Saturday, June 27, 2009

Hindus, Muslims and Hindi films - Columns - livemint.com

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    • First Cut | Priya Ramani
    • In 2005, a colleague calculated that the net box office impact of the three Khans of Bollywood, since they first hit the big screen was an astounding Rs1,906 crore
    • All the three Khans are liberal Muslims who until recently never really discussed their religion or religious identity.
    • Salman Khan was born to a Hindu mother and a Muslim father. Aamir Khan divorced a Hindu woman, then married another Hindu woman. And Shah Rukh Khan? Everyone knows the story of how he wooed Delhi girl Gauri Chibba and married her more than 15 years ago.