One of Indian’s cinema’s most popular stars and a man who seems invincible on the box office despite a string of lazy, inefficient masala films, Salman Khan, it seems, is as hypocritical as he is arrogant.
One of Indian’s cinema’s most popular stars and a man who seems invincible on the box office despite a string of lazy, inefficient masala films, Salman Khan, it seems, is as hypocritical as he is arrogant.
Having given an interview in which he compared women to “vices” like drinking and smoking and compared his training for boxer film Sultan to the suffering akin to that of a raped woman, Salman Khan is now refusing to apologize for his horrifying remarks, perpetuating rape culture in broad daylight.
Though his father Salim Khan apologized on his son’s behalf immediately after this episode became known, Khan did not tender a blanket apology and remains “defiant” – whatever on earth that means.
Speaking on the sidelines of the IIFA weekend in Madrid where Bollywood stars descended for the weekend, Khan, while participating in a press conference on Thursday, reportedly said, “I know it has been a long evening, So I will make it short, quick.”
When prompted by a woman in the audience to stay on, Khan, perhaps hinting on the controversy of his words, simply said, “I have to make it. The shorter I keep, the better.”
And though most of Bollywood is silent on Khan’s remarks, notable names like directors Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap and actors Frieda Pinto and Kangana Ranaut have condemned his remarks but still played it safe by asking the media to focus on other important issues.
