Caught
by
scores
of
cameras
and
jostling
crowds
as
he
came
out
of
jail
after
meeting
his
son
Aryan,
Shah
Rukh
Khan
on
Thursday
found
support
from
several
Bollywood
colleagues
who
said
they
were
heartbroken
and
also
from
fans
who
gathered
in
front
of
his
home
in
a
show
of
solidarity.
The
superstar’s
visit
to
the
Arthur
Road
jail
in
what
was
his
first
public
appearance
since
his
son's
arrest
in
a
drugs
case
on
October
3
was
followed
by
a
team
of
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
officials
visiting
his
home
Mannat.
Though
much
of
mainstream
Bollywood
maintained
a
studied
silence,
several
colleagues,
including
filmmakers
Alankrita
Shrivastava,
Hansal
Mehta
and
actor
Pooja
Bhatt,
spoke
out
in
support
of
the
family.
The
media
also
came
in
for
some
attack.
Aryan,
23,
and
seven
others
were
arrested
by
the
NCB
after
a
raid
on
a
cruise
ship.
On
Wednesday,
a
special
court
rejected
Aryan’s
bail
for
the
second
time.
The
case
will
now
be
heard
by
the
high
court
on
Tuesday.
“My
heart
is
broken
for
SRK.
May
there
be
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel,”
Shrivastava,
the
director
of
“Lipstick
Under
My
Burkha”,
said
in
a
tweet.
Shah
Rukh
was
mobbed
by
reporters,
one
of
whom
could
be
heard
asking
what
he
talked
to
Aryan
about.
The
55-year-old
waded
his
way
through
a
sea
of
people
and
got
into
his
car
without
a
word.
He
was
seen
greeting
some
people
with
folded
hands
in
videos
circulating
on
social
media.
Commenting
on
a
video
of
media
hounding
Shah
Rukh
as
he
made
his
way
to
the
car,
actor-filmmaker
Pooja
Bhatt
said
it
was
'tragic’.
“Dear
members
of
the
press.
I
know
times
are
tougher
than
ever
&
there
is
immense
pressure
on
you’ll
from
your
respective
employers
to
grab
a
byte
even
if
it
means
compromising
your
own
health
&
safety
but
how
do
you’ll
explain
this
pack
like
behaviour
to
your
own
children?
Tragic.”
Screenwriter
Kanika
Dhillon,
who
has
been
vocal
in
her
support
to
the
star,
said
it
was
"heartbreaking" to
see
the
turn
of
events.
In
another
Twitter
post,
Dhillon,
who
is
set
to
collaborate
with
the
actor
in
a
film
to
be
directed
by
Rajkumar
Hirani,
said
in
adverse
times
a
parent
who
happens
to
be
a
star
is
subjected
to
"heartless
abuse
and
ruthless
judgement".
“Being
a
celebrity,
being
a
star,
being
from
'Bollywood’
means
your
emotion,
your
torment
and
your
concern
as
a
father
become
a
matter
of
public
consumption,
heartless
abuse
and
ruthless
judgement,”
the
"Rashmi
Rocket"
co-writer
said.
Mehta
retweeted
Dhillon’s
post
and
wrote
that
the
industry
has
always
been
vulnerable
to
criticism,
scrutiny
and
abuse.
"Bollywood
is
not
a
place,
not
a
company
and
definitely
not
some
mafia.
It
is
a
loosely
coined
term
for
a
large
number
of
individuals
who
work
really
hard
to
create,
to
entertain,
to
engage
and
unlike
many
other
professions
are
always
vulnerable
to
criticism,
scrutiny
and
abuse,”
the
“Shahid”
director
said.
He
added
that
Bollywood
has
often
become
a
“diversionary
vehicle”
for
a
few
divisive,
abusive
and
inefficient
set
of
some
cowardly
invisible
people.
Shah
Rukh
reached
the
prison
around
9
am
and
left
at
9.35
am
after
meeting
his
son
for
about
15
to
20
minutes.
According
to
an
official,
there
was
a
glass
fencing
between
them
and
they
spoke
on
the
intercom.
A
few
hours
later,
the
NCB
visited
Mannat.
Taking
a
jibe
at
the
NCB,
Dhillon
asked,
"So…
how
are
the
reporters
and
cameras
all
set
already
for
the
'officials’
to
make
an
entry
and
all
captured
at
the
'right
time’
for
the
'visit’?"
"Great
co-ordination
with
the
paps!
Well
done.
Many
in
the
show-biz
don’t
manage
this
timing
right!"
she
wrote
as
she
shared
a
video
from
a
news
portal
showing
NCB
officials
at
Mannat's
entrance.
Actor
Sonu
Sood
had
a
word
of
caution
for
the
media.
"Before
running
after
someone's
feelings
with
a
camera,
remember,
God's
camera
is
sitting
on
you.
Because
not
every
news
is
news,"
the
actor
tweeted
in
Hindi.
Since
Aryan's
arrest,
noted
film
personalities,
including
Hrithik
Roshan,
Zoya
Akhtar,
Farah
Khan
and
Raveena
Tandon,
have
expressed
their
solidarity
with
Shah
Rukh
and
his
interior
designer
wife
Gauri.
Close
friend
superstar
Salman
Khan
has
also
visited
the
couple
several
times.
The
family
has
found
ample
support
in
SRK’s
fans
too,
many
of
whom
said
they
empathised
with
him.
After
all,
they
had
children
too
and
this
was
one
time
when
he
was
not
just
a
star
but
a
parent
like
them.
Like
a
bhelpuri
hawker
outside
Shah
Rukh’s
imposing
sea
front
bungalow
who
was
making
a
fast
buck
on
a
day
so
many
media
crews
and
fans
had
gathered.
"On
a
Thursday
afternoon,
we
don't
usually
see
so
many
people
but
it's
packed.
But
it
isn't
that
we
are
enjoying
his
(Shah
Rukh's)
misery.
I
also
have
a
young
son
in
Bihar,
so
I
can
understand
what
Shah
Rukh
must
be
feeling,"
Ram
said.
Outside
Mannat,
a
selfie
spot
for
many
tourists
to
Mumbai,
a
battery
of
mediapersons
was
stationed
to
catch
any
movement
from
the
house.
A
family
of
four
from
Bhopal
took
turns
to
click
each
other's
pictures.
Then
finally,
a
family
picture
outside
the
gate
after
requesting
a
media
photographer.
"We
had
heard
that
the
place
outside
his
residence
is
always
crowded
but
we
didn't
expect
so
many
media
persons.
The
attention
on
him
is
obvious,
he
is
a
big
star.
But
he
will
sail
through,"
Rajesh,
a
businessman,
said.
Prateek
Solanki,
an
engineering
student
from
the
city,
added
that
he
has
been
visiting
Shah
Rukh's
house
since
he
was
a
child
but
the
current
times
and
the
national
spotlight
on
him
is
"heartbreaking".
"Aryan
is
almost
my
age.
I
can't
imagine
what
he
must
be
going
through.
But
I'm
praying
everyday."
Another
fan,
Kuhu
Goyal,
said
she
had
been
standing
outside
Mannat
since
she
saw
visuals
of
Shah
Rukh
exiting
Arthur
Road
Jail.
She
travelled
more
than
an
hour
in
a
local
train,
from
Virar
to
Bandra,
to
show
solidarity.
"I
really
thought
Aryan
would
get
bail
yesterday,
that's
what
all
of
us
were
hoping
for.
So
this
is
a
huge
setback
and
a
massive
heartbreak.
We
stood
by
him
through
his
highs
and
lows
and
this
is
possibly
his
lowest.
The
least
we
can
do
is
stand
by
him
now,"
the
25-year-old
said.