Salman Khan smiles as RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat calls him fashion inspiration for youth (X)
Mumbai: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat mentions Bollywood actor Salman Khan's name at the public event in Mumbai, but it was not about the films and anything political, but the way he influence the youth.
Salman Khan on Sunday attended the 100 Years of Sangh Journey: New Horizons event in Mumbai with various other actors like Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Karan Johar and Madhur Bhandarkar
While talking about the public figures who shape the youth behaviour, the RSS chief mentioned the name of Dabangg actor.
Mohan Bhagwat during the serious public event said that "Salman Khan ji kya pehen te hai, college vidyarthi waese pehente hai. Kyun pehen rahe hai? ‘Unhone pehna hai isliye.’ Unhone kyun pehna hai? ‘Maloon nahi (What Salman Khan wears, college students do the same. Why they do it? ‘Because he is wearing it.’ Why is he wearing it? ‘I don’t know’)."
He further said that the youth is influenced by the way Salman Khan dresses.
“Sabhi baaton mein aesa, acchi baat buri baat, fashion se hi chalta hai. Fashion utpanna karne waale log hote hai woh samaajh k vishwas paatra, shrestha, keerteemaan, aese log hote hai... (It’s the same in every matter, good or bad, everything is driven by fashion. Those who start fashion in society are called trustworthy people, excellent, achievers, such people)," he further said.
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Salman Khan, who was sitting among the audience was seen smiling as he listened to what Mohan Bhagwat was saying.
The event which was held at the Nehru Centre Auditorium in Mumbai, drew several well-known names from the film industry, including Akshay Kumar, Pritam, Raveena Tandon, Ananya Panday, Vicky Kaushal, Shilpa Shetty, Ravi Dubey and Karan Johar, among others.
After attending the lecture, Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar praised Mohan Bhagwat and described him as an engaging speaker with an impressive sense of humour.
While speaking to the media after the event, Karan Johar said that what he found particularly striking was RSS chief's way of delivering the speech and the way he is inspiring people through lecture.
"I would like to say that I am very happy to be here at the 100th anniversary of RSS. I would like to thank Bhagwat for his words, thoughts and words. He gave us his time. Many people from the industry came here. I was touched by his words," he said.
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"I would also like to say that his sense of humour is amazing. His thoughts are amazing. His sense of humour entertained us. We laughed a lot and applauded him. We are very thankful for this event. We want to have such an event every year," Karan concluded.
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