Aamir Khan-Shahrukh the King Khan and the blog dog issue

Aamir Khan recently created a huge furore by calling Bollywood actor Shahrukh “ a dog” in his blog. Shahrukh reaced to it and what next it made the headlines for a few days to come. Not only the newspapers and the Bollywood magazines cashed in on the hot news and also blew it out of proportion but also the online world was buzzing with activity. Aamir sure hada huge number of hits on his blog after the blog post. Here is an excerpt from the post which was at the eye of the storm.

“I’m sitting under a tree, on the edge of a valley, approximately 5000 feet above sea level. The river Krishna flows far below us snaking its way among the Sahyadri mountains. A cool breeze is blowing, jannat ki hawa (breeze from the heavens), as my mother calls it. Ammi, Ira and Junaid are by my side and we are in the middle of one of our favourite board games ‘Settlers Of Catan’. Shahrukh is licking my feet and I am feeding him biscuits every now and then. What more can I ask for?

Now, before you jump to any conclusions let me add that Shahrukh is the name of our dog. And before you jump to any further conclusions let me add that I had nothing to do with naming him. In fact Shahrukh is the dog of the caretakers of our house. When I bought this house it came with the caretakers and their dog! Apparently Shahrukh (the actor) was shooting for a commercial in this house a few years ago, and that very day the caretakers bought a pup…, and named him Shahrukh. What are the chances of me buying a house which comes with a dog called Shahrukh!!!

Some of my friends claim that I bought the house just because of the dog. I would have to be a serious fan of Shahrukh’s to want to do that. Your guess…

All I can say is I’m waiting for him to come over,

Getting back to Settlers of Catan, it’s a wonderful game. You must try it if you are fond of board games.

All in all I am having a great time with my mom and kids here in my favorite place on earth, Panchgani. I think Kiran and I must have done something good in our life to be blessed with this great place to get away to.

My hamstring muscle seems to be healing, slowly but surely.

Catching up on films, saw Casino Royale last night which I liked.

Incidentally Panchgani is a favorite with para-gliders. Now that’s something I am going to learn as soon as I finish with the Ghajini shoot.

Well Shahrukh is once again begging for my attention, so let me get back to him. He is smelling too much, I think he needs a bath. “Heel boy, heel.”


Now guys what do you think, wasn’t that a real nasty piece to write that too from someone of Aamir’s stature. Of course we are all glad that he apologized but being a big Aamir fan I was rather disappointed at his rude sense of humor. With Bollywood actors like Aamir , Amitabh Bachchan the Big B and now Salman and many more joining the blogging world, blogs must be put forward rather carefully. With them being huge icons and having a huge fan following upon them lies a responsibility to be the role model. For more on your favorite Aamir Khan check out http://bollywood-blog.moviezen.com/2008/05/aamir-khans-lat.html