Salman Khan’s Kick: The one film that changed Jacqueline Fernandez’s life- watch video!

On Jacqueline’s birthday, we take a look at how Kick out the beauty on the map and proved to be her stepping stone to fame. Read on!

Its a special day today as its Jacqueline Fernandez’s birthday. When I think of Jackky, the first thing that comes to mind is her epic split in the song Jumme Ki Raat from Kick! Now how cool was that? I was stunned by Jackky’s dancing skills and surprisingly was watching her more than Salman Khan, in the song. Who knew she could move that well? Since I’ve brushed the topic of Kick, let’s talk some more about it, shall we?
There’s no denying the fact that Kick will forever be considered as Jackky’s stepping stone to fame. Not only did she get to share screen space with Bollywood’s bhaijaan Salman, but she was made to be a part of a magnanimous film as such. Looking at Jackyy’s career graph, her pairing with Salman came across as a surprise to many as well as Jackky herself. “I thought Kick would go to an A-list actress” Jackky had said once in an interview. But the hottie owned her role and how! From nailing it in Jumme Ki Raat to scorching our screens with her sizzling chemistry with Salman, Jackky did it all.
She made geek the new chic. Jackky has starred in films that haven’t worked on the box office like Aladin with Riteish Deshmukh and Roy with Ranbir Kapoor. But Kick put her on the map and now she’s working with A-listers like Akshay Kumar along with youngsters Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra.
All in all, Jackky is here to stay and we have bhaijaan Salman to thank for it! Happy birthday once again Jackky and I hope you keep rocking like you always do.
If the argument is that Geeta wanted to meet her favourite star Salman Khan, why does NDTV during primetime with its most famous anchor at the helm, need to provide the platform – that too in the guise of a news show? Unless of course, The Buck Stops Here is now a part of the Make A Wish Foundation, and we didn’t get the memo.
Even if the channel felt the need to make hay of the connection between Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Geeta’s life, it would have been less offensive if it had at least invited the director, Kabir Khan and Nawazuddin Sidique, alongside Salman. They instead chose not only to make the show all about Khan, but to paint him as a real life hero. It’s a strange choice for a channel that touts itself as India’s only non-Tabloid television channel to put together a news show that wilfully blurs line between fiction and reality.
Did anyone – producer, anchor, owner of channel – stop and think about how offensive it is to the victims and their families that today Salman Khan is being touted as the saviour of lost children on primetime news? What is the lesson being sent out to people? That you can be found guilty of the gravest crimes and yet be portrayed as a hero on a primetime news channel? Who is next on the line-up? Sanjay Nanda and Vikas Yadav telling us how to care for the aged and infirm?
And let’s not forget that Salman has been found guilty of killing two endangered animals in cold blood – a black buck and a chinkara. That’s a bit ironic given that NDTV has been touting its ‘Save the Tiger’ campaign. Just saying.