Paparazzi ban on Salman continues, brash actor refuses to relent

When Salman walked into the precincts of Mehboob studio today, he may have well been transported back to his struggling modelling days of the early 90s. Although a dozen of photographers were present not a single one clicked Salman, thereby sticking to the decision of banning him. However, that barely seemed to have bothered the enfant terrible Khan who took yet another swipe at the media. When asked about the prevailing silence due to the absence of press photographers, Salman said, I like this silence. At least, I can hear everyone's voices clearly." Deriding the photographers for their aggressive behaviour, Salman said that it was because of him that they didn't get beaten by the bouncers of Royalty. "I saved them," said Salman. Refusing to sort out this matter, Salman said, "I would respect them if they kept this stance and bring me down to my knees and make me beg for forgiveness." Salman even planted a kiss on Jacqueline's cheek to show what he can do in press photographers' absence. Strangely, a new ban was imposed by Salman's security when members of the press were restrained from clicking pictures on their mobile phones. The event saw two never- before- seen photographers clicking Salman's antics on stage and they most definitely seemed to be the actor's in-house shutterbugs. When we tried to click a few pictures of the event, a security guard sternly asked us to not do so. It seemed like a ploy to not allow anyone other than the designated in-house photographers from clicking Salman's pictures. When we questioned Salman on the new ban imposed by him on clicking pictures on a cellphone, the brat within Salman first feigned ignorance and later tried his best to poke fun as he usually does with the media. "Why do you want to click my picture on your cellphone? Do you want to impress your girlfriend?" Well, Salman, clicking pictures of events and stars on cellphones and uploading them instantly is how media functions today. For someone who proudly wears the badge of 'Being Human' on his sleeve, Salman came across as extremely inhuman today. At a certain point, he asked his PR team to snatch the mike away from a scribe and denied him the permission to ask any further questions. Well, if Salman continues to ‘Kick' the media this way, acche din will certainly not loom on the horizon for too long.