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Meet the 10 celebs who rubbed journalists the wrong way
By Reuben Mathias Apr 30, 2009 Buzz18
Preity Zinta
A Mumbai tabloid recently published a story about the Preity-Ness break-up. The paper suggested that Priety was now seeing Vikram Chatwal! The very next day, Priety demanded on her blog – on a site owned by the same company, which owns the newspaper – that the journalist be suspended. The 1600 word long blogpost opened with the emphatic words: 'I am mad!' While she spoke extensively about how she and Vikram were just friends, Preity remained mum about her relationship with Ness Wadia.
Salman Khan
Honestly we've lost count of the number of times Salman Khan has lost it with the media. And honestly we aren't even bothering to start counting. Recently when one of us dared to tell him that journalists were scared of him, he promptly responded saying, "Good!" And then told this reporter that the media pisses him off no end! Now that's a pity considering you're a celebrity Sallu bhai!
Aditya Chopra
We almost stopped short of opening the champagne here at buzz18 when we first carried images of Aditya Chopra trying to hide from the cameras. The reclusive director had stepped out to attend a special screening of Ghajini when the shutterbugs spotted him. This was probably one of the very few times this man was spotted. If you ask us, we'd probably put Big Foot in the second spot… a distant second actually.
Anupam Kher
Ask any senior Bollywood journalist about Anupam Kher slapping a journalist and you're bound to get at least half a dozen versions of the same incident. What apparently happened was that this reporter asked Anupam Kher a somewhat uncomfortable question. Kher, said to be quite standoffish with journalists, turned around and slapped the guy. Things went to court and a silly story ended up being a Bollywood legend.
Rani Mukerji
While shooting for Lagaa Chunari Mein Daag in Varanasi Rani Mukerji's bodyguard reportedly manhandled media persons. There was a huge outcry after which Rani had to apologise. But the chip on her shoulders has far from disappeared. Recently while addressing the press she refused to talk about her relationship with Aditya Chopa. In fact Rani even went ahead and sarcastically told the media that she even had children, whom she was hiding somewhere! Weird!
Saif Ali Khan
This one is by far the funniest. Main Khiladi Tu Anari had just hit the screens and a certain gay activist suggested that the chemistry between Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar was somewhat homoerotic. Saif reportedly went to Ashok's house to confront him and things got heated up... this time in not such an erotic way though.
Abhishek Bachchan
Yup! The seemingly cool-headed Abhishek also lost it once long ago. He was shooting for Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai when Abhishek was involved in fisticuffs with two photo journalists. The scribes filed a case against the star but later reached an out-of-court settlement saying that they did not want to pursue the case any further since it would send a wrong message to the public about the media and the film industry. Yeah, right!
Amitabh Bachchan
We're not sure if it's the age that's making him angry or whether he was really the Angry Young Man in real life too. But some of Amitabh Bachchan's recent reactions have taken us by surprise. The one that really made us sit up and wonder was when Big B lashed out against prominent film critic Khalid Mohammed. Khalid had written a scathing review of Amitabh's Bhoothnath. Incidentally Khalid was quite close to the Bachchans, a fact Amitabh doesn't bother hiding.
Ram Gopal Varma
He's one dude who hates being told he's wrong. All those journalists who told him his films were getting from bad to worse will tell you what a spoilsport Ramu has been. For some reason RGV seems to think that the media is against him and how does he hit back? Well he makes a film ON the media and promises to 'expose' it! Ha! Something tells us this is just going to get better...
Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh is probably what Ram Gopal Varma would be if he could sing through his nose! Just like Ramu, Himesh has a sore spot for all those critics who wrote off Aap Ka Surroor – The Movie The Real Luv Story. In fact Himesh particularly asked us to get CNN-IBN critic Rajeev Masand to apologise for his review of the film! Really, Himesh and after all that you go ahead and act in Karzzzz!
Preity Zinta
A Mumbai tabloid recently published a story about the Preity-Ness break-up. The paper suggested that Priety was now seeing Vikram Chatwal! The very next day, Priety demanded on her blog – on a site owned by the same company, which owns the newspaper – that the journalist be suspended. The 1600 word long blogpost opened with the emphatic words: 'I am mad!' While she spoke extensively about how she and Vikram were just friends, Preity remained mum about her relationship with Ness Wadia.
Salman Khan
Honestly we've lost count of the number of times Salman Khan has lost it with the media. And honestly we aren't even bothering to start counting. Recently when one of us dared to tell him that journalists were scared of him, he promptly responded saying, "Good!" And then told this reporter that the media pisses him off no end! Now that's a pity considering you're a celebrity Sallu bhai!
Aditya Chopra
We almost stopped short of opening the champagne here at buzz18 when we first carried images of Aditya Chopra trying to hide from the cameras. The reclusive director had stepped out to attend a special screening of Ghajini when the shutterbugs spotted him. This was probably one of the very few times this man was spotted. If you ask us, we'd probably put Big Foot in the second spot… a distant second actually.
Anupam Kher
Ask any senior Bollywood journalist about Anupam Kher slapping a journalist and you're bound to get at least half a dozen versions of the same incident. What apparently happened was that this reporter asked Anupam Kher a somewhat uncomfortable question. Kher, said to be quite standoffish with journalists, turned around and slapped the guy. Things went to court and a silly story ended up being a Bollywood legend.
Rani Mukerji
While shooting for Lagaa Chunari Mein Daag in Varanasi Rani Mukerji's bodyguard reportedly manhandled media persons. There was a huge outcry after which Rani had to apologise. But the chip on her shoulders has far from disappeared. Recently while addressing the press she refused to talk about her relationship with Aditya Chopa. In fact Rani even went ahead and sarcastically told the media that she even had children, whom she was hiding somewhere! Weird!
Saif Ali Khan
This one is by far the funniest. Main Khiladi Tu Anari had just hit the screens and a certain gay activist suggested that the chemistry between Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar was somewhat homoerotic. Saif reportedly went to Ashok's house to confront him and things got heated up... this time in not such an erotic way though.
Abhishek Bachchan
Yup! The seemingly cool-headed Abhishek also lost it once long ago. He was shooting for Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai when Abhishek was involved in fisticuffs with two photo journalists. The scribes filed a case against the star but later reached an out-of-court settlement saying that they did not want to pursue the case any further since it would send a wrong message to the public about the media and the film industry. Yeah, right!
Amitabh Bachchan
We're not sure if it's the age that's making him angry or whether he was really the Angry Young Man in real life too. But some of Amitabh Bachchan's recent reactions have taken us by surprise. The one that really made us sit up and wonder was when Big B lashed out against prominent film critic Khalid Mohammed. Khalid had written a scathing review of Amitabh's Bhoothnath. Incidentally Khalid was quite close to the Bachchans, a fact Amitabh doesn't bother hiding.
Ram Gopal Varma
He's one dude who hates being told he's wrong. All those journalists who told him his films were getting from bad to worse will tell you what a spoilsport Ramu has been. For some reason RGV seems to think that the media is against him and how does he hit back? Well he makes a film ON the media and promises to 'expose' it! Ha! Something tells us this is just going to get better...
Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh is probably what Ram Gopal Varma would be if he could sing through his nose! Just like Ramu, Himesh has a sore spot for all those critics who wrote off Aap Ka Surroor – The Movie The Real Luv Story. In fact Himesh particularly asked us to get CNN-IBN critic Rajeev Masand to apologise for his review of the film! Really, Himesh and after all that you go ahead and act in Karzzzz!
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