Small fish Zayed Khan gobbled up by big fish Sanjay Dutt and Akshay Kumar

In his forthcoming film Blue, Zayed Khan was promised a solo song, – yes, all by himself – by Tony D’Souza. The song was to be shot last, so Zayed baba waited, and waited, and waited…

Only to discover that his solo song was no longer solo, but had the entire cast of Blue in it! This upset our lil’ Zayed so much that now he’s refused to appear in the song altogether. Tut… tut… too bad he won’t be missed.

Amidst gushing tears, he managed to say, “I’m learning my lessons the hard way. In this industry, the big fish always end up eating up the little fish. Fine. Hopefully, one day I’ll get there.”

Two corrections, Zayed: First of all, in Blue, you are up against the likes of Sanjay Dutt and Akshay Kumar. These are much worse than big fish, they are piranhas. Second, after you’ve been gobbled up by them, how can you ever get back at them? Think practically, Zayed: when you are professionally non-existent how can you fight back?

Also, considering the amount of money that’s typically invested into each song-and-dance sequence in Bollywood, I wouldn’t blame D’Souza if he didn’t want to leave anything to chance. After all, Zayed, everyone doesn’t have baap ka paisa to fall back on, do they?

If I were you and was fast becoming history, I’d be grateful even for a cameo. But some people never learn.