"Kisi Ke Baap Se Nahi Darne Ka": Choreographer Salman Yusuff Khan Says He Was Harassed At Bengaluru Airport For Not Knowing Kannada
In the latest Bollywood news, choreographer Salman Yusuff Khan has said that he was harassed at the Bengaluru airport by an immigration officer for not knowing Kannada.
Dancer and choreographer Salman Yusuff Khan was subjected to an unpleasant experience at the Bengaluru airport. He has narrated an incident of how he was pulled up by an immigration officer for not knowing Kannada despite being born in Bengaluru. The choreographer shared a video on Instagram in which he narrated the entire chain of events. The incident allegedly happened on Wednesday morning as Salman Yusuff Khan was flying to Dubai.
"On my way to Dubai and I meet this immigration officer who speaks to me in Kannada and I in my broken Kannada try to tell him that I understand the language but can’t speak so well to which he continues to speak in Kannada and shows me my passport and points out my name and my birth place and my fathers name and his birthplace and has the audacity to tell me that, you and your father are born in Bangalore and u can’t speak Kannada," Salman wrote on Instagram.
"To which I replied .. that being born in bangalore doesn’t mean I’m born with the language … I could be born in Bangalore and travelled the world like I have been always a Saudi child bought up in Saudi .. (ps: I have never had Kannada as a language as I never lived in the country during my schooling .. what ever little that I know is through my friends ) to which he goes to the extent of saying that .. if u can’t speak Kannada I can suspect you," he added.
Further sharing his experience, the choreographer said: "I told him that I know my nations official language Hindi why should I know Kannada ..I asked him again suspect me for what ..?and he says . I can just suspect you for anything …I told him … TRY ME .And got a little louder and repeated TRY ME .. thrice …To which he kept quiet ..I told him that if uneducated people like you continue to live in this country, this country will never grow."
"To which he just kept his head down and murmuring …Trying to report this incident to the airport authorities but no one seems to be guiding me .. well this is wht I get to represent my city and win national accolades.. that I have to prove my self to these uneducated Brutes ..@blrairport. Ps: I am a proud bangalorean but what I’ve faced today is unacceptable … you should always encourage people to learn any local language not demean them for not knowing it .. and pulling your parents name into it," he added.
In the video shared by him, the choreographer also said: "Mujhe abhi filhal bahut gussa aa rha hai ki mujhe apni city me he apne aap ko prove karna pad raha hai. This is for you guys out there, kisi ke baap se nahi darne ka boss."
Recently, a Bengaluru auto driver and a woman had also gotten into an argument over her not knowing Kannada.
The video of the argument had gone viral on social media.
For the unversed, Salman Yusuff Khan first came to limelight after winning the first season of 'Dance India Dance' in 2009.
He then made his Bollywood debut with 'ABCD: Any Body Can Dance' in 2013. He then starred in few films with his last being 'Street Dancer 3D', which also starred Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor.
