The murder in Bulandshahr of Abdul Hakim, a participant in Aamir Khan's Satyamev Jayate episode on honour kill, sent shockwaves across the rustic.
Coincidentally on Monday Aamir happened to be quite just about the scene of the grisly crime in Meerut to satisfy Hindi crime-fiction writer Ved Prakash Sharma. Understandably, Aamir who was shocked by the crime, spoke to the Meerut media expressing his strongest disapproval on the killing of a person who dared to marry outside his community.
Apparently Aamir's public expression of disapproval at a sensitive volatile issue put the Meerut administration on high alert, and he was escorted out of the town under heavy security.
Says a member of Aamir's team, `We do not know how much danger Aamir's vocal disapproval of the killing put him under.
But the local administration in Meerut certainly took serious note of his concern for the killing and the negative effect Aamir's utterances might have had on certain radical sections of individuals in and around Meerut. Bulandshahr where the killing happened is purely 42 miles clear of Meerut. The administration felt that there can be a backlash. `
Says Aamir's team member, `We were accompanied by a posse of policemen and security personnel. It took quite some time for them to be collected together to accompany Aamir's road journey to Delhi from Meerut. By the point Aamir reached Delhi it was almost morning the next day. `
The actor was actually in Meerut to fulfill pulp crime publisher and writer Ved Prakash Sharma.
Says Aamir's team member, `Talaash is a criminal offense saga within the old tradition of pulp crime thrillers. Meerut is the one city where a culture of crime fiction still exists. Aamir was within the city to satisfy Hindi crime fictioner Ved Prakash Sharma who wrote crime bestsellers reminiscent of Pishach Sundari, Phir Aaya Toofan, Dadkan, etc. `
Apparently there are plans to transform the screenplay of Talaash right into a novel after the film's release.
