Following Aryan Khan’s arrest in the drugs-on-cruise case on October 3, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was seen leaving Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail this morning after meeting his son for the first time since then. And now, after meeting his son in jail, a video of the actor exiting the facility has leaked on social media. An emotional SRK greets a few spectators with folded hands as he walks to his car in the video. Check out the video below:
After his visit, filmmaker Hansal Mehta commented on being a Bollywood celebrity as well as a father.
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He took to Twitter on Thursday and wrote, while restricting comments,, “Being a celebrity, being a star, being from ‘Bollywood’ means your emotion, your torment and your concern as a father become a matter of public consumption, heartless abuse and ruthless judgement.”
“Bollywood is not a place, not a company and definitely not some mafia. It is a loosely coined term for a large number of individuals who work really hard to create, to entertain, to engage and unlike many other professions are always vulnerable to criticism, scrutiny and abuse” he continued.
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“I don’t know or have never appreciated the term Bollywood. What I do know is that this term and the individuals connected to it are a favourite punching bag and diversionary vehicle for a few divisive, abusive and inefficient set of some cowardly invisible people,” he further added.
Aryan Khan is currently in prison after being charged with violations of the NDPS Act’s Sections 8(c), 20(b), 27, 28, 29, and 35 along with others. They were apprehended on October 3 by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and are currently in judicial custody.
His lawyer has taken to the Bombay High Court to challenge the lower court’s verdict on his bail plea. It is rescheduled to be heard on October 26 by the HC.