While
Aamir
Khan
is
seen
at
various
events
these
days,
he
has
been
avoiding
parties
of
close
friends
ever
since
the
SRK-Salman
fight
at
Katrina
Kaif's
birthday
party
at
Olive
on
July
16.
"Aamir
is
playing
a
wait-
and-watch
game
as
both
Salman
and
Shahrukh
are
his
friends.
Aamir
feels
the
fight
was
a
childish
thing
and
he
wants
them
to
patch
up.
He
has
been
bonding
openly
with
Salman
and
avoiding
Shahrukh
at
parties.
Ritesh
Sidhwani's
birthday
party
was
the
third
one
he
skipped
in
the
last
two
weeks.
First,
he
made
Rani
Mukherjee
postpone
her
house-warming
bash
at
her
Juhu
bungalow
from
August
9
to
12
as
he
was
shooting
for
an
ad.
But
he
did
not
attend
Rani's
party
as
he
had
to
attend
the
Gollapudi
Srinivas
Memorial
in
Chennai." After
Rani's
party,
Aamir
also
skipped
Saif
Ali
Khan's
birthday
at
Four
Seasons
in
Worli
organised
by
Kareena
Kapoor.
Adds
the
source,
"Aamir
conveniently
stayed
out
of
the
country
that
week.
Saif's
party
was
attended
by
Shahrukh.
Aamir
stayed
away
to
avoid
any
awkwardness
at
both
Rani
and
Saif's
parties
as
he
knew
SRK
would
be
present
."
But
finally,
Aamir
couldn't
avoid
parties
any
more.
Says
the
source,
"At
Ritesh's
party
last
week,
he
came
but
only
to
pick
up
wife
Kiran
and
didn't
even
step
in
to
wish
Ritesh."
It
is
learnt
that
Aamir
doesn't
want
to
give
Salman
the
impression
that
he
is
pally
with
SRK
especially
in
the
current
situation
when
Salman
has
given
an
ultimatum
to
his
friends
and
family
that
those
who
want
to
be
friends
with
Shahrukh
can
keep
away
from
him.
Aamir
wants
to
show
that
he's
on
Sallu's
side
as
he's
keen
to
make
films
with
him
for
his
production
house
most
notably,
Raj
Kumar
Santoshi's
sequel
to
Andaz
Apna
Apna.
However
a
source
close
to
Aamir
maintains
that
the
actor's
distancing
himself
from
parties
is
not
because
of
Shahrukh
but
because
he
got
a
rude
shock
when
the
two
Khans
fought.
"Aamir
was
heard
telling
people
that
he
attended
a
party
(Katrina's
birthday)
after
14
years
and
ended
up
being
a
victim
of
a
huge
fight
so
he's
had
enough
of
it.
Both
Salman
and
SRK
are
his
friends
and
he
wants
them
to
remain
that
way
without
taking
sides."
Story first published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 14:01 [IST]