MNS workers did a protest outside Karan Johar’s office and demanded that Pakistani actor Fawad Khan should be replaced in his upcoming movie “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” whereas Mahira Khan should also be excluded from Shahrukh Khan‘s upcoming movie “Raees”. While addressing at the press conference, President of MNS film wing said, “The day Pakistan will stop attacking our country, we will extend the hand of friendship. We do not have anything against art but the artistes who are employed in India, but remained mum on the terror attack in Uri.”
“We gave them an ultimatum of 48 hours to leave India. You can rest assured that they have left, but if we find any Pakistani artiste, we won’t spare (them).”
In reply to this statement, Karan Johar, who directed the film, told a news channel that “this (asking Pakistani artistes to leave) is not a solution”.
Industry veterans Anupam Kher and Subhash Chandra had justified the MNS ban on Pakistani artistes working in India. Whereas filmmaker Vikas Bahl was surprised to see how forcing the Pakistani actors would help in solving the problem.
“I want to know if the step we are taking is towards solving the problem… What is the next step after they leave the country”.
We hope that this Indo-Pak tension doesn’t reflects on our entertainment industry and our actors could work in peace in India as Indian artists are doing here.