Mumbai: Amid the ongoing controversy over the casting of Pakistani actress Hania Aamir in ‘Sardaar Ji 3’, filmmaker Imtiaz Ali has come forward to defend Diljit Dosanjh by calling him ‘a son of the soil.’
Imtiaz, who has worked with Diljit in ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ told NDTV, “I can’t say much on the row, but since I know Diljit, I can say that uss mein deshbhakti ka jazbaa poora bhara hua hai (He is a patriot at heart). He is a son of the soil. You can see at all his concerts, he shows up with the Indian flag. He is not a guy who fakes things. Fakeness ke saath woh kuch nahi karta hai (He doesn’t fake things). No one asked him to do it. At the end of all his concerts, he says, Main hoon Punjab, with the Indian flag.”
Defending Diljit, the filmmaker further said that casting is not done by actors.
“I don’t know how it went, but I know that uske andar desh prem bahut zyada hai (He loves his country too much). Jo log dekh paayenge unke andar ke sach ko, unko ye samajh mein aa jaayega (People who can see the truth, will understand him),” he added.
‘Sardaar Ji 3’ was released internationally in theatres on June 27.
