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Manoj Kumar controversy may return to haunt Shahrukh Khan The controversy over spoof on veteran actor filmmaker Manoj Kumar in 'Om Shanti Om' could return to haunt its star
Shahrukh Khan as Kumar has accused him of "betrayal of trust" by not honouring his 'promise' of deleting the
sequence from the movie. "Shahrukh had promised to delete the scene from the film when I objected. So many months
have passed and he has not honoured his promise. This is nothing but betrayal of trust," Manoj Kumar said in Mumbai
Wednesday.
The veteran actor said he complained to filmmaker Yash Chopra about it because it was Chopra who had brought
Shahrukh and director Farah Khan to his house. SRK and Farah had aplogised to Manoj Kumar and assured him that the
scene would be deleted, the noted actor pointed out. "I have told Yash Chopra about it. This is the only thing I can
do," he said while denying reports in a section of the media that he plans to file a defamation suit against the
Bollywood superstar.
In a spoof in 'Om Shanti Om', Om, a junior artiste played by SRK, gains entry to a movie premier imitating Manoj
Kumar. When the real Manoj Kumar (a body double of the actor) comes, he is beaten up by security guards. Moreover,
the photograph on his driving license shown by the 'real' Manoj Kumar to the guards is in the actor's trademark
style of covering the face with his hand. |
