Manoj
Kumar
is
in
the
news
after
a
long
time,
for
all
the
wrong
reasons.
He
has
gone
public
with
his
declaration
of
hurt
and
humiliation,
due
to
the
way
he
has
been
portrayed
in
Shahrukh
Khan
and
Farah
Khan's
Om
Shanti
Om.
The
senior
actor
feels
that
he
has
been
depicted
in
a
bad
light.
"By
showing
a
duplicate
of
mine,
and
passing
him
off
as
the
real
Manoj
Kumar
in
the
scene
of
the
premiere,
Shahrukh
has
actually
insulted
not
only
me,
but
also
the
citizens
of
this
great
country,
who
consider
me
Mr
Bharat.
I
am
deeply
pained
by
this
totally
uncalled
for
act," he
said.
Apparently,
the
actor
was
shocked
when
he
saw
the
film.
And
he
would
not
have
seen
it
were
it
not
for
his
niece
in
London,
who
called
to
ask
if
he
was
planning
to
take
any
legal
action.
"More
than
legal
action,
I
want
to
take
moral
action
against
him.
Shahrukh
Khan
or
Farah
Khan
cannot
get
away
with
declaring
that
it
is
their
creative
freedom
to
show
whatever
they
want.
I
want
Shahrukh
to
delete
all
references
to
me
in
bad
light
in
the
film
with
immediate
effect,"
he
added.
Manoj
Kumar
specifies
that
he
is
all
for
creative
freedom,
but
a
responsible
filmmaker
would
know
where
to
draw
the
line.
He
is
also
upset
that
SRK
seems
to
have
no
respect
for
elders.
Says
Mr
Bharat,
"How
can
he
stoop
so
low
to
injure
my
soul
by
showing
a
junior
artiste
who
plays
my
double
in
the
film
being
beaten
up
by
the
cops?
Are
Mumbai
cops
nincompoops,
who
cannot
do
their
job?
It
is
a
plot
hatched
by
fundamentalists
like
Shahrukh
and
Farah
against
a
respectable
Brahmin
Pundit
like
me,
for
no
rhyme
or
reason,
to
ridicule
and
humiliate
me.
Would
they
dare
to
show
Dilip
Kumar
in
such
bad
light?"
The
senior
actor
feels
that
the
scene
in
which
they
portray
Shahrukh
first
and
then
a
duplicate
as
Manoj
Kumar
is
illogical.
"I
am
a
six-feet
tall
pathan.
And
everybody
knows
what
Shahrukh
Khan's
height
is.
Yet
I
am
amused
to
see
that
in
the
film
the
cops
think
that
the
junior
artiste
Shahrukh
Khan
is
the
real
Manoj
Kumar
just
because
he
covered
his
face,
and
they
throw
out
the
duplicate
who
plays
Manoj
Kumar.
If
today
Shahrukh
Khan
or
Salman
Khan
or
for
that
matter
Hrithik
Roshan
go
to
see
a
film
in
a
theatre,
do
you
think
the
cops
or
the
ushers
would
not
know
who
they
are?
I
am
surprised
that
even
the
cops
have
not
contemplated
any
action
against
Shahrukh
Khan
for
portraying
them
in
a
bad
and
funny
light," he
asserts.
Incidentally,
Farah
had
initially
asked
him
to
do
a
cameo
in
her
film,
and
he
was
willing,
since
her
father
was
a
friend
of
his.
Apparently,
she
told
him
that
he
would
be
wasted
in
the
movie,
and
that
she
had
already
shot
with
a
duplicate.
The
actor
clarifies
that
he
is
not
against
duplicates
and
mimics,
and
that
he
admires
people
like
Johnny
Lever,
but
this
incident
is
in
bad
taste,
he
adds.
The
yesteryear
star
admits,
in
conclusion,
that
he
wants
Shahrukh
to
act
in
a
film
of
his,
although
he
has
never
met
SRK.
If
SRK
likes
the
script,
then
Mr
Bharat
would
want
him
to
act
in
it.