My Name Is Khan And I Am Told 'Go To Pakistan', Kabir Khan On How He Feels About Trolls

Known for expressing his opinion without mincing any words, Kabir Khan, the director behind Ranveer Singh-starrer 83, often finds himself in hot soup. On social media, he is often told to go to Pakistan by trolls. Talking about the same, the filmmaker said that he feels bad when people pass such comments.

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Khan said that social media has more toxicity than positivity. "My name is Khan and (hence I am told) ¡®Go to Pakistan¡¯. And I have been to Pakistan once and Lashkar (a terrorist outfit) said to go back to India, so I am neither here nor there. If you show stories, then it evokes every kind of emotion and it is okay".

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For the unversed, Kabir Khan was called "Talibani" by trolls when he said that Mughals were the "the original nation builders".

"Of course, there can be different viewpoints. If you want to demonise the Mughals, please base it on some research and make us understand why; why they were the villains that you think they were. Because if you do some research and read history, it's very tough to understand why they have to be villainised. I think they were the original nation-builders, and to write them off and say they murdered people... But what are you basing it on? Please point out the historical evidence. Please have an open debate, just don't go with the narrative that you think will be popular," he had told Bollywood Hungama.

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Kabir Khan also thinks that social media has given liberty to trolls to say anything they want, and he feels bad when people criticise him. "One couldn¡¯t say to you in person about what they felt ten years ago out of respect and love but today there is no responsibility of owning your own words. It does feel bad. But that is the reality we are living in."

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