Irrfan
Khan's
Dil
Kabaddi
releases
this
week
but
he's
"angry
and
cynical" about
what's
been
happening
in
the
last
few
days.
Reluctant
to
talk,
the
actor
later
agrees
and
says,
"The
basic
ground
rule
for
any
such
incidents
should
be
accountability
and
transparency."
He
adds,
"There
have
been
so
many
situations
in
the
past,
so
many
lives
lost
but
who
has
been
held
responsible
or
punished?
It's
not
just
the
responsibility
of
the
government.
Every
department
who
knew
about
what
was
happening
should
be
held
accountable
and
punished!
Jo
nuksaan
hua
hai
woh
bharna
padega.
And
I
am
not
talking
about
the
government
paying
that
will
be
covered
by
the
insurance
companies."
The
actor
feels
that
though
Home
Minister
Shivraj
Patil
has
resigned
because
of
the
attacks,
it's
not
enough.
He
says,
"It
doesn't
matter.
Those
accountable
have
to
pay
through
their
noses
till
the
rest
of
their
lives.
We
have
to
understand
that
we
have
been
surviving
on
British
laws
for
more
than
200
years
and
are
these
laws
really
helping
us
or
should
they
need
to
be
changed?
Is
having
a
democracy
paying
us
or
do
we
need
to
change
everything
from
the
basic
system
to
the
political
structure?"
Irrfan's
also
upset
that
we
borrow
everything
from
the
USA.
He
says,
"Are
we
intellectually
so
bankrupt
that
we
need
to
do
that?
The
politicians
are
so
bankrupt
that
they
have
to
woo
us
with
religion.
We
should
take
lessons
from
China
and
learn
how
to
function
and
protect
ourselves."
Irrfan
adds,
"The
common
man
is
dead.
Yeh
jo
log
Mumbaikars
spirit
bolte
hai
it
makes
me
disgusted!
People
have
no
choice
but
to
keep
working.
Yeh
logon
ki
majboori
hai,
unko
kaam
karna
hai
padta
hai.
We
are
a
dead
society."Irrfan
is
also
all
for
police
reforms.
"That's
the
only
way
to
eradicate
corruption.
We
have
to
pay
them
good
salaries
and
improve
the
quality
of
their
working
conditions.
What
we
give
them
is
pathetic.
We
are
still
following
the
British
Raj."
Story first published: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 13:27 [IST]