Wonder
who
has
more
reason
to
feel
offended,
cricketers
or
sex
workers.
But
Mahesh
Bhatt's
forthcoming
film
Jannat
where
Emraan
Hashmi
plays
a
bookie
compares
the
two
professions...and
explicitly
says
cricketers
are
like
prostitutes.
What's
more,
the
censor
board
saw
nothing
objectionable
on
the
world's
poshest
profession
being
compared
with
the
oldest.
Says
a
character
in
Jannat,
"Dekhiye
Sir.
Cricketers
aur
prostitutes
ke
beech
zyada
farq
nahin
hota.
Donon
ki
jawani
khatm
to
kahani
khatm."
In
fact
producer
Mahesh
Bhatt
is
supremely
gung-ho
about
this
latest
eyebrow-raising
tryst
with
controversy.
"Yes,
those
are
the
exact
words
in
Jannat.
And
what's
wrong
with
that?
If
you
think
about
it,
we're
all
prostitutes.
And
at
least
they
deliver
what
they
promise.
I'm
no
different
from
a
prostitute.
I
too
am
a
pleasure
peddler.
And
please,
I'd
rather
be
a
prostitute
than
a
saint," says
the
eternal
celluloid
renegade
who
has
earlier
whipped
up
a
frenzy
of
controversies
in
movies
like
Arth,
Zakhm
and
Woh
Lamhe.
Story first published: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 16:17 [IST]