Is Salman made a scapegoat?

Friends,

This article interested me at various levels.

It looks like at one point Salman requested (demanded?) the court to
punish him if it wanted instead of pulling it and delaying it so
long...

8 years to try a case is too long, no doubt. In this day and age of
easily available technolgies, why should a case take 8 years to
process? What do you think is broken? Too complex laws? Too many
requirements to be fulfilled? Overloaded/overworked/inefficent courts
and their processes? Can anything be done to improve the processing and
efficiency of proceedings? How long the average Civil/Criminal cases
take? Is it different for low profile cases and high profile cases
involving celebreties?

Given the excessive time taken to process the case, do you believe that
the justice is served? How do we know if justice is indeed served? How
to ensure justice? Who are the watch dogs?

"Why is Salman always made a scapegoat?" Quipped Ravi Chopra...
Scpaegoat for what? Does he mean the real culprits are different? Who
are they? Does he know them? Why can't he clue-in the authorities?
Scared? Do the courts have vested interests to save someone and punish
someone else instead? Who is calling the shots then? For one I do not
think this is true. But thought this is an interesting comment. Courts
may leave some culprits in some cases (involving politicians, mafia,
add your favorite category here...) go scott free for lack of evidence
etc... But scapegoating someone? is far fetched in my mind.

To top it all, why "always"? Is it that Salman is so innocent and
unlucky that he just shows up at crime scenes all the time? This is not
the first time he ran into trouble. Why so?

Overall, I am confused with why the industry should be shocked! Isn't
this a classic "Predictable Surprise!" ?

Regards,
Chandu

Please read the new item on rediff at:

http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/feb/17bolly.htm

Salman news shocks Bollywood

Syed Firdaus Ashraf | February 17, 2006 18:03 IST

Salman KhanBollywood is in shock. The entire film fraternity is
overwhelmed by the news that Salman Khan has been sentenced to a year's
imprisonment for an eight-year old case.

Salman Khan sentenced to jail

Salman was sentenced after he allegedly killed two chinkaras, a kind of
deer, while shooting for the film Hum Saath Saath Hain in 1998. He was
one of the accused -- with other actors like Sonali Bendre, Saif Ali
Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Satish Shah -- who participated in the hunting.
The others have been acquitted.

"This is ridiculous. There were other actors too, but I don't
understand why Salman alone was targeted. How come the others were
acquitted while he alone was sentenced? Was it written on the bullet
that killed those blackbuck that Salman had fired the shot?" wonders
producer-director Ravi Chopra, who is directing Baabul with Salman,
Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukherji.

The film is to be released in June, but Chopra believes it will now be
postponed. "I think I will have to push it to a September release," he
says.

Salman has found himself in worse situations in the past. He was
sentenced to 17 days imprisonment in late 2002 after he allegedly
killed a pavement dweller in a drunken driving case. This is a charge
Salman denied, saying he was not driving the car at the time the
accident occurred. He is already on bail for that case, currently in
progress in the lower courts.

Special: Salman Khan, controversy's child

Late last year, fed up of his victimisation and having to attend court
hearings constantly, Salman stated in court: "If you want to punish me,
do it as soon as possible, because I don't want to go through this
ordeal all the time."

Another Salman director, Rumi Jaffery of God Tussi Great Ho, is also in
shock. "I cannot believe this," he says, too taken aback to react. He
is, however, confident that Salman will come out clean and that the
higher courts will grant him bail. "In my heart, I know he is innocent.
He will bounce back," says Jaffery. Ravi Chopra too is confident Salman
will walk out clean.

Is Salman's career doomed?

Most critics had written off Salman after the drunken driving case, but
his Tere Naam was one of the biggest hits of 2003. 2005 also saw him
reign at the box office, with hits like No Entry, Maine Pyaar Kyon
Kiya, and Lucky, among others. The actor is working on close to a dozen
films in 2006 and 2007, and an amount of Rs 150 crore rides on him in
the market. His big upcoming projects include Jaan-e-man, God Tussi
Great Ho, Salaam-E-Ishq and his first Hollywood venture, Marigold.

"I don't understand one thing: Why is Salman always made a scapegoat?
It is time we left him alone to lead a peaceful life," concludes Chopra.

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