Actor Aamir Khan has made Time magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People of 2013.
Aamir, who created an international presence with his 2012 TV series Satyamev Jayate, is named as a "pioneer" on the list.
Satyamev
Jayate examined social and economic issues like female foeticide and
medical malpractices and had wide-ranging impact across the country,
including promises from state governments to set up fast track courts
and Aamir being invited to be part of discussion on medical FDI by a
Parliamentary committee.
Composer A R Rahman writes on Time.com : He uses his gifts as a charmer
to give his audience the most bitter medicine. Hypnotized, we take it
without complaint. That's Aamir's magic at work. Satyamev Jayate was not
intended to provide solutions but to ask hard questions, the kind
society is often reluctant to address. By showing the courage to ask
those questions, Aamir has started a movement that will help change the
world in which Indians live. Jai ho!
Aamir also features on one of the seven special edition covers of the 2013 Time 100 issue.
Aamir, described by Time as a film star and activist, is not the only
Indian on the list. Also named as a "pioneer," is lawyer Vrinda Grover,
one of the leading voices calling for change and justice after the fatal
gang-rape of a medical student on board a Delhi bus. Finance minister P
Chidambaram makes the list as a "titan."
The Time 100 list also includes "leaders" Barack Obama and Pope
Francis, "pioneer" Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, "titans" Jay-Z and Sheryl
Sandberg, "icons" Malala Yousafzai, Aung San Suu Kyi, Michelle Obama,
Daniel Day-Lewis, Justin Timberlake and Kate Middleton, and "artists"
Jennifer Lawrence and Steven Spielberg. –NDTV
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