Mumbai: Amid the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan, actor Diljit Dosanjh’s decision to share screen space with Pakistani actress Hania Aamir in ‘Sardaarji 3’ didn’t go down well with Indians.
Surrounded by controversies, the film faced a ban in India and had an international release.
Addressing the Diljit-Hania casting row, veteran actor Anupam Kher said he would never want to work with someone who has harmed his countrymen.
However, the veteran added that it’s each one’s personal decision and outlook.
“It’s his (Diljit’s) fundamental right. He has full freedom to exercise his right and he should be given freedom to exercise it. I can say from my point of view that maybe I wouldn’t do what he did,” the actor-filmmaker told NDTV.
“I’d say, ‘You slapped my father but you sing very well, you play very good tabla, so you come and perform at my house’. But I wouldn’t be able to do that. I am not that great. I won’t hit him back, but I won’t give him the right… The rule that I practice at my home, I practice in my country. I am not that great that I could see my family get hit or see my sister’s sindoor get destroyed for art. Those who can do so, they have all the freedom,” Kher added.
Earlier, addressing the controversy at the trailer launch of ‘Son of Sardaar 2’, actor Ajay Devgn said, “I don’t know where the trolling comes from (or) what is right and what is wrong. I’m not in his shoes to comment on that. He would’ve had his problems, and people are thinking from their point of view.”
He added, “So, when you’ve two different points of view, then you can sit and solve it together. I’ll not blame anybody or say that this is right or wrong; they need a conversation.”