Anger over King Khan’s smoking act
Sanjay Bumbroo
Tribune News Service

Amritsar, September 11
The management of Khalsa College here have drawn flak for permitting shooting of a film in which actor Shah Rukh Khan was found smoking in the presence of students on the college premises.

Even Punjab Health Department has decided to issue notice to the actor on the direction of the Union Health Ministry for smoking whole shooting film “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” on Khalsa College premises.

Meanwhile, civil surgeon Lehmber Singh said today principals of all educational institutions had been directed to restrain their staff and visitors from smoking in their premises from October 2.

He said even police officers up to sub inspectors had been directed to enforce the ban and impose fine on those who violated the rule at public places.

Jaswinder Singh, principal B.Ed Khalsa College, who is also acting principal of Khalsa College as Dr Daljit Singh is out of station, refuted the allegations as baseless. He said he was present during the shooting and he did not find the actor or any member of the unit smoking on the premises. He said some vested interests were behind the whole episode, who did not want revival of the film industry in the state.

Shahrukh Khan should not smoke. In India alot of youth look up to him. When they see him smoke, they will think smoking is a cool thing to do and many will also take up smoking as a result. Bollywood is a very dangerous industry. It is literally eating up the very moral and ethical fabric of Indian culture from the inside like a flesh eating virus.