Naseeruddin Shah Apologises, Twinkle Khanna Tweets Unforgivingly

Naseeruddin Shah says he didn’t mean to insult Rajesh Khanna in particular. Naturally, Twinkle Khanna isn’t happy.

Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has apologised for his recent comment about Rajesh Khanna, in which he blamed the actor for the mediocrity of Hindi cinema.

I’d apologise to those who took personal offence but I wasn’t talking of a particular person. I was talking about a phenomenon.

Naseeruddin Shah, Actor (as reported by HT)

A photo posted by Twinkle Khanna (@twinklerkhanna) on Jul 17, 2016 at 11:17pm PDT

Following his apology, Twinkle Khanna tweeted somewhat unforgivingly, saying that Shah’s reality and her own will always remain very different.

All due regard toMrShah's reality,mine=a man who loved cinema& did films likeAnand,AmarPrem,KatiPatang thank u folks for all the love

— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) July 24, 2016

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In an interview published in The Hindustan Times, Shah had rather poor things to say in the late actor’s memory.

It was the 70’s when mediocrity came in Hindi films. That’s when the actor called Rajesh Khanna joined the industry. For all his success, I think Mr Khanna was a very limited actor. In fact, he was a poor actor. Intellectually, he wasn’t the most alert person I have ever met. His taste ruled the industry.

Naseeruddin Shah

This of course did not go down well with Twinkle Khanna and her close friend Karan Johar. They took to Twitter to condemn the bad taste in which these comments were made, twitterati agreed.

Sir if u can't respect the living ,respect the dead-mediocrity is attacking a man who can't respond @NaseerudinShah https://t.co/4EdyWmwiNj

— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) July 23, 2016

I agree with you @mrsfunnybones...due respect to seniority but this was in exceptionally bad taste and not becoming of a fraternity member..

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) July 23, 2016

In his defence Shah says that he wasn’t referring to a particular person, even though his quoted comment suggests otherwise. What made it worse was that Naseeruddin Shah’s remarks came soon after Rajesh Khanna’s fourth death anniversary (18 July).

(Source: Hindustan Times)

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