Salman Khan’s father Salim Khan was again forced to apologise on behalf of his son Salman Khan after the actor compared himself with a raped woman when quizzed about the grueling "Sultan" shoot. The "Sholay" writer, 80, said whatever his son commented was wrong. "Undoubtedly what Salman said is wrong, the simile, example and the context. The intention was not wrong. Nevertheless, I apologise on behalf of his family his fans & his friends. Forgiveness is to pardon the unpardonable or it is no virtue at all," Salim posted on Twitter. Salman, 50, had to undergo rigorous training for the wrestling drama and in his interview to an online Entertainment portal he said that after shooting a scene, he used to feel like a "raped woman".

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The superstar's comment did not go down well with many, who took to Twitter to express their angst and slammed Salman. Salim, however, said rather than focusing on his son's mistake people should celebrate International Yoga Day. "To err is human to forgive divine. Today on Intl yoga day let’s not run our shops on this mistake."

Another person to come out in Salman's defence was his "Yuvraaj" director Subhash Ghai, who claimed the actor's comments were misrepresented. Though Salman made the comments in English, Ghai also claimed it was a "mistranslation". Ghai also blamed it on the actor's "poor English" and said he was "just a child". "It is very disgusting translation by someone. He just said one thing that it is a human agony he went through. The deepest human agony is when a woman is raped. He was talking about a metaphor.”

The most bizarre reaction however came from Pooja Bedi who wrote on Twitter: “Is @BeingSalmanKhan controversy justified? If I say I fee FAT as an elephant will @PetaIndia file a case? is India getting OVERSENSITIVE? If @BeingSalmanKhan's intention was 2 use the term rape to describe something that shatters someone physically and emotionally, is it wrong? agreed it's not the best simili, but if 2 @BeingSalmanKhan rape is the most brutal physical experience anyone could experience, is he wrong? As educated & sensible people we need 2 calmly see how much of this "protest" against @BeingSalmanKhan is for political gain&Media TRP (sic).” 

With agency inputs