Ramadoss should stop targeting Bollywood: Big B
Hitting back at Anbumani Ramadoss for his
repeated comments over smoking on the silver screen, Bollywood superstar Amitabh
Bachchan has said the Health Minister should focus on his own people and stop
tarnishing the image of the film industry.
"All I request the Minister is to focus on his own people. By asking Shah Rukh Khan or me to quit smoking or alcohol in our cinema, an attempt is being made to tarnish the image of the film industry. That should not happen," said the Bollywood legend.
The actor refused to agree that smoking and drinking scenes portrayed in the films provoke people to indulge in such practice in real life.
"If the country was getting so influenced by what we were doing then how do you explain the partition of India, which to me was the most painful thing... the Bhagalpur blindings, will you blame the film industry for that too?" Bachchan argued during a television interview.
Distancing himself from active politics, Bachchan, when asked about his move in case of a possible alliance between Congress and Samajwadi Party, said: "These are all political events which are not for me. My best wishes are always with Samajwadi Party and the Congress."
Asked whether he thought Rahul Gandhi was fit to be a Prime Ministerial candidate, he said, "That's not for me to decide. But I do wish him all the best."
"All I request the Minister is to focus on his own people. By asking Shah Rukh Khan or me to quit smoking or alcohol in our cinema, an attempt is being made to tarnish the image of the film industry. That should not happen," said the Bollywood legend.
The actor refused to agree that smoking and drinking scenes portrayed in the films provoke people to indulge in such practice in real life.
"If the country was getting so influenced by what we were doing then how do you explain the partition of India, which to me was the most painful thing... the Bhagalpur blindings, will you blame the film industry for that too?" Bachchan argued during a television interview.
Distancing himself from active politics, Bachchan, when asked about his move in case of a possible alliance between Congress and Samajwadi Party, said: "These are all political events which are not for me. My best wishes are always with Samajwadi Party and the Congress."
Asked whether he thought Rahul Gandhi was fit to be a Prime Ministerial candidate, he said, "That's not for me to decide. But I do wish him all the best."
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