Controversy's favourite child Salman Khan has been receiving a lot of flack for his ‘raped woman’ comment during a ‘Sultan’ promotional event. The insensitive comment has unearthed several ghastly stories from the actor’s past that have suddenly been flooding several social media sites.
We all know that Salman had a ‘bad boy’ past, but a few incidents narrated by Bollywood insiders, have revealed a grotesque side of the actor.
Sachin Kalbag, Resident Editor of a leading daily, put out a series of tweets describing how ‘a famous actor now in the news’ behaved badly with a lady film critique. He narrates an incident where the actor urinated in front of the journalist, to take ‘revenge’ for her bad review on his film. Although he doesn’t spell out Salman Khan’s name in his tweet, it is hard not to suspect the actor.
(1/n) More than a decade ago, an independent, national award-winning film critic had gone to interview a famous actor now in the news...
— Sachin Kalbag (@SachinKalbag) June 22, 2016
(2/n) The film critic had panned a few films in which the said actor had a lead role or was one of the male leads. He held a grudge...
— Sachin Kalbag (@SachinKalbag) June 22, 2016
(3/n) But since a new movie was releasing, he had to give interviews. Unfortunately, it was with this critic. He had to avenge, though...
— Sachin Kalbag (@SachinKalbag) June 22, 2016
(4/n) So first he made her wait for several hours in the hot sun and then asked her to sit on a set prop (a 'khatiya'). She sat. Waited...
— Sachin Kalbag (@SachinKalbag) June 22, 2016
(5/n) Finally, he emerged. He told her, "Wait, I have to pee." He then went to a tree 5 ft away, unzipped his and peed in front of her...
— Sachin Kalbag (@SachinKalbag) June 22, 2016
(6/6) That was the actor's "revenge" on a female film critic and reporter who had the "audacity" to not like his movies.
— Sachin Kalbag (@SachinKalbag) June 22, 2016
(Addendum) The said film reporter and critic, rightly, walked off. Her editor supported her decision.
— Sachin Kalbag (@SachinKalbag) June 22, 2016
An excerpt from author and journalist Mayank Shekhar’s blog on Salman Khan, is also doing the rounds online. It reveals a disturbing encounter that a female journalist had with the Bollywood ‘hero’.
I’d just heard about how filmstar Salman Khan had insisted he drop a journalist back home after a long interview. It wasn’t too late in the evening. She didn’t particularly fancy a chivalrous ride. But he wouldn’t take no for an answer. He’s a bit of a brat like that.She gave up. They drove together. She found the spot where she needed to be dropped. He insisted on driving her right up to her building’s gate, asked her to specifically point out the floor she stayed in. “Now I know where you live,” he told her. Sweetly. “The interview I just gave you? Don’t publish it.” By all accounts the piece never saw the colour of print. - Mayank Shekhar
Several fans expressed their outrage over the actor’s remark. Many have even stood up to question the Bollywood film industry’s sudden silence on the same. Kangana Ranaut and Nawazuddin Siddiqui recently voiced their outrage over the actor’s comments and apologised on behalf of the film industry.
