By:
Harneet
Singh
(Screen
Weekly),
IndiaFM
Friday,
November
23,
2007
Salman
Khan
is
bamboozled.
Television
channels
have
been
airing
a
"letter" supposedly
written
by
dad
Salim
Khan
addressed
to
the
superstar.
"Son,
I'm
getting
old
now
and
I'm
waiting
to
play
with
your
children.
Please
settle
down,"
is
what
Salim
saab
has
allegedly
requested
of
his
son.
Salman
is
puzzled
since
he
can't
understand
why
his
father
will
need
to
write
a
letter
and
release
it
to
a
television
channel.
"We
live
in
the
same
house.
My
dad
can
call
me
in
his
room
and
talk
to
me.
I
really
want
to
know
who
has
written
this
letter
and
how
did
the
news
channel
play
it
up
without
verifying
if
it
was
actually
Salim
Khan
who
had
written
it,"
he
says.
Salman
who
is
currently
shooting
for
Boney
Kapoor's
Wanted
Dead
Or
Alive
and
Subhash
Ghai's
Yuvraj
is
also
a
little
disconcerted
with
all
the
compliments
he
has
received
for
a
series
of
paintings
depicting
trees
that
he's
supposed
to
have
done
in
Jodhpur
jail.
"I
didn't
make
those
paintings
as
the
television
channels
will
have
you
believe.
If
you
like
them
then
please
praise
the
real
artiste
and
not
me,"
he
says.
Ask
him
to
react
to
all
those
stories
that
insinuate
that
he's
unhappy
with
Katrina
Kaif
signing
a
Rajkumar
Santoshi
film
opposite
Shahid
Kapoor
and
the
Akshay
Kumar
starrer
Singh
Is
Kinng
and
he
says,
"I'm
Salman
Khan,
an
actor.
I'm
not
a
secretary
who
will
decide
which
films
an
actor
should
or
should
not
do."
The
actor
also
downplays
news
reports
that
he
asked
Santoshi
to
throw
out
Shahid
from
the
Katrina
starrer.
"I've
been
here
for
18
years
and
every
now
and
then
there
have
been
incidents
of
younger
actors
trying
to
get
mileage
by
latching
on
to
my
name.
It
doesn't
bother
me.
We
all
know
what
happens
to
them,"
he
says
pointing
to
you-know-who.
But
is
it
true
that
he
has
a
problem
with
the
length
of
Katrina's
dress
in
the
Ooncha
Lamba
Kad
song
of
Welcome,
which
is
currently
on
air?
"As
long
as
Katrina
adheres
to
the
Doordarshan
guidelines
which
we
are
all
supposed
to
follow
then
she
can
wear
whatever
she
wants
to,"
he
says.
The
way
he
makes
it
to
the
tabloids
every
other
day
maybe
he
should
be
called
the
King
of
the
Tabloids.
The
actor's
sense
of
humour
kicks
in
when
he
retorts,
"Why
that?
First
they
called
me
Killer
Khan
then
they
called
me
Ponytail
Khan
maybe
now
they
can
call
me
King
of
the
Human
Race
Khan,"
he
says.
Jokes
aside,
the
actor
has
had
it
with
so
called
"sources"
and
friends
commenting
on
his
behalf.
Sensing
the
need
to
give
his
side
of
the
story,
the
actor
has
decided
to
start
his
website
Being
Human.Com
which
will
be
operational
from
next
month.
"No
source
or
friend
has
the
authority
to
speak
on
my
behalf.
Whenever
I'll
say
something,
I'll
own
up
to
it.
If
my
fans
want
to
know
anything
that
is
happening
in
my
life
then
they
just
need
to
log
on
to
the
website.
Even
though
I
don't
know
how
to
type
I'll
get
someone
to
type
for
me
in
my
own
words
so
that
the
truth
is
known,"
he
signs
off.