Anand.Holla @timesgroup.com TWEETS @_ MumbaiMirror
Wearing his blatant irreverence towards film stars on his sleeve,Kamaal Rashid Khan (KRK) boasts 1.32 lakh followers on Twitter,making his nuisance value count.The film fraternity,however,is not amused by his shenanigans.Demanding strict action against the actor-producer,they have approached the apex body,the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE).
The catch though is that the FWICE will initiate action against KRK,provided the film fraternity submits a written complaint against him.When contacted,FWICE General Secretary Dinesh Chaturvedi said: We have been told by many from the film industry that they want a complete ban on KRK.This man has been behaving in an irresponsible manner.He should learn to respect people and observe some restraint.But we can act against him,or issue him a show cause notice,only on a written complaint.
Such an ironclad rationale hasnt stopped him from promoting films on friendly requests from actors or directors,who he claims,inadvertently come knocking on his door.Almost everybody in the industry has contacted me to help their film earn some publicity through my tweets.I do it out of kindness.I send out kisses to heroines,call them sexy or hot.I get a lot of retweets for that, he says.Despite ample instances,KRK doesnt believe any of his tweets are offensive or obscene.
On being confronted with some of his tasteless tweets,KRK blames them on fake KRK accounts.A little goading later,he sheepishly reasons why he had tweeted that he wants to have sex with Huma Qureshi.I had only rephrased a Gangs Of Wasseypur dialogue and Huma understood it, he says.But Bipasha Basu had no patience to accommodate KRKs crassness.KRK claims that the director of Basus film Jodi Breakers had asked him to support the film.Since I had to tweet innovatively,I mentioned how nicely she shakes her breasts in one song, he gesticulates animatedly with cupped palms,If Bipasha thought so badly of her dance moves,she shouldnt have danced at all.She called me dirt and what not.So I had to respond. He did,with a very derogatory remark.They say I do everything for publicity.But everybody in showbiz is here for publicity.What the world accuses me of,they accuse Rakhi Sawant,Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam Pandey of the same, he says.
He says the industry hates him because he gives negative reviews.Strangely,the same people say;KRK kaun hai yaar,uski kaun sunta hai If people dont listen to me,then why do you have a problem Liberally referring to himself in third person,he continues,Accept that KRK is a power to reckon with today.Accept that KRKs voice matters.The industry knows that what KRK says happens,and thats why his Youtube reviews on films fetch 70,000 views. But what about the industry ganging up against him now Let them do it.Meri aur thodi publicity ho jaayegi, he laughs.
5