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I sincerely believe that Mr. Bachchan and his family (including the soon-to-be bahurani) should be given permanent space in our news tabloids and television – considering the magnitude of buzz they generate, even by the sound of their farts (literally speaking). Its sort-off become a fad, be it tinsel town or the political world, say anything about the Bachchans and you get your share of lime-light.

Besides the whole Abh-Aish marriage fiasco (oh! Lord I am so dreading 20^th of April and I am sure most Juhu-residents are feeling the same), Amitabh Bachchan has been hitting sore notes with certain desi-celebrities, which our ever-news hungry media has made it a point to over-highlight every now and then.

The Amitabh-Shah Rukh Khan cold war has been a center of many conversations, be it at work, kitty parties, house parties, Bollywood discussions and political processions. So much has the issue being hyped up especially after Shah Rukh’s stint in Kaun Banega Crorepati 3, that any act either of the star indulges in, our media is the first to look for a conflicting connection between the two celebrities – even if that’s not the case, even remotely.

Last month, we witnessed Shah Rukh making Amar Singh the butt of “Darinda” joke at the Filmfare awards show, obliviously Amar Singh responded with equal spite at a press conference the next day. Even though the Bachchans had nothing to do with this, many are of the opinion that Shah Rukh did so cause of his bitterness towards Bachchan Sr., who consider Amar Singh as his younger brother.

Moving on from Shah Rukh, now we have actor turned politician Shatrughan Sinha taking a shot at Amitabh Bachchan over his controversial advertisement promoting Uttar Pradesh and its ruling Samajwadi Party. BJP leader Mr. Sinha accuses the superstar of being selfish and doing such endorsements only for materialistic gains and not loyalty towards his home-state.

“If Bachchan had love for UP, he would have never appeared in such an advertisement. But since he has love for money, he is appearing in such advertisements for his birthplace just like (actor) Aamir Khan does advertisements for Coca-Cola,” he said.

Sinha said Bachchan’s ad for his native place were no different from his commercials for various products. He said even after the Nithari serial killings, Bachchan had said there were few crimes in UP. Whether this was right or wrong could be decided by Bachchan’s “inner soul”, Sinha said.

Now whether Mr. Bachchan went about with the Uttar Pradesh publicity, out of greed or obligation towards his closest allies, it surely had very less to do with crime and the state. But what I find really amusing is that Shatrughan Sinha is beating up the media doors with his accusations while he himself is using this issue as a publicity stunt for his political party, just in time for the UP assembly elections. It’s been over a month since the controversial ad has been flashing on our tele-screens, how come Mr. Sinha’s loyalty senses took so long to register Big B’s stinking performance.

The bottom line is Sinha has time and time again done his best to make use of every opportunity to promote his own fundas - be it the Aamir Khan-Gujarat episode, Salman Khan-Aishwarya Rai audio tapes incident and the Sanjay Dutt court case. But nailing the Bachchans just before the big Bollywood wedding and UP elections is as good as hitting two birds with one stone.