OSO spoof: SRK says sorry to Manoj Kumar

MUMBAI: Offended by a sequence in recently- released film Om Shanti Om , yesteryear actor Manoj Kumar is contemplating a legal action against the makers of the Shah Rukh Khan starrer movie, his lawyer said on Friday.

However, Shah Rukh tendered an unqualified apology to Manoj Kumar for the sequence in the film.

"Manoj Kumar has been offended by a certain sequence in the film, and he asked me whether any legal action was possible," Kumar's lawyer Mukesh Vashi said.

"However, I myself haven't seen the film. So, I would be able to advise him only after seeing it," Vashi added.

Kumar told a TV channel that "Indian audiences had made Manoj Kumar into an icon ... that icon has been wounded, made fun of..... a moral action is more important than a legal action."

Om Shanti Om , released last week, is a spoof on Bollywood films of 70s, and shows a few real-life film characters from the Mumbai film world.

Kumar is reportedly angry about a sequence in which he has been shown being thrashed by policemen outside a theatre.

In the movie, Khan's character steals Kumar's pass to enter a movie premiere, and police, not recognising Kumar, beat him.

Khan is also a co-producer of the movie, directed by Farah Khan.

Khan said "I was completely wrong...If he is hurt, I apologise".

"I called him in the afternoon, and the first thing he said to me was "it is no big deal, son," Khan told reporters here.

Times Of India