By Hindustan Times
Actor Saif Ali Khan, who was concerned about a much-publicised brawl with businessman Iqbal Meer Sharma recently, says he desires to avoid going to court to sort the problem. “There have been an excessive amount of noise about it, so we can sort it out between ourselves like men.” The 41-year-old actor also hopes his forthcoming film, Agent Vinod, is “not adversely suffering from the incident”. “It’s going to be terribly unfair to everybody who has worked on it. I FEEL people don’t watch films out of affection for actors only, they watch movies out of affection for movies," says Khan.
While Sharma has gone back to South Africa to take care of his business, he says he doesn’t wish to touch upon Saif’s statements. Sharma’s wife, actor Tarina Patel, too says, “My husband doesn’t wish to reply to everything Saif has to mention. The episode have been very hard for him.” Sharma’s friend, who wishes to not be named, says that Sharma is not going to conform to an out-of-court settlement. “He will only take the legal recourse.”
Saif says he was touched by fellow actor Salman Khan’s public support for him after the incident. “Salman made my darkest hours easier to cope with and it’s really roughly him,” he says.
Meanwhile, Saif desires to keep the point of interest on Agent Vinod. He says that he doesn't plan to head for an over-hyped publicity for his film. “Americans don’t go ballistic like us after they promote their films. All they do is to announce their film, do an excellent amount of promotion and that’s it. I BELIEVE sometimes we go overboard,” he says. Actor-couple Saif and Kareena Kapoor, who star within the movie, can be doing joint promotions only within the last week before the film’s release.
Iqbal’s wife lashes out at Kareena Kapoor
Iqbal Sharma’s wife, actor Tarina Patel, has hit back at Saif Ali Khan’s girlfriend Kareena Kapoor for calling Sharma publicity hungry.
“My husband isn't some star-struck foreigner in India. He comes from the most important political family in South Africa; he's Fatima Meer’s (the late anti-apartheid activist) nephew. Why should he know Saif or Kareena? He knows who Amitabh Bachchan is, or even Shah Rukh Khan. Beyond that, my husband or the remainder of my family don’t know (anyone) from the industry, and nor do they care,” she said in an interview to Mumbai Mirror. Kareena had earlier said that Saif was provoked by Sharma. ‘I am sorry about Bebo’s stress level as a result of our objection to their volume level,” she added.
