Bollywood Actor Aamir Khan has become the third
Indian actor to be featured on the cover of Time
magazine. Aamir, fresh from the success of season one of his TV show Satyamev Jayate, has made headlines in India by exploring socially relevant issues like female foeticide and medical malpractices.
He is featured on the cover of Time with the caption Khan’s Quest. The blurb says – He’s breaking the Bollywood mould by tackling India’s social evils. Can one actor change a nation?
It seems he can certainly try. The Satyamev effect has already seen Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot promise to set up fast track courts to resolve pending female foeticide cases in the state.
Aamir was consulted by a Parliamentary panel on the subject of FDI in pharmaceuticals. He also met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to highlight the plight of manual scavengers.
Aamir Khan joins a select group of Indian personalities who have been featured on the cover of Time. Bollywood has already been represented by Parveen Babi, who made the cover in July 1976, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who was featured in 2003.
Sachin Tendulkar was the last Indian celebrity to make the cover. Other Indians featured include Sania Mirza, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Narendra Modi. Mahatma Gandhi made the cover three times, and was declared Man Of The Year in 1930. (Agencies)