Zara hat ke

Salman Khan (or his vocal-double) threatens and abuses his then girl-friend, in a language so unparliamentary that even Lalu Prasad would blush. A nymphet called Ria Sen has her most intimate body-part photographed by a boyfriend in all its clinical detail. This anatomically correct clip is circulated on the net and through countless mobiles to salivating voyeurs.Another equally graphic clip of the current hottie Mallika Sherawat, does identical rounds (alas, as is now uncovered for those getting their kicks, it's a Lolly from Mexico and not our Mollie from Bollywood in that porn video). In all three cases, the bottom line is sex, sleaze and violence. Abuse and misuse.
The absurd aspect of the current mess is not that these symbols of glamour are in the dock. But that the buck is being passed. Not to some shadowy individual ��� oh no ��� we live in a weird world, remember? The culprit, it seems, is technology. Yes sir, the blame game is on, and the villain is the wretched micro-chip. The people involved have been totally absolved. "Salman is such a baby... he says all sorts of things when he's drunk. Give him a break," pouted an actress. "Besides, these are private conversations between lovers. How dare you presswallahs publish the transcript?" So the buck stops with us!
The same argument was extended for the intrusive Ria Sen clips. "It's a matter between her and her boyfriend... maybe he wanted to teach her a lesson for cheating on him," a stud from Bollywood shrugged. As for Sherawat, anything and everything is possible, even acceptable, because she's "hat ke." For those unfamiliar with Mumbai-speak, "hat ke" covers huge territory. It's liberally used to describe the actions/words of anybody who bucks the trend and makes it big. The operative words here are: "makes it." You can be as hat ke as you want, but if you continue being seen as a loser, then all that posturing comes to nought.
Hat ke, has amazing connotations, and is currently the defining mood for all that is "different, bold, defiant." Salman fans point out that the actor has always been hat ke, and it's precisely this quality that has endeared him to audiences An argument that's hard to challenge, given his career track. The other more important moral issue get swept under the carpet by those who genuinely believe that a man's drunken rants, should be condoned because he is such an adorable kid otherwise. There has even been a concerted attempt to project Khan as a victim of a wicked system out to malign a person who frequently helps the under dog (never mind that he also runs over them occasionally).
The entertainment world needs its Bad Boys and Girls. Agreed. Angels make lousy copy. But surely movie brats are accountable too. Today, technology itself seems to be on trial. Celebrities are crying hoarse about electronic intrusions into their privacy. Starlets willingly pose for porn videos taken by unscrupulous boyfriends, then claim it's a dirty techno trick. Any image that's embarrassing is promptly called ���morphed,' even though any amateur techie will tell you how expensive and complicated morphing actually is. I don't know whether to call Sherawat lucky or unlucky. She has built her formidable career on being a ���Bindaas Babe'. Her fans maybe disappointed to read her statements expressing "relief" that the panting, performer in the porno clip was not her, after all. Her official hat ke response ought to have been a careless shrug and a jaunty, "So what?" Tch, tch, Ms Sherawat. You are slipping. Refer to the hat ke handbook immediately. We can't possibly lose you to Bollywood's boring band of pativratas. Reclaim your slot immediately.