2008

vineet said:

Ha! The smoker:
amit said:

I respect him for doing that - it's so easy to get tempted by big bucks and try to look cool out in Hollywood. He knows he's the hottest property in bollywood, so why bother trying something else? Plus like you say - he knows that hollywood is shaking because bollywood is gonna go mainstream in the next few years!
amit said:

'tis a good point doods - it's part and parcel of the image too - can't for example see someone not smoking in a Tarantino movie! Some things are just cool left without people babbling about influences - it's an artists' license after all.
doodler said:

I dunno, I agree with the no advertising for smoking and of course there are problems with youngsters being influenced, but banning smoking on screen? I am on Khan's side for this one, the notion that film and television influences kids is an ongoing argument and once you take the view that it is an unavoidable and overriding fact, you have to start taking every 'bad' thing off the screen. And where would that leave us?!

Italian Olympic boxing champion of Beijing 2008 Clemente Russo (L) and Italian Olympic kayak champion of Beijing 2008 Josefa Idem look on during a ceremony with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Italian Summer Olympic games 2008 medalists on September 5, 2008 at Villa Madama in Rome.