Salman Khan has studiously cultivated an image of benevolence through his Salman Khan Foundation, a charity whose purpose is nebulously defined. However, occasionally Salman continues to come through as crass and lacking genuine respect for others.

On Wednesday (18 Jul 2007) Salman organized a special screening of his new film Partner for 700 underprivileged children at the up market Infiniti Mall in suburban Andheri, Mumbai.

On Monday, when Sienna Miller visited his house in Bandra, Mumbai, Salman had requested American born British actress, who is in India to raise awareness on Global warming, to attend the premier. Sienna, always ready to work for charities, had consented.

Sienna arrived at the premier dot on time but Salman was fashionably late. What followed was worst. Salman used Sienna exclusively for photo ops and did not once let her speak to the press on Global warming.

Hurt and aggravated, Sienna secretly left the venue.

Mumbai Mirror quotes an eyewitness as saying, "Sienna was in the elevator most of the time. She would be called down for photo-ops every time a star would turn up. The screening was at the third floor and the media was stationed at the ground floor. Naturally, she kept moving between levels. She wasn't even given a chance to talk about the cause that she is promoting."

Speaking to the assembled press Salman showed more of his true self.

A reporter asked Salman why he hadn't met Himesh Reshammiya after Aap Kaa Surroor, the singer's debut movie, was released last month.

Using body language that belonged to the streets of Mumbai, Salman shook the reporter's spectacles and said menacingly, "I have no problems with Himesh."

Giving his spectacles another shake he repeated, "Absolutely no problem with Himesh."

Rattled, the hapless reporter stuck on with the job his editor expected him to do and asked Salman about Global Warming, the cause for which "his friend" Sienna Miller had graced the occasion.

"I have been told that if you don't take care of global warming, then in 20 years, Mumbai won't exist," Salman responded with authority.

"Ice glaciers are melting and the sea level is rising. I live next to the sea, at Bandra's Bandstand. So I will be the first to go!"

"Plant trees and save planet earth," he added.

Even if he was deadpanning it was the wrong place and time to do so.