For me my country comes first, nothing else matters: Karan Johar

October 18, 2016 18:15

Breaking his silence over the Ae Dil Hai Mushkil controversy, filmmaker Karan Johar said, "For me my country comes first, nothing else matters to me but my country."

In a video message released today Johar said, "There has been some talk about why I remained silent, for the past two weeks."

"Reason why I remained silent is because of deep sense of pain I felt that a few people would actually believe that I am being anti-national."

"For me my country comes first, nothing else matters to me but my country," he said.

He further added, "The best way to express your patriotism is to spread love and that's all I have ever tried to do through my work and cinema. When I shot my film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in September-December last year, the climate was completely different, circumstances were different."

"There were efforts made by our government for peaceful relationships with the neighbouring country and I respected those efforts then," the filmmaker-producer said.

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