Mumbai: Actor Aamir Khan, during his recent appearance on Rajat Sharma’s ‘Aap Ki Adalat’, opened up about the love jihad controversy which erupted after the release of his 2014 film ‘PK’, and said that not all interfaith marriages are love jihad.
The actor cited examples from his family, pointing out his sisters and daughter have married Hindu men and that his film was not an intended dig at any religion.
Breaking his silence over the criticism, Aamir said, “Hum kisi bhi dharm ke khilaaf nahi hain. Hum har dharm ki badi izzat karte hain. Jo dharmic log hain, unki bhi humare dil mein behaad izzat hain. Jo log dharam ka galat faayda uthaate hain, aur aam insaan ko bewakoof banaate hain… usse bachne ke liye wo film thi. Aise log aapko har dharam mein milenge. Toh ye film ka yahi purpose tha ki jo log aisa kar rahe hain unse bach ke raho (We’re not against any religion. We respect all religions and all religious people. That film tells us to be cautious of those who use religion to exploit the common man in order to extract money from them. You’ll find people like that in every religion. That was the film’s only purpose. So stay away from those kind).”
“Sabse pehle toh main ye kahunga ki jab bhi koi log do dharam ke, ek saath aatey hain, unke man main prem hota hain aur wo shaadi karna chahte hain… har dafa woh love jihad nahi hota. Do alag-alag dharmo ke logo ka mann kabhi ho jata hain aur ye insaniyat ki baat hain. Jab do mann milte hain, toh ye dharam ke upar ho jaati hain (When people from two religions fall in love and wish to get married, that’s not always love jihad. It so happens that they love each other, that union is just humanity. It’s above religion),” he added while addressing the love jihad controversy.
Aamir’s sister Nikhat is married to Santosh Hegde, his younger sister Farhat is married to Rajeev Dutta and his daughter Ira got hitched to Nupur Shikhare.
Aamir is currently busy promoting his upcoming film ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’, which is a remake of the Spanish film ‘Champions.’
The film also stars Genelia Deshmukh and is slated to hit theatres on June 20.
