Salman Khan fans in India are a rare breed.
Outwardly, they
appear to be normal with the right number of eyes, ears and limbs,
but on the inside, they have special filters that enable them to focus
only on Bhai's on-screen persona while ignoring his off-screen antics.
Picture this - Salman fans getting misty-eyed and praising him for
being the saviour in Bajrangi Bhaijaan who goes against all
odds to return a girl to Pakistan while conveniently forgetting that he
was a convict out on bail during the movie's shoot.
While
fanaticism for Indian film actors is not uncommon, with a Rajinikanth
fan who was ready to donate his own kidneys to the ailing star or a
Shahrukh Khan fan turning his house into a SRK shrine. But Salman's fans
are are devotees —crossing gender, class, geographic and religious
barriers for 'Bhai', their 'Human' idol who will do no wrong.
From
lining up outside theaters before his releases to crowding outside his
Galaxy Apartment and to even stopping traffic around the court while he
is on trial, these devotees can go to great lengths for the actor. Most
of them don't even address him by name, but respectfully refer to him as
'Bhaijaan'. And the fact that he is a convicted criminal, in more than
one case, with a history of violence, doesn't seem to faze these
devotees at all!
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