Morani right there in full public view. "Then Zee's (chief) Subhash Chandra came and slapped Morani. We were then moved to the front row. We weren't comfortable. However, I was taken backstage to give away an award. Then Shahrukh came over to defend Morani. "I said the organisers behaved wrongly. To this Shahrukh said, 'Amar Singh, 'aap kafi goondagardi kar rahen hain (You are being quite a bully).'"I replied, 'Amitji ke saath agar koi aisa vyavhaar karega to main goondagardi karoonga (If someone behaves like this with Bachchan, I will be a bully).' "To be fair to Shahrukh, he told Morani, 'Amitji aur Amar Singh bahut upset hain tum jaake maafi maango. (Bachchan and Singh are very upset, you go and say sorry'. Morani apologized. He should've done so much earlier. "Had Bachchan been there alone, he'd have suffered the humiliation in silence. That's the kind of person he is. It was fortunate that I was around. I reacted the way I should have. The morning after the fiasco, "Shahrukh called me in Mumbai to say he was only joking about the goondagardi (bullying). He is King Khan. We've to take what he says on its face value. "I've more important things to say than brood over such things. I don't let grievances grow in my heart. I told him what I had to. The matter is closed...I told him it didn't matter even if he was serious. Because it was a matter of pride of me to be if I am called a goonda (bully) for protecting my elder brother's honour. I thanked Shahrukh for joking...There was never any scuffle between Shahrukh and me.""I don't have anything against Shahrukh because I don't want to come into films and he has nothing to do with politics. I don't even have anything against Subhash Chandra either. God bless him."
However, things have changed now! Shahrukh is planning entry into politics and it is reported that he has made up his mind about supporting Congress in the UP elections.
However, things have changed now! Shahrukh is planning entry into politics and it is reported that he has made up his mind about supporting Congress in the UP elections.
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