Originally posted by: ponymo
Emraan definitely has a right to his opinion. He can say whatever he wants. But going to the extent of praising him for his honesty is uncalled for, given the fact that all he did was dissed accomplished people.
Emraan does not know either Aamir or Aishwarya personally. Had he passed comments, however nasty, on their looks or their body of work, it could have been justified. But to pass personal comments against them when he does not even know them in person definitely goes to show how judgemental he is.
He has an ailing son at home and one would think he would be classier than passing catty comments against his colleagues. [Do not tell me that it was because of the show, 'cause much bigger celebs have been on it and have seldom made such disparaging and insulting personal remarks against people they haven't even met!].
And finally, my opinion: Aamir is anything but boring. When he speaks, he makes sense and his movies entertain - not without reason that he has the biggest moneyspinners in his filmography. Coming to Emraan - he never came across as a likeable or interesting personality to me. His acting is egregariously mediocre and uni dimensional, his claim to fame is his sleazy movies and his lovemaking scenes in it. So this soft po*n hero will criticize an actor of Aamir's calibre?
Aishwarya again is another high achiever and a self made superstar, she brought her home country laurels and also was crucial in making Bollywood go global. And she did it all without passing a single catty remark against any person. Whereas Emraan never had to struggle, 70% of his movies were made by his family, despite which he could never foray into the A list and remained a B-lister; yet he has the gall to diss an A lister who has made it on her own, and who remains more relevant than him despite being inactive for 3-4 years!
I don't think neither Aamir nor Aishwarya will react to this. They are classier than stooping to the level of Emraan.
Here is the problem. It often seems that the big guns in Bollywood are held on a pedestal and beyond criticism or reproach. Whenever someone less accomplished pokes fun or criticizes them in any way it is deemed unclassy and out of line.
Personally, I don't find calling someone boring' is a major insult or classless comment in anyway. It is a very subjective opinion based on personal interests. If you're into something, it becomes exciting. If you're not into something, it becomes boring. Some people call cricket boring, some people find museums boring, some people even find movies themselves boring. I don't get why it is a big deal that Emraan found Aamir boring.
Calling someone plastic' may be a tad bit insulting, but I find him refreshingly honest in this aspect. As a teenager I was gaga over Ash because she was so gorgeous and rooted for her career. As I grew older, I started finding her quite fake and conceited. I loathed her when she started getting painted as someone representing and promoting Bollywood abroad. I found that she was putting on a very pretentious, unrealistic and elitist portrayal of Bollywood and pandering to western ignoramus about India. I find that filmmakers like Mira Nair and Gurinder Chadda actually made Indian culture and Bollywood appealing to the west. I find that people like Irfan Khan and Anupam Kher have represented Indian cinema in a more distinguished manner than the over the top histrionics of Ash. Yet for some reason Ash is revered as someone special and out of this world. Bollywood appears to keep sucking up to her. Even when she has done nothing for a long time she is all that. So I actually really do admire people who break the status quo and call her out for what she really is - pure 100% unadulterated plastic. But yeah, I can see why it is a big deal and super major insult that Emraan dared to criticize Ash. It is like the street sweeper has no right to say something against the queen. How dare he? How dare a lowly sweeper even cast his eye upon royalty. Because Emraan isn't amidst the Khans and the Bacchans, he will always be looked down as serial kissing semi-po*n actor who makes B-grade flicks by the grace of his family. That means he doesn't have the right to look above and comment on them.
Finally, I'm not really sure what ailing son has to do anything with the kind of comments people make. Class and behavior has absolutely nothing to do with the health of a person or their family member. I'm sorry but - Oh your son is sick, be nice, sugarcoat everything you say and don't rub anyone the wrong way just seems extremely illogical to me. At least I cannot fathom changing who I am or how I express myself based on the health of my loved ones.
Shiv Shakti
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