The Amar Singh-Shahrukh Khan controversy has been a talking point lately. My first reaction – Ha ha ha ha ha! Then the Samajwadi biggie shot himself in the foot and made disparaging lewd remarks against Gauri Khan. My reaction – what do you expect from a man like him? Further (and this, guys is the height of it all) some idiotic Samajwadi folks turned up outside Shahrukh’s house and started sloganeering against the Khan. In all of this, Khan’s kids got a real shock and started wailing. Now obviously, it did not go down well with Shahrukh. He came out all guns blazing saying that he was a ‘demented Pathan’ and was madly protective about his family, would do anything to protect then, etc.,etc.
This Amar Singh is a strange character. He is forever part of filmi gossip for all the worng reasons. When Amitabh Bachchan wants to save up on import duty, he gets Singh to explain (to the media and everyone who cares to lend an ear) that Abhishek Bachchan’s birthday gift was his car after all which (for whatever reason) remained parked in the Bachchan residence! And he expected everyone to believe that. Well…
He also gets into certain dangerous liaisons with lissome Bollywood beauties, has lovey-dovey talks with them over the telephone, and remarks ‘meri abhinetriyon se achchi jaan pehchaan hai’. Haan haan aapki baat hum samajhte hain.
But what attracts men like him to Bollywood? We have ample examples of politicians hobnobbing with industry biggies in both reel and real life. Amar Singh is the epitome of the wily politician on the prowl in Dreamland. And whom does he have for company? The Bachchans, no less. Being enveloped in controversy is routine for him. What makes me curious about the guy is his clout in the industry. It also makes me scared. If the industry is somehow controlled (maybe not directly) by people like him, it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out the way ahead for the industry. Why can’t the industry rid itself of someone like him and get on with making ‘good’ films? I seriously think we need to think beyond ‘certain fixities’ in Bollywood and move on. There’s simply too much talent lying around.
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