Shah Rukh Khan's joke triggers a controversy
Sunday, June 03, 2007
A remark made in jest by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan at the recent Filmfare Awards have triggered a controversy. SRK had joked about Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, who is a very close friend of Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan.
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The workers are demanding that the actor apologise for calling Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh a darinda (devil), at the Filmfare Awards function
SRK is facing protests from Samajwadi Party workers outside his home in Mumbai. Several party activists, carrying banners and shouting slogans, gathered outside SRK's bungalow, Mannat, in suburban Bandra.
Amar Singh has reportedly forgiven SRK after being asked to do so by Gauri Khan, the actor's wife, but party supporters aren't satisfied.
President, Uttar Bharatiya Sangam, Ramashankar Tiwari says, "Shah Rukh Khan has insulted our leader by calling him a devil. We condemn this abusive language, and we demand an apology."
Samajwadi Party, however, denied it had anything to do with the protest.
SRK had in the awards ceremony also clarified that the comments were meant in "pure jest" and he did not mean to hurt anyone's feelings.