For Shah Rukh, one roar, a few tweets and a lot of silence in B'wood

As the Shiv Sena continues its attacks on Shah Rukh Khan, the Hindi film industry, which prides itself on being a "fraternity", has largely shied away from publicly standing up for him — supportive tweets from some stars notwithstanding.

The Indian Express put two questions to a host of Bollywood personalities: 'What do you make of the Sena vs SRK controversy?', and 'Why is nobody speaking for SRK?'

A few got back, some promised to but didn't, the rest remained incommunicado.

The person who came out loudest and clearest in support of Shah Rukh was Salman Khan, a man who has recently had very public differenceswith SRK.

Said Salman, "I think what Shah Rukh said was that the Pakistani players should have been included in the IPL. If I'm not mistaken even our Home Minister P Chidambaram said the same thing. Sports and politics are two different things. In cricket, the only thing you hit is a ball. A sporting field is all about sportsmanship, sports is such a wonderful leveler that both winners and losers shake hands in the beginning as well as at the end of the match."

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/For-Shah-Rukh--one-roar--a-few-tweets-and-a-lot-of-silence-in-Bollywood/576017