Javed Akhtar says IMA’s "sick" decision for apology from Aamir!

Javed Akhtar

Aamir Khan

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded an apology from actor Aamir Khan for sending a "wrong message" about the medical community in his programme "Satyamev Jayate". But lyricist Javed Akhtar doesn't approve of it and calls it a "sick" decision.

"The Indian Medical association wants Aamir to apologise for exposing corruption in their profession. That is really sick," Akhtar wrote on twitter.

After highlighting social issues like female foeticide and dowry, Aamir, in the fourth episode of his show, put the spotlight on healthcare and malpractices in the medical profession.

Reacting to the episode, an umbrella body of 21 medical institutions Wednesday asked the actor to apologise.

"It is not Aamir Khan but some immoral dishonest greedy and corrupt doctors who are insulting the medical profession and many honest doctors," posted Akthar.

Aamir’s show ‘Satyamev Jayate’ is for the people of India!

If you are wondering what is Aamir Khan’s show Satyamev Jayate all about, let us tell you, it’s something to do with the people of India. It is for the people of our country, by the people and belongs to the people of our nation, India. And that’s the reason Aamir’s show has been titled Satyamev Jayate.

Though the promo of the show is out, yet, the audiences are not very clear about the content and nature of the show. We hear that Aamir Khan Productions is most likely to be a chat show, involving people from different walks of the life. Aamir has been working on the concept for the last three years.

Naming his show ‘Satyamev Jayate’ was very difficult for the makers. The title being the nation’s motto cannot be trademarked. However, the name was retained as Aamir was very adamant on having it.

“But Aamir was clear he wanted this title and nothing else, even though it belonged to the country and he’d have to borrow it,” B Shrinivas Rao, executive producer for Aamir Khan Productions, tells a daily.

Satyamev Jayate will go live in May.