Sharukh takes a dig at Cricket board, hopes he can see matches
After a run in with the Indian Cricket Board last November, Bollywood star Sharukh Khan took a swipe at the body saying there should not be any objections if he now watched cricket matches.
By PTI |
MUMBAI: After a run in with the Indian Cricket Board last November, Bollywood star Sharukh Khan took a swipe at the body saying there should not be any objections if he now watched cricket matches.
"No one should have objection if I watch a match now," said Sharukh after he won a bid on Friday to own Mumbai team in the high profile Indian Premium League.
The actor was at the receiving end of an outburst on November 20 by senior BCCI official Ratnakar Shetty who alluded that cricket matches were being used by stars to promote films. The remark, which saw the actor in the centre of a controversy, was in the context of veiled suggestions that his attendance at cricket matches including the T-20 final was an attempt to promote his film "Om Shanti Om".
"No one should have objection if I watch a match now," said Sharukh after he won a bid on Friday to own Mumbai team in the high profile Indian Premium League.
The actor was at the receiving end of an outburst on November 20 by senior BCCI official Ratnakar Shetty who alluded that cricket matches were being used by stars to promote films. The remark, which saw the actor in the centre of a controversy, was in the context of veiled suggestions that his attendance at cricket matches including the T-20 final was an attempt to promote his film "Om Shanti Om".
"The one thing I hope that does not happen is that people think I am watching a cricket match to promote my film. I will be supporting my team," Sharukh said taking a potshot at the BCCI on Thursday.
Reacting to Shetty's remarks, Sharukh had said he does not have to depend on other's platform to push his films.
Sharukh had said he was sad and disappointed over the remarks by Shetty that use of platform of cricket by stars for promoting films is "slightly debatable." The new film had also echoed in the commentary box during Sharukh's chat with TV commentator Rameez Raja at the Jaipur ODI cricket match between India and Pakistan.
BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla had defused the controversy when he said the Cricket Board has no objection to Sharukh or any other film personality coming to watch international cricket matches involving the national side.
Sharukh had also said he was not going to watch cricket matches in future if it has not gone well with the BCCI.
But now that the star is the owner of a cricket team the tale may well turn out to be "Chak de Sharukh".
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