Script writer, Director and Film Critic Khalid Mohammad%u2019s Write up titled %u2018What a dard-e-Manoj%u2019 (HT, Nov. 17) was in bad taste. I have been reading his reviews and columns for a long time, and each time I get more and more convinced that he certainly has been lobbying for a particular group of people in Bollywood. His reviews smack of personal bias, and his English makes a pathetic reading. For instance, his review of Ram Gopal Verma ke Sholay was as bad in taste as the joke on Manoj Kumar in OSO.
He claims to be hiding some secrets of Manoj Kumar in his belly. Some one else may claim the same about him too. He has no right to degrade the legendary actor simply because he makes a living by getting bytes from the current actors and is on their mercy all the time to fill his columns. I liked his script in Zubeida, and appreciated his work in his films Fiza and Tehzeeb. But he has not being showing the same maturity in his columns. I would urge him to respect others in the industry like Manoj Kumar and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
