The actress, who had slammed Naseeruddin Shah over comments about her father Rajesh Khanna, tweeted: “This has gone far enough, can everyone please stop, we have all stated our opinions. I was talking about a phenomenon”, he said.
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In an interview, Naseeruddin Shah was quoted saying, ‘It was the 70’s when mediocrity came into Hindi films. The furore had begun after the latter took to criticise the mediocrity of the film industry, and attributed it to Bollywood’s first major superstar Rajesh Khanna. His statements that the Anand actor was “a limited, poor actor” and that he brought “mediocrity in Hindi cinema of the 1970s” got him a lot of flak from the late actor’s family and fans.
Several Twitter users also defended Mr Khanna, while many pointed out that Naseeruddin Shah has every right to his own opinion. “I’d apologise to those who took personal offence but I wasn’t talking of a particular person”. I don’t need to over-emphasise his accomplishments or what he has done for Hindi cinema. She retweeted director Karan Johar’s post in which he said: “I agree with you @mrsfunnybones… due respect to seniority but this was in exceptionally bad taste and not becoming of a fraternity member”.
In the late 60’s when there was a trend of mediocre scripts with focus primarily on hit music and chocolate heroes and handsome heroines (For example LOVE IN TOKYO, KASHMIR KI KALI, MERE SALAM, AYEE MILAN KI BELA etc.) Rajesh Khanna changed the trend with an offbeat script ARADHANA (1969).
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Rajesh Khanna, who was Bollywood’s first superstar, died of cancer in July 2012 at the age of 69.
