'Cheap, third-rate words': Sameer Wankhede reacts to Shah Rukh Khan’s 'bete ko haath' comment

Former zonal director of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Sameer Wankhede has finally reacted to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's 'bete ko haath' comment. Sameer grabbed a lot of limelight in 2021 as he was part of the search team that arrested the actor's son Aryan Khan.

In a recent interview, Sameer Wankhede was asked about Shah Rukh Khan's 2023 film Jawan dialogue 'Bete ko haath lagane se pehle baap se baat kar (Before touching my son, talk to the father)' being an indirect hint towards him. The former NCB official refused to comment on the controversy as he called Shah Rukh Khan's dialogue 'cheap' and added that he does not want to give publicity to anyone unnecessarily.

Sameer appeared on The Gaurav Thakur Show and said, 'Dekhiye mein kisi ka naam leke kisi ko famous nahi karna chahta hoon. Jo chats leak vagairah hein woh honourable High Court ke saame hain toh uspe koi tippani nahi dena chahunga main (I don't want to take names and make anyone famous. Whatever the chat leaks happened the case is with the High Court so I cannot comment on that)'.

He further added saying, 'Aur ye joh dialogue hain jo apne kaha hain main movies dekhta nahi hoon, jyada nahi dekhta movies, so yeh jo words hain 'baap', 'beta' ye bahot hi cheap aur third-rate words lagte hain mujhe. Humare bharatiye sanskriti main aise words istemaal nahi karte. Toh ye road-side dialogues hain and I don't expect myself ki ye level pe jaake main ye road-side dialogues ka jawaab doon (And this dialogue which you mentioned, words like 'baap' and 'beta' sound very cheap and third-rate according to me. In Indian culture we do not use these words. I cannot be expected to go down to that level and respond to them)!'.

Later, in 2023 a case was filed against five people including Sameer by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The case was filed in connection to the October 2021 cruise drug case wherein Shah Rukh Khan's elder son Aryan got arrested.