Sameer Wankhede addresses Aryan Khan case, calls Shah Rukh’s Jawan dialogues ‘cheap, third rate’: ‘Smallest case of my career’

In a conversation with Gaurav Thakur, Sameer reacted to the accusations that he only targets celebrities. He said, “I don’t believe in the word ‘celebrity’, both personally and professionally. People see me as someone, who only gets hold of so-called celebrities, but they are not the only people I have handled. There are other 3400 cases that I have dealt with, those don’t make it to the limelight because those people don’t have face value or the charm to become headlines. I only did my duty. Its not my fault if people write headlines around certain people.”

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Speaking about the Shah Rukh Khan case, Sameer disagreed that it was the elephant in the room. He said, “I don’t agree that it is the ‘elephant in the room’, I would rather think it as one of the smallest cases of my career–a microorganism in the room. I don’t want to give it so much importance, or waste my time talking about it. The matter is currently in the court and I don’t want to comment on it. I just want to say, neither am I scared of anything, nor am I hiding anything. The only reason I avoid talking about it is because I have given an affidavit in the court that I will not speak about the case. There is a lot to share and talk, but there is a code of conduct, due to which I can’t discuss. Once the court will pass its verdict, I will surely speak about it in detail.”

After the incident in 2021 and clean chit to Aryan Khan in 2022, Shah Rukh Khan starred in two big movies in 2023, Pathaan and Jawan. A dialogue from the latter became a headline in itself. It was speculated that it was a dig at the officer. The dialogue was: “Bete ko hath lagane se pehle, baap se baat kar (Before touching the son, deal with the father)”. During the investigation, there were also reports of certain chats of SRK leaking online where he was allegedly requesting to quash the case against his son.

To this, Sameer quickly responded, “I don’t want to take names and make them famous. As far as the leaked chats are concerned, I will repeat myself that I am not allowed to comment on it. Whatever dialogue is seemingly used against me… with the words, baap, beta, they sound extremely cheap and third rated. We don’t use such words in a cultured society. These are simply roadside dialogues. I don’t expect myself to give importance to such things and react.”