Journalist Trolls Aamir Khan For Playing Hindu In Upcoming Mahabharata, Javed Akhtar Shows Him His Place
The talks on Aamir Khan&rsquos Rs 1000 crore Mahabharata are doing the rounds. speculations are Mukesh Ambani is bankrolling the project. People are questioning the decisions of the makers. Frenchman Francois Gautier who is a journalist residing in India tweeted about the casting in the movie. Javed Akhtar ripped him apart with his strong reply.
Communal debates are causing irreparable damage to the nation, but there¡¯s no stopping to them. They find their way into almost everything.
Now that the talks on Aamir Khan¡¯s Rs. 1000 crore Mahabharata are doing the rounds, and speculations are Mukesh Ambani is bankrolling the project, people are questioning the decisions of the makers to choose Aamir Khan, ¡°a muslim¡±, play a role in it.
Frenchman Francois Gautier, who is a journalist residing in India, tweeted about how he apparently didn¡¯t like the casting in the movie, only to get a befitting reply from Javed Akhtar.
Why should @AamirKhan, a Muslim, play in most ancient & sacred of Hindu epics, the Mahabharata? Is @BJP4India Govt of @narendramodi going to be like the @INCIndia & just stand by in name of secularism??? Would Muslims allow a Hindu to play life of Mohamed?https://t.co/fC7bvbHkZE
¡ª Francois Gautier (@fgautier26) March 21, 2018
Javed Akhtar, who has always taken a stand for what he feels is right, including supporting Sanjay Leela Bhansali¡¯s Padmaavat, was quick to give shut him down.
Mr Francois Gautier , would you tell us what is your deal with the PR agencies Like 20 20 India and Adelman India . Are they paying you well to spread negativity against the most ambitious fin project of India ¡°Mahabharta¡± planned by Mr Mukesh Ambani and Aamir khan
¡ª Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) March 24, 2018
It, however, didn¡¯t end there.
Butc oz of Nehruvianism,taken as an insult. And of course @Javedakhtarjadu & 2d wife @azmishabana, who when with @INCIndia gave interviews giving impression that every Indian woman raped, take refuge behind these Hindus, while secretly believing that Islam is only true religion
¡ª Francois Gautier (@fgautier26) March 24, 2018
Following which, Javed Akhtar ripped him apart with his strong reply.
You scoundrel, have you not seen peter brooks production of this great epic Mahabharsta in France . I would like to know which foreign agency is paying you to spread this kind of perverse and poisonous thoughts in our country
¡ª Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) March 21, 2018
You ignorant unfortunate imbecile, obviously you know nothing about our Indian traditions and culture . Do you know who were Ras khan bullay shah Waris shah, ,Baba Farid Nazeer Akbarabadi , Nizir Banarasi , Bismillah khan . You are just a frog in the stinking well of communalism
¡ª Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) March 22, 2018
A lot of celebrities took a stand on this, but Javed Akhtar's reply was the strongest.
Garima Satija leads the Entertainment vertical of Indiatimes. A storyteller at heart who enjoys the thrill of writing, she is sometimes found daydreaming about living the lives of movie characters. Also, she hates talking about herself in the third person.
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