If
You
Are
In
Trouble,
Bollywood
Is
The
Best
Bet
For
You
Reporter
Kartikeya
Sharma
told
DNA,
"Whether
I
went
to
Palmyra
or
any
other
area
in
Syria,
if
you
are
in
trouble
Bollywood
is
the
best
bet
for
you.
All
your
local
contacts
can
fail
you.
Even
permission
given
by
the
Syrian
government
may
not
impress
the
army
on
the
road.
He
might
not
like
your
face
and
you
may
end
up
sitting
or
standing
depending
on
the
situation.
What
saves
you
is
Bollywood."
The
Love
For
SRK
Is
Universal
"My
car
was
stopped
at
every
post
and
was
asked
to
identify
my
self
again
and
again.
When
I
would
say
that
I'm
an
Indian,
the
reply
would
be,
"Oh
you
come
from
Hind."
That
would
not
end
the
conversation.
Out
of
100
times
I
was
stopped,
90
percent
of
the
soldiers
said,
"Give
my
regards
to
Shahrukh
Khan
or
we
love
Shahrukh
Khan."
'Some
Asked
To
Give
Their
Regards
To
Karishma
Kapoor
Or
Shahrukh
Khan'
"Even
Katrina
Kaif,
Karishma
Kapoor
and
Amitabh
Bachhan
came
up
during
the
conversation. Some
asked
to
give
their
regards
to
Karishma
Kapoor
or
Shahrukh
Khan
to
which
number
of
times
I
would
say,
"Off
course."
They
Were
Curious
To
Know
About
Abhishek
Bachchan's
Equation
With
His
Wife
Aishwarya
"Many
asked
me
about
Amitabh
Bachhan's
son.
His
name.
His
equation
with
Aishwariya
Rai.
I
used
my
encyclopedic
knowledge
of
Stardust,
Gladrags
and
Filmfare
to
the
best
effect.
For
those
moments
I
felt
that
I
owed
Bollywood."
When
SRK
Turned
A
Saviour
He
further
added,
"These
names
helped
break
ice
between
us
and
the
Army
personnel.
There
were
times
when
I
sat
in
the
front
making
my
government
escort
sit
behind
with
his
papers.
Whenever,
the
Army
personnel
came
to
inquire
at
the
check
point,
I
would
say
Shahrukh
Khan
and
they
would
smile
and
ask
me
to
go
ahead.
It
is
a
classic
case
of
soft
power
doing
better
than
hard
power.
India's
soft
power
remains
Bollywood.
It
makes
life
easier
and
often
helps
to
break
ice
in
unusual
and
hostile
circumstances.
Syria
is
a
case
in
example."