Subdued Eid celebrations in Bollywood

Mumbai, Dec 9 (PTI) Id-ul-Zuha (Bakri Eid) celebrations were a low-key affair in Bollywood with biggies like Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan preferring to stay away from festivities.

Many actors including Aamir, Zayed, Farhan Akhtar, Sajid
Khan, Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar wore black bands to
protest against the terror attack on Mumbai.

Salman immersed himself in shooting for 'Veer', a film
he has scripted, at Film City and exchanged Eid greetings with
the cast and crew of the film.

His family is known to celebrate all festivals with
family and friends in a big way but they have refrained from
doing so this time.

Shah Rukh and Aamir are preparing for the release of
their eagerly-awaited films 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi' and
'Ghajini' respectively, but are not promoting them in a very
lavish manner.

Aamir wore a black band to protest against the "life of
terror which people have been forced to lead", while greeting
people on the occasion.

Saif Ali Khan is out of the country shooting for his
upcoming film and Katrina Kaif is away from Mumbai shooting
for Rajkumar Santoshi's 'Aajab Prem ki Gazab Kahani' with
Ranbir Kapoor.

Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah wondered why Muslims felt
obliged to take up token gestures to distance themselves from
the 26/11 terror attack.

"Why are Indian Muslims perpetually required to prove
their patriotism?," he asked.

Actor Irrfan Khan said the need of the hour was to
prevent misuse of religion in the name of terror. He felt the
need for all Muslims to come together to fight terrorism.

Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar said Indians must fight for
their own safety.

Shabana Azmi was of the view that the Mumbai attack had
brought the nation closer.

Actress Dia Mirza said that sporting black bands would
give out signals against polarisation while Sajid Khan said
people could not be terrorised in the name of God. PTI MR PMI
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