I am mocked by SRK: Manoj Kumar
Mumbai,
Nov
16:
Yesteryear
actor-filmmaker
Manoj
Kumar
has
reacted
angrily
over
the
manner
in
which
he
has
been
portrayed
in
Shah
Rukh
Khan
starrer
''Om
Shanti
Om''
that
released
last
week.
Talking to the sources, Manoj Kumar said that he was pained at the way he has been mocked at. ''This is not humour,'' he said adding ''It is not only insulting and humiliating, but injuring the soul of a patriotic Indian,''.
The noted actor, who always portrayed patriotic characters with the screen name ''Bharat'', said, ''People of this country have made me ''Bharat'' because I symbolised nationalism and patriotism in my films. Only anti-national people can humiliate patriotism,'' he said.
''Om Shanti Om'' is produced by Shah Rukh Khan and directed by Farah Khan. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Rampal and Shreyas Talpade.
In the first half of the film which is set in the 1970s, SRK, who portrays the character of a junior artiste, gets to sneak into a theatre to watch the premier of ''Dreamy Girl'' starring Shantipriya (Deepika) by impersonating Manoj Kumar. When the 'real' Manoj Kumar (body double) tries to come in the auditorium, he is beaten up by the security guards.
There is also a sequences where Manoj Kumar tries to convince the gate keeper that he is the real one and shows his driving license bearing his photograph in his trademark trait which almost covers his face.
UNI