My Name is Khan has finally hit the theaters across India except Mumbai, because Mumbai is govern and controlled by none other than the hoodlums – Shiv Sena and MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena) – who ransacked theaters and tore posters across Mumbai.

When things like this are happening around, no one would be willing to face the ire of those who are very much safe because State and Central government finds no answer to it – they think they will use it in the next elections– and they carry on rioting from years.

What was wrong if Shah Rukh Khan freely voiced the agony of millions cricket lovers that Pakistani players should have been treated in a better way – even if they were not be taken in the IPL3 (Indian Premier League) – because sports are above politics. Politics many a times divide people while sports try to fill the gorge between them.

The simple motto behind SRK’s comment would have been let sports alone, with IPL’s response not to choose the Pakistani players, the players must have felt ashamed. If they were not to be bought by the franchisees, they shouldn’t be put to auction rather been told meticulously that they cannot take part because of the security reasons.

A comment that caught the eyes of Shiv Sena who are least bothered about the image of India rather they are more concerned about their own political mileage. Patriotism and national interest is their least concern and it only shows in the words but it never came into action. If they had they would never ever tried to sabotage the constitutional rights of the people of India.

If they – Sena- have the freedom of expression – through Sena’s mouthpiece Saamna – why can’t an ordinary Indian – SRK may not be ordinary – use the same to say what he feels? Read Saamna editorials and you will find nothing about development but everything will be subjected to political, regional and religious division over which they have constructed Maatoshree.

How long an artist – MF Hussain – an actor Shah Rukh Khan and a director Karan Johar would forcibly apologize – to save their neck or else has to run away from India?

Not easy to comment over the film success or failure but it has lead to arguments and discussions that how long the politics of division, rioting and forcibly seizing a city or a state would continue?

Dikhaayi dete hain door tak ab bhi saaye koi,

magar bulaane se waqt laute na aaye koi,

chalo na phir se bichaayein dariyaa’n, bajaayein dholak..

lagaa ke mehndi sureele tappe sunaaye koi,

patang udaayein chato’n pe chad kar mohalle waale,

falak to sajha hai usmein penchein ladaayein koi..

Utho kabaddi kabaddi kehlein ki…

sarhado’n par, jo aaye abke to laut kar na jaaye koi..

Nazar mein rehte ho jab tum nazar nahi aate,

yeh sur bulaate hain jab tum idhar nahi aate..

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In a special promotion campaign SRK will be asking a question on ‘Love’, How far you can go for love? It is a promotional campaign for his upcoming film ‘My Name is Khan’ which is slated to release on February 12.

“Yes, there is this huge campaign that has been designed around the strong essence of love that ‘My Name Is Khan’ carries. As a part of this, Shah Rukh would be travelling across the country and pop this question to the ‘aam janta’. This would be his way of connecting with people who are waiting to catch him in ‘My Name Is Khan’,” Karan, who has produced and directed the film, told IANS

SRK would be meeting the ‘Aam Janta’ with his query on ‘love’; this has become a trend in bollywood in the last few years. Bollywood biggies like Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Abhishek Bachchan applied it for their respective films and even Shah Rukh did it in 2006 for ‘Don – The Chase Begins Again’.

“This is going to be a pan-India initiative and won’t be restricted to metros or cosmopolitan cities. In addition, there would be a lot of other things happening to facilitate the film’s promotion,” Karan said.

“…The idea of asking people ‘How far would you go for love?’ should be quite enticing for many out there. It should be a good participative exercise,” the filmmaker added.

The film is one of the most awaited films of 2010 as bollywood’s most successful ‘Jodi’ pair of SRK and Kajol will again raise the temperature on celluloid after eight long years.

“My Name Is Khan”, which is being marketed and distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, is about Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh), an autist, who is mistaken for a terrorist while travelling in the US. Karan, Shah Rukh and Kajol have teamed up so far for candy-floss movies…so how come they decided to opt for different kind of cinema?

“I just felt that cinema is maturing with every passing year and I should move on with the times as well,” Karan said with a smile.