I have never been a big fan of the Khans, but I watch their movies because of their association with big directors and respectable banners .... That's another issue ...
There has been a lot of hue and cry over Salman Khan being made Rio Olympic goodwill brand ambassador, first salvo being fired by event-participant and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt ...
Though this actor is in no good books of mine (black buck shooting case, Aishwaraya Rai row, mowing down people, the drunken driving case), looking at the merit of the decision, he is the right choice ...
After all, Salman is not participating in the Rio for him to meet the credentials as a sportsperson, but to attract public attention ... that's his job and he fits in there, perfectly ...
This brings me to ask the cry-boobies, who else is there who can woo people? ... Aamir Khan ... Shahruk Khan? ... The twitterattis would have been more animated as they hurtingly jumped on to the intolerance bandwagon ...
Well Yogeshwar's tweet triggered the debate, but many sportspersons like him have batted for Salman's appointment .... the list is long which includes Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly, Vishwanathan Anand to boxing champion Mary Kom ...
You may ask why not make Tendulkar instead of Salman?
That wouldn't be a good idea ... after all, cricket is not an Olympic sport ...
All said and done - do we see any purpose behind Yogeshwar Dutt's rant? Salman's 'Sultan' releases on July 6 where he is playing a wrestler's role ... a perfect timing for each other to rake in moolah, I suppose ... haha ...
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