Bollywood
superstar
Shahrukh
Khan
blamed
distributors
for
the
legal
row
over
Om
Shanti
Om
involving
veteran
actor
Manoj
Kumar.
Kumar
has
filed
a
lawsuit
against
the
makers
for
allegedly
defaming
him
in
the
2007
film,
which
featured
Shahrukh
Khan
and
Deepika
Padukone
in
the
lead
roles.
The
Bollywood
musical
romantic
comedy,
directed
and
choreographed
by
Farah
Khan,
landed
in
a
fresh
row
after
it
was
re-released
in
Japan
with
the
scene
which
Kumar
had
objected
to.
Reacting
to
the
legal
recourse
taken
by
Kumar,
Shahrukh
said,
"I
don't
know
much
about
it
as
I
have
just
come
back.
Very
honestly
I
had
personally
apologised
to
him
then.
My
respect
goes
to
all
actors
who
are
older
and
younger
to
me.
Distributors
have
made
a
genuine
mistake...
old
print
was
sent
(to
Japan)."
"He
(Kumar)
has
done
a
legal
thing.
He
is
welcome
to
do
that.
I
don't
take
it
personal," he
told
the
PTI.
When
Om
Shanti
Om
first
released,
Kumar
had
taken
objection
to
a
scene,
which
according
to
him,
pokes
fun
at
him.
He
demanded
that
the
scene
be
omitted
from
the
film
and
the
makers
obliged.
A
few
weeks
ago,
the
film
was
re-released
in
Japan
but
with
the
objectionable
scene.
Kumar
filed
a
criminal
complaint
against
the
producers
(Shahrukh
and
Eros
International)
for
showing
Om
Shanti
Om
in
Japan
without
removing
the
particular
scene.
According
to
Kumar,
they
also
face
contempt
of
court
as
in
2008
a
city
civil
court
had
asked
them
to
delete
the
scene
from
all
prints.