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PETA activists have condemned Amir Khan for naming his dog after India’s biggest star, Shahrukh Khan. Amir recently wrote on his blog that “Shahrukh is the name of our dog”.
Speaking to Kanadabatata, a senior PETA activist expressed concerns over the dog’s emotional well-being.
“No animal can handle celebrity status. By naming his dog after SRK, Amir is putting a huge strain on his dog. In two days since he posted the entry, two hundred and twenty one reporters have tried to interview the dog. It’s an irresponsible act by one of the most respected actors in Bollywood”
When contacted Amir Khan said that he had nothing to do with naming him. “However, I strongly object to this lowly view of animals”, he insisted. “Any dog can handle celebrity”, he said.
Sources close to the actor say that the actor is undergoing a depression due to lack of media attention to him since the dog blog. The actor, who was in Panchgani for a holiday, has had nightmarish 2 days because of constant quarrels among the bitches in the area, and various TV channel crews who want “exclusive” interview of the dog.
SRK, meanwhile, has come in support of Amir Khan. In a statement released recently he said:
“It proves once again … not that it was ever needed to be proven, but still it proves … that I’m the number one star in the industry. And if someone wants name a dog after me, and not after Hrithik, or Abhishek, or Akshay, or even Amitji, PETA should not make a hue and cry about it. Why even Amir Khan’s caretaker thought of me, and not Amir, when he named the dog. Doesn’t that prove, what never needed to be proven in the first place. As for the dog, inshallah, he will learn to cope with the fame”
Meanwhile the dog, unaware of its name, is silent.
After the closet success of No Smoking, Anurag Kashyap is working on its sequel. The project is tentatively titled “Rendezvous” (pro-nun-ci-ation: ron-de-vu). Insider sources reveal that when asked why has he chosen such a title, Anurag in his inimitable style responded: “My first choice of title was randi kaun, but our sensor board would never pass it, so I decided to name it “randi who“.
The story of Rendezvous is centered around a lady, Aleeda Kahemat, who runs a bar (named Rendezvous) in South-Bombay, Mumbai. The bar, where smoking is banned, and all the visitors are expected to come in white clothes, is frequented by the film fraternity. Sources reveal th
at Anurag has approached Rani Mukharjee for the role. “This could be her hat-trick of prostitute roles”, a not so well known script-writer and a regular visitor of Passion For Cinema (better known as PFC) remarked. John Abraham will play the role of An, a fearless smoker, who dares to visit the celebrity bar in multicolored attire and smokes Classic Milds. At this unprecedented turn of events, Aleeda calls the owner of the bar, Mr. Cash Topra who asks her to ignore him, but not to serve him any drinks.
Aleeda however does not like the arrogance of An, and lets loose her dog, Moti, onto An, who hurts the dog with his Milds. Rendezvous is a story of how An struggles to force Cash Topra to introduce a “smoke pit” inside Rendezvous, and how Aleeda tries to destroy An by using her charms on each and every decision maker, including Cash Topra, and his close friend and partner, JK who runs a coffee-shop (Just Kidding) across the street. At Just Kidding, people can wear “any color you like”, so far as the dress is bought from the Just Kidding stores, although smoking is not permitted there either.
Incidentally, Anurag revealed that this is a second part in his “smoking trilogy”. The third-part, yet unnamed, will also have John playing the lead protagonist, da (as in “the”). Intelligent readers of this site would have figured out the connection between the names of the three protagonists. Thos who haven’t, should not be watching Anurag’s films anyways.
The buzz on PFC is that the movie is supposed to mock the “sell-out” of the film-critics. When we asked Anurag if he worries about the backlash from the critic community he said: “No critic in this country understands movies. How would they even know this is a movie about them?” When we pointed that anyone who reads PFC will naturally know that, he said, “But no one takes PFC seriously”
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Indian Star actor Sanjay Dutt, aka Sunju Baba, received the prestigious Nobel Prize for peace, for his re-vitalizing of the philosophy of peace, better known as Gandhism. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who never received this award, has always been considered the biggest embarrassment for the prestigious global award. Sources say that this award, to Dutt, is to compensate for that oversight.
The actor, who was jubilant after receiving this award said that he believed his parents, and not he, really deserved the prize.
Meanwhile, the opinion was divided back home. While a lot of fans cheered the news, there were a few detractors who felt that this was money power of Bollywood which has resulted in this award, and they felt that it is a conspiracy to pressurize the Indian courts to dismiss cases against him. Dutt, 48, is contesting a TADA (a special democratic law in India) court’s six year sentence, for illegal possession of willful destruction of arms. One famous blogger from Indian blogosphere made comment that: “destruction of arms” is the greatest contribution anyone can do to world peace”.
Senior Gandhian leaders celebrated the news, citing it as a vindication of Mahatma’s philosophy of non-violence. However some express cynicism at the commercialization of the philosophy in its new avtaar: gandhigiri.
Meanwhile, US president, George W. Bush, has vehemently criticized the Nobel committee for trivialization of peace prize by giving it to a “mere actor”.
“After all, what is the real contribution of Mr. Dutt, to world peace? I am a great admirer of Gandhi’s philosophy of non-alignment. Gandhi was a great person. He fought for world-peace just like me and my father. He fought for peace in Sri-Lanka, and died for the cause. His brother, this Sanjay, has not done anything to deserve a peace prize, on the other hand”, he said, addressing a press-conference. Sources reveal, that this just after Al Gore’s peace prize, has angered and hurt the President, who said this about the other award: “We will shift the headquarters of Nobel to Florida next year”.
When reminded that it is Sanjay Dutt, not Sanjay Gandhi, who’s been chosen for the award, the President remarked in his charismatic style: “Oh well, what’s the difference, they’re both bloddy injuns”
The actor will be visiting the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai, to thank God for this kindness.
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