B-Town celebs show support for Pak artists amid boycott call

September 25, 2016 20:04

Bollywood celebrities including filmmaker Karan Johar and actor Suresh Oberoi, today expressed their anguish over MNS threat to Pakistani artists to leave India, saying ban is not a solution to terrorism.

Johar, whose upcoming directorial venture Ae Dil Hai Mushkil stars Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, said: "I understand the anger and the anguish that surround us and I empathise, my heart bleeds for the lost lives. There is nothing that can justify this terrible feeling of terror. Then you are faced in a situation such as this (asking for ban on Pak artistes). If this was truly a solution, one would take it," the director told a news channel.

"But this is not a solution. I don't believe it is. The larger forces have to come together and sort the situation and this cannot be banning talent or art," he added

Veteran actor Oberoi said, "Pakistani artists are also artists not terrorists. What is their fault in all this?

Voicing his opinion, filmmaker Vikram Bhatt said, "We should concentrate on making sure that Pakistan is declared a terrorist state. That should be our effort. This (asking Pak actors to leave) is like trivialising the issue -- whether artists or cricket should be allowed nor not... How does that matter? What matters is that people are dying, we have been constantly suffering... And the only thing we do is ban artists!"

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