‘Trying to spread Geeta’s story to find her family’

Director Kabir Khan pleads to everyone to help find the girl’s relatives in India

MUMBAI: After the Bajrangi Bhaijaan’s unexpected coincidence was revealed in the form of a real-life story Geeta, the film’s director Kabir Khan is trying to spread the story across various media platforms so that her family can get in touch.

“We came to know of Geeta’s case just two days before and it was extremely surprising. There are far too many resemblances, little girl, who can’t speak, lost across the border. So when I received calls from newspapers and channels, I thought we should talk about it,” said Kabir at a press conference in Mumbai.

He further added that if we can help in any way to bring attention to it, to spread more information across newspapers and channels, then it’d be really good for the case”. Kabir also said that Salman Khan was also surprised after hearing about the story.

“He too said the same thing that we should talk about it through tweets and other mediums. Because our film is still running in the theatres and has been successful, so if we use this platform to talk about the case, then this news will spread farther.”

In the film, Nawazuddin Siddiqui helps Salman and Harshaali Malhotra to find their destination.

“We can do only one thing, which is to talk to the media. We can actually do what the character of Nawazuddin said in the film, ‘there is only one medium, TV’. If we spread it through TV, newspapers, then perhaps someone will recognise Geeta or perhaps a relative could inform them about such a story. Our ultimate goal is to see that the family knows about it,” said Kabir. 

Published in The Express Tribune, August 7^th,  2015.

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