The dabangg non-effect!

IN Media Watch Briefs | 11/07/2013

Actor Salman Khan is having a tough time with cyber media and he reacted in the only way he could: threatened a Chulbul Pandey on blogger Soumyadipta Banerjee for his post on Khan's drunk driving case. Banerjee took down the post with an apology but the 'net has its own logic and the post quickly went viral on several hundred forums, seeti baja ke!

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