Shah Rukh Khan Dances for Gutkha Money While India Chokes

 

Shah Rukh Khan Dances for Gutkha Money While India Chokes: Celebrities and Government Must Be Ashamed – And We Must Quit Tobacco Now.

It’s disgraceful that celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan, who have more money than most of us will ever dream of, still choose to dance at weddings thrown by tobacco barons. A few weeks ago, videos surfaced of SRK performing at a lavish wedding organised by a gutkha tycoon. The bride even asked him to mouth a famous line from an old pan-masala advert he once endorsed. He dodged it cleverly, but the damage was done: there he was, on stage, paid crores, giving legitimacy to the very industry that kills lakhs of Indians every year.

These stars know exactly what they’re doing. They can’t advertise gutkha or pan masala directly because the law bans it, so they take the “surrogate” route or simply turn up at private events where the message is crystal clear: if your favourite hero is happy to pocket tobacco money, maybe the stuff isn’t so bad after all. Newcomers struggling for a break might have some excuse, but established superstars? They have no excuse. Their greed poisons the minds of millions of young fans who copy everything they do.

And then there’s the government – the biggest hypocrite of all. It sheds crocodile tears about cancer, puts grim pictures on packets, and lectures us about health, yet refuses to shut down the industry because tobacco brings in massive tax revenue. Worse, until recently, the same companies were quietly donating crores to political parties through electoral bonds. The government happily cashes the cheques while hospitals fill up with mouth-cancer patients who can barely speak, let alone pay their bills.

Enough is enough.

To every parent, every teenager, every person reading this: stop buying gutkha, pan masala, zarda, khaini – whatever name they give it. These products are not “tradition” or “refreshment”; they are slow suicide packed in shiny sachets. One pouch a day can turn your mouth into a crater in a few years. Don’t let a film star’s flashy dance or a politician’s silence trick you into thinking it’s harmless.

If you smoke or chew today, your children will watch and copy tomorrow. Break the chain now. Throw the packet away, ignore the ads, boycott the brands, and shame the celebrities who take their blood money.

Your life and your family’s future are worth far more than any star’s private-jet lifestyle or any government’s tax target. Choose health. Choose life. Say no to tobacco – today, tomorrow, forever.