New Delhi: Why hasn't there been any outrage to Aamir Khan posing naked on the poster of 'PK' yet? Isn't it surprising that an actor of Aamir Khan's stature has posed nude for a poster and yet, knowing the way our society works, people are heaping the actor with compliments instead of questioning his morality?
The poster of Rajkumar Hirani's highly anticipated film was released late Thursday night on various social networking sites and surprisingly received positive feed back from the the actor's fans. There were of course some tongue-in-cheek humour here and there but most lauded the risk that the superstar has taken in his new film.
Now lets see. What if we place any leading actress in the same poster, posing exactly like Khan has. Are you thinking of terms like FIRS, PILS, protests, character assassination almost instantly? Yes?
Aamir Khan is known for experimenting with his role. His latest 'PK' has him playing an alien- which somewhat explains the first poster of the film. The actor has in the past gone bold, grown a handle bar mustache, sculpted 8 pack abs- for films. But this time round, Aamir has surpassed by his own standards as well. And it is refreshing to see a leading actor- who has such a huge fan following- take such a risk at the peak of his career. While we laud it and welcome the change that it may bring with it, we also wonder how many more years it will take to accept a similar poster with an Indian actress on it.
