In history, there are some celebrity sons who have brought immense disrepute to their celebrity father. What must be going through the minds of these fathers to see their sons behaving like this? We look at some recent cases and then go to history.
Vindoo Dara Singh - Son of Dara Singh
The IPL match fixing scandal is spreading like wild fire and daily new names are added in the list of those who are suspected to have played a role in the entire bad game. Vindoo Dara Singh has gained more popularity during last few days than what he got during his entire filmy career, although for a very wrong reason. He remarked that it was good that his father was not alive to see this day; otherwise he would have felt very bad. True, Dara Singh was a principled man. Very few people know that throughout his Bollywood career spanning several decades, Dara Singh has never played a negative role. He did not compromise on his principles that he should be seen by people as a villain, even in films. And for such a person, it would have been a shock of his life to see his son being arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy.
Abhijit Mukherjee - Son of Pranab Mukherjee
No one can forget the evening of 27 December 2012, the day on which Abhijit Mukherjee made the sexist comment saying that women came ‘dented and painted’ for agitations in Delhi. Such was the uproar throughout the country that he was literally begging to be pardoned on every news channel that evening. The only words he continuously repeated were, ‘I unconditionally apologize to all, I take back my words…’. Pranab Mukherjee is a much respected man today because he has built his reputation brick by brick over the years. He is one of the few congressmen who are respected by all parties. And he was deeply ashamed because of his son on that day.
Sanjay Dutt - Son of Sunil Dutt
Sanjay Dutt has given much pain to his father throughout much of his life time. Sanjay Dutt got addicted to drugs in his teenage and was sent to rehabilitation centers to get rid of his addiction. Then he was caught with weapons for no justifiable reasons. He has been mingling with underworld on and off which is not an honorable act by any means. All this must have pricked Sunil Dutt’s mind immensely at various times during his last few years. Sunil Dutt had an impeccable image as a statesman… a thorough gentleman. So, this was a bad dream for him to have his son indulge in these ignominious acts.
Salim - Son of Akbar
Akbar had conquered many parts of the world and was riding on a wave of success. His army was one of the strongest during those days. He was appreciated by his janata for his benevolent nature and good deeds towards his citizens. However, he was devastated to know that his son was interested in marrying a dancer from his court, Anarkali. He could not fathom the idea of seeing a slave girl as his daughter in law and carrying forward the legacy created by him. He ordered her to be buried between walls and waged a war with his son to stop them from getting married.
Duryodhana - Son of Dhritarashtra
Dhritarashtra, though blind by birth was a very knowledgeable, good natured and mighty person. His only problem was his excessive love for his son. In fact he never nurtured any ill feelings towards Pandavas. He always wished in his mind and expressed to his wife Gandhari that some amicable settlement should be reached between Kauravas and Pandavas. However, the ‘blind’ love for his son prevented him from being assertive in his ideas. It was Duryodhana who had all the negative traits. On numerous occasions he tried to cheat, deceive and even kill Pandavas. Dhritarashtra would have been remembered by history as a good person if he had not yielded to his son’s wrong wishes.
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Having a good natured child is the biggest blessings anyone can receive. A person may earn lot of respect from outside world, he may amass wealth, acquire properties etc… but if his son brings disrepute to him, then he is the poorest of poor in this world….!
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