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How long has it been since Om Shanti Om came out? I’m sure it’s almost a year now…

…So it either shows the laziness of the justice system or the unimportance of the case that Manoj Kumar brought against Shah Rukh Khan, wife Gauri Khan and director Farah Khan. After a lot of rumours whether he had forgiven Shah Rukh and Farah or not, it’s obvious that Manoj is not going to forgive that easily.

The defamation case will happen on the 22nd of February, with Farah, Shah Rukh, Gauri and Manoj all in attendance. Manoj has stated that the scene in the movie where a younger Manoj Kumar was shown to be beaten up by bouncers was a personal insult against his integrity, it lowered his reputation and image and he’s demanded that the scene be removed from all DVDs…and a cash remuneration for the mental trauma.

Obviously.

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And is taking it to the next level…the next level being monetary gains for being made fun of. There seems to be something funny going on with Shah Rukh Khan, Farah Khan and Manoj Kumar. It was reported that the veteran actor wasn’t very amused by a scene in Om Shanti Om where “he” was beaten up…or at least a look-a-like was given a few knocks.

And even though Farah and Shah Rukh apologised to him and claimed to offer the deletion of the scene, Manoj refused and said it was OK. However it doesn’t look like that was the case and the dude is still quite pissed off. He insists that the scene be removed from the movie ASAP or he’ll be suing SRK.

“I am not here to beg for anything. If he has committed a crime, he should realise that he has to personally apologise to me.

In my 50 years of work, I have never held a press conference or hired a PR person. I have been extremely tolerant, but if someone hits me below the belt, it is unpardonable.”

“Frankly, I don’t believe in litigation. But after three days, I will consult my well-wishers and advisors and if they say that I should knock the doors of a court, I will. I am not going to stop protesting,”

The going has not been easy for Manoj either, since Shah Rukh offered to come to his house and apologise personally, resulting in the usual ‘tamasha’ that follows King Khan outside the home of Mr. Kumar. And guess what? Shah Rukh didn’t pitch and police had to be called in to disperse the crowd.

Ah how fun. I see a lawsuit…

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With so much Shah Rukh Khan news around, I can’t be bothered to write separate posts, so you’ll get a super SRK post and don’t blame me if his arrogance knocks you over.

Firstly, Shah Rukh is acting in a new romantic movie with Sushmita Sen. Ok, not really, but since everyone liked his relationship with Sushmita in Main Hoon Na (um, wasn’t she taller than him?) that he makes a guest appearance in her new movie Dulha Mil Gaya (I found the Groom). Sush says:

“Shah Rukh and I are getting together again in ‘Dulha Mil Gaya’, though Shah Rukh only makes a guest appearance in the film,”

And she also talks about how Salman Khan isn’t conscious about his height, as she’ll be partnering up with him again in David Dhawan’s new comedy:

“I love working with him. We’ve such a beautiful equation. He’s one hero who doesn’t let me feel my height. On the contrary whenever I kick off my high heels he asks me to put them on. It’s not hard to see why he’s so loved.”

And Shah Rukh really does annoy people, whether it’s by having stupid scenes in Om Shanti Om or being disgustingly tactless. A scene in OSO showed a young Manoj Kumar being beaten up and the real Manoj is not impressed. Farah Khan and Shah Rukh say that they apologised to him and he accepted the apology:

Shah Rukh says:

“I and Farah have apologized to Manoj-ji over phone and we will go to meet him personally as well,”

Farah says:

“He (Manoj Kumar) was very sweet and said there was no need to apologize, ‘you are like my children’. We even offered to remove the scene from the film if it hurt him so much, but he said there was no need at all for that,”

But other sources say that Manoj hasn’t accepted the apology and Shah Rukh and Farah and going to have to do a lot more groveling before he’s happy with the apology.

And lastly, Shah Rukh shows how stupid he is by smoking around Farah Khan, even when he knows that she’s pregnant with triplets. Shah Rukh was told off by the National Organization for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) to quit smoking in public and, instead of accepting that he made a mistake smoking just said that the places where he was smoking was private property and threatened to sue NOTE for sending him legal notices. Charming…moron. Even if you wanna kill yourself (believe me, no one cares) at least have some respect for your friend’s health. If Farah’s kids are born with flippers, we know who to blame.

Could anyone be more arrogant?

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