A few days back, we have read a report about how the lead debut stars of the upcoming movie, Loveratri - Aayush Sharma and Warina Hussain - have been fined for violating traffic rules. As per the report in TOI, both the stars were found in violation of traffic rules by the Vadodara traffic police during a promotional drive in the city. Amita Vanani, Assistant Commissioner of Police (traffic), confirmed this to the publication, as she said, "We sent cops to issue memo to both the actors at their hotel. They are celebrities and hence they should understand their responsibility and follow traffic laws."
But to no one's surprise, at least mine, the makers of the film do not care about traffic violations it seems, as their latest song, Tera Hua, is all about romancing while breaking the rules. Not sure if the band Ludus had this idea in mind when they wrote the song, 'Breaking The Rules'. Anyway, the new song, sung by Atif Aslam, is beautiful to hear. but the video is very disappointing considering we have been insisting many a time that our stars need to be more socially conscious, keeping in mind the influence they have on their fans.
ICYMI, here's the video of the song, Tera Hua from Loveratri -
As you can clearly see that Aayush Sharma and Warina Hussain, especially the former since he is driving the scooter, are in clear violation of traffic rules.
So we have helmet-less driving.
That too...on highways...
But then, Aayush is not the only one driving helmet-less here. Check out the other riders of the two-wheelers here. None of them is wearing helmets, making us wonder if the PM's own state has a different rule regarding helmets compared to the rest of the country.
Not to mention, the cootchie-cooing in the roads. As they say always, 'nazar hati, durghatna ghati...'
But the icing on the cake was when Aayush drove the scooter on the footpath, to avoid a traffic jam. Considering his brother-in-law and Loveratri's producer, Salman Khan, has been accused of accidentally killing one person and injuring three others in 2002 (he was let off in 2016 for lack of evidence), we wonder whose brainwave was this.
Interestingly, Salman Khan has himself not paid some of the traffic fines, as per Mumbai traffic police records.
Finally, the below may be a dream sequence, but deserves a sin!
It might be unfair to single out Loveratri for flouting traffic rules, 'cos many Bollywood movies and biggers stars are also in the guilt of the same crime. We have done a similar story some time back. But rules are rules and the new generations actors should know better!
Maybe it is time for Bollywood stars and directors to watch Akshay Kumar's traffic campaigns. That said, even Akshay himself has been seen driving helmetless in many movies, including last year's Jolly LLB 2.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 30, 2018 03:43 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).