Dear Fawad Khan,
At the outset, let me clarify that I am not singling you out. I am merely addressing this letter to you because you are the most famous Pakistani import to Bollywood.
By addressing you, I want to talk to every Pakistani import to Bollywood. This letter could have well been addressed to Adnan Sami, Raahat Fateh Ali Khan, Mahira Khan… the list is endless and keeps increasing every year.
Fawad, I don’t think you can deny how much love we have showered on you over the past few years. We have given you more money in two years than what you could have possibly earned in Pakistan in 10 years. We have given you recognition that you would have never been able to earn sitting in Karachi. We made you act in great movies, we helped you endorse brands. And hey, we also made you a bigger star in Pakistan.
Though you are a supporting male lead in Bollywood movies, you are now a mega superstar in Pakistan.
We are proud of what we have done for you. We know that you have acknowledged it numerous times. You have spoken with gratefulness about the love and hospitality that we have shown to you. Though you keep mum about the money, you have earned here, we know that you are grateful to India for showering you with wealth too. Thank you for acknowledging that.
You are welcome.
I don’t know about others, I used to be very vocal about the fact that culture knows no boundaries and that there should be free exchange of artistes between India and Pakistan. Me and few of my friends supported and patronised the fact that India and Pakistan should collaborate for projects, specially when it comes to cinema. We recognise that cinema is one of the strongest forms of dialogue that can go a long way in forming public opinion across borders which will facilitate the peace process between the neighbours.
Not anymore.
Dear Fawad, whatever we have mentioned earlier is being done by us. India. Your country is doing just the opposite. We talk about dialogues but this is just becoming a monologue of peace from India.
We give you so much love and money, but your country continues to ban our cinema and our artistes.
We drool over you and give you some of our best projects. Your country dreams of creating a Bollywood on their own. We are thinking of collaboration while your country talks of division and isolation.
Our country knows that your country’s television serials are far better than us (in quality that is, we always had more money though) but your country’s government have prevented us from working with you there too.
Your country is mad about Bollywood movies but end up supporting piracy because most of the Bollywood movies are illegally downloaded in Pakistan. Bollywood movie piracy has only grown in Pakistan over the years.
All this never really mattered to us in the past. As I said earlier, we were only concerned about a free and fair cultural exchange no matter what is happening at our borders or how violence is being incited in Kashmir by your government backed Jihadi groups.
The water is flowing over our heads now, Fawad.
We have watched in pain how you have chosen to look away when your country is inflicting pain on us. We are letting you laugh all the way to your bank account in Karachi while our soldiers are bleeding in Uri, Kashmir.
You have chosen to keep quiet about us, our suffering and our death in the hands of your Mujahideen army. While we have given you only love, you have given us silence and that cute, dimpled smile of yours.
Sorry Fawad, cultural exchanges cannot happen over dead bodies of our soldiers. We cannot shake hands with your country when their hands are covered in blood of our own countrymen.
We know that you have a lot of support from Indians who would pamper you in isolation. We don’t blame them as they have invested money on you and wouldn’t want to lose it.
Photo Credit: Faisal Farooqui
Fawad, you lack courage. You lack conviction. You lack the guts to stand up against the Jihadists of your country who think they are serving God by killing us.
Finish what you are doing Fawad and then do us a favour by going back to Pakistan. You see, what you have earned here is enough to last a lifetime. Go when the time is good and don’t wait for people to boycott you. Don’t wait for movies to crash at the box office because you are there in it.
Let’s part as friends, Fawad. It doesn’t matter if you have failed to respond to the favours we have done to you and your colleagues from Pakistan.
We wish you all the best and pray that someday you will have the courage to rise above boundaries and speak for what is right. We wish that someday you will stand with us because you earned your bread on our soil.
Take care and let us know when you are getting your air tickets to Karachi done. We plan to give you a grand farewell.
With deep regards,
Your ardent Indian fan.
The author tweets at @soumyadiptabanerjee
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Bollywood Journalist 
How is he or any other innocent person responsible for the events you are referring to. Address your article to the people responsible for terrorism if you truly care.
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It isn’t about who’s responsible, it’s about keeping mum. when you earn money and fame in India and your very own country Pakistan continuosly terrorising India which is feeding you and when you can be the influence and the first stand being a celebrity in both country ,why wouldn’t you raise your voice ….. I have no problem with Pakistan and Pakistanis but If they think we are idiots and will spare them each n every time then they don’t know that there gonna doomed bcos if we can help them putting roof on their heads after partition we also can destroy it now …
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We are idiots my friend. Think and tell me otherwise how a Pakistani can act in an Indian movie. You should directly tell this to Manish and Karen johar in the industry who is encouraging Pakistanis in Billy wood movies.
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That’s kind of absurd. Firstly, as of now the Pakistani involvement hasn’t been proved. Secondly, if and when it is proved, it is going to be on a mujahideen group like Jaish-e-Mohammad. Al Quida, Jaish-e-Mohammad are all banned in Pakistan by the Government. How can he take responsibility on behalf of a group that is banned?
Also agreeing with Nikhil here, Fawad on any regular Pakistani hasn’t got to do anything with this attack and we like everyone else condemn it. If anything, you should question the lack of countering terrorism by your BSF. How did they allegedly allow 6 rouge ‘fidaeen’ to cross the LOC and attack an airbase?
There are always going to be people on both sides of border who will always try the mischievous way. It is every sane persons duty to not let it obstruct the peace process.
Hope it makes sense to you.
About Fawad, its all business, write an open letter to your film industry and ask them not to sign Fawad, Also ask your government to stop giving him visas. He does pay taxes on everything he makes in India, so those big bucks you are talking about and doing you a favor if anything.
If you get the directors and government to do this, Fawad would have no reason to be in India in the first place. To sum it up, please put your own house in order before asking others to march.
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How many of your Indian Celebrities have spoken abt that incident? I am sure not all of them but few. Why are u expecting him to spak about it? Did he or his relatives or followers did this? We have bomb blasts in non conflict and well settled areas of Pakistan (Unlike disputed territory of Jammu & Kashmir) How many of you Indians have we asked to speak about that?
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He may not be responsible . But then again how many times did you hear Pakistan allowing Lata Mangeshkar to hold a concert there?
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rwcently pakistani film which become block buster in pakistan contain om puri in main pivotal role and he was treated here as like super hero…ask him about how we trwat ur.talent.mmmand by d way naseerudin shah is coming a main role in edhi the movie
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So? Whats the idea? Stoop to their level? Next time you will complain ke yaar India mai to school ke bache pe attack nahi hote, Pakistna mai to hote hai.
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This statement has been made n number of times .. First ask lata didi if she wants to go to Pakistan :p .. That is the question !!!
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For the record Bollywood is not banned in Pakistan. If anything the only reason multiplexes have thrived in Pakistan is because of Bollywood movies. And I don’t know about Lata, but Indian artists have always been performing in Pakistan. Here is Kanika Kapoor on her performance in Pakistan only earlier this year http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/would-love-to-visit-islamabad-again-baby-doll-singer-after-pak-concert/story-ItqKrsg3KqHCSlnCbxg3jK.html
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Kumar Sanu did Concert in the start of September in Lahore. Lata is more than welcome…..
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Nothing against him or anyone else. But if cricketers are banned, why not actors? There should be complete isolation of pakistan to create pressure. It is stupid to blame an innocent actor for his country’s government acts, but I support 0 Visa to pakistan as a diplomatic measure.
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It is very immature and not wise to blame a Pakistani actor for the militants act. He is famous and is a star today coz of his hardwork and dedication which is completely overlooked.
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He earns here, transfers money to Pakistan, pays his taxes their from money earned here..and Pakistani govt. using same money to fund terror..Wow…and we say support him???
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Where else is he supposed to pay his taxes ?
How about asking the Indian government to drag Pakistan government, military and ISI to the International Court of Justice as sponsors of terror ?
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Sir, with all due respect to you sense of humor
Lolzzz Rofl
Looks like a comment has already been made so that youncan understand that he pays taxes in india which he contributes to the indian nation building ehich in turn helps your standard of living and the roads you travel on
Wait a secind by this time you mightnbe thinking that you travel on roads with potholes
So where is his tax and your tax going?
Well you gotta ask Sir Narendra Modi ji, and if you gonna ask him on twitter kindly also ask him that in his last appearance on aap ki adaalat he said that pakistan ko unhi ki bhasha may jawab dena chahiye, kindly remind him of his tweets and his words
Looks like he turns a blind eye to it and to the promises he made to you and to the people of india
Did he even pro ise the people of India to bring back black money from swiss banks; lolz
Please give yourself a break, take a deep breath and think what he has done for the common man of india
All he does is changes in corporate law to help business men like ambani and adani and the profits these business men make is never passed on to the society and not even to the employees of these organisations
Corruption is deep rooted in india tha a recent tweet by kapil sharma led himto trouble with regard to corruption in municipal corporation of mumbai
The ministers in maharashtra not only files FIR against him but also asked hime to name the person who asked the bribe
They gotta be kidding
They cant find the person in their own corporation who takes care of that locality, obviously he would be the person behind it
Guess Sir Narendra Modi didn’t understand that simple logic which any 5th grader would understand, probably because….. Lets not go down there right now
#URI attack is condemned by all humans around the globe
Innocent lives were lost
Well the person who blogged this article or post; i wonder whether he analysed how the armed gunmen were able to get into a military base, pathankot air base, taj hotel in mumbai, well its sited in most of the newpapers published in india and outside india because and only because there was an inside hand in all of them so that public could divert attention from whats going on in reality
These insuders were somewhat successful during taj attack by killing Martyr Sir Hemant Karkare
What Mrs. Karkare told in her interview and in the book she wrote as well as in another book written by someone else “who killed hemant karkare”
Her answer was that the people what didnt want sadhvi (sangh) to get caught in the blast case since hemant was about to get a confession from sadhvi or was about to prove it in court
Do your math intelligent people of india and realise why was Martyr Hemant Karkare sir killed
Stop falling prey to what the media says
When the investigation in pathankot blast case was leading to the same roots the investigation was cooled and was tried to be diverted
When two scholars narendra dabholkar from a city in maharashtra pune and m m kalburgi from a city in southern india dharwad tried to reveal the black secrets of the same roots they were gunned down by the same roots, and investigation is going nowhere
These twi were named by newspapers
There could be many if googled
After the sad uri attck i heard a person on times now i.e. Anchor arnab saying “no one should ask modi anything at thisp point” he got to be kidding
Only thing missing while he said it was a dharma production movie sad song(kabhi khushi kabhi gum)
Its amazing to see how he change the colour when the govt at centre was changed
Wonder why he never focused of the happenings in kashmir
The pellet guns have destroyed more that 300+ eyes of youth in kashmir, children have stopped education and women and dalits in haryana being raped and murdered for suspected eating of meet, nuns being raped for praying in churches. Seems that not a news of concern for him and may be may be may be the writer of if this post above too least cared about
Well this is my perception or my perogative which i felt like sharing, kinda sharing my view
All i want to say in the end is media will only show what the head of channel or editor in chief of a newspaper wants to show.
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Indian income is taxes in India. He has to pay taxes to the Indian government for income earned in India. Let’s be logical here.
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I’m not really sure how well versed you are on how income tax works. Let me provide you with a refreshing new outlook – income tax is payed on your earnings in the country where you earn the money. So dear patriot Fawad actually has to pay income tax in India before transferring it to Pakistan.
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Shame on you to call your self a journalist !
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First of all its understandable that our blood is boiling due to the shameful Uri Attack. Even I am unhappy with the loss of out troops. It is irresponsible to tarnish an actor’s career. It is better to give our force the go ahead and start performing cross border activities and eliminate the terrorists or use drones. But, it is important that civilians are not targeted. Fawad is civilian and unless you can show any evidence in terror activities no point in blaming him.
But, I understand the pain, and the solution is to perform cross border attacks either directly or indirectly. Eliminate the terror heads asap.
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I am not agree with journalists too!!!!’ This is ridiculous, journalists if you don’t have anything else to write please find your self job I am sure India has a lots of jobs but don’t sit there and abuse innocent people. Just stop it please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This is beyond ridiculuos, indians did not make Fawad rich, he got there because of his work. so you just STFU and stop spreading hatred in the name of journalism
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But he can shaw his talent in Pakistan instead of India..actually their bread n butter is incomplete without india.
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And India’s bread and butter incomplete without loot in occupied Kashmir
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Not directly ofcourse, not even indirectly for sure.Pleased that u ppl agreed upon Pakistans involvement & its govts responsibility for what Pakistanis did at Uri…But we need to mark protest to Pakistan by affecting people who can make changes in their state.Fawad certainly has the potential.If Pakistan is not responsible then u think they ll agree to let india enter its soil to impeach the culprits with india signing the affidavit that it wont harm innocent lifes
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Its cute that you think, Fawad Khan can make any difference in the current state of Pakistan. The captain that brought them the world cup (Imran Khan) even did not have an impact!
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Just to sabotage the speech of pm nawaz in un genral assembly on kashmir cause..ur own gov made this drama to become innocent on fromt of world amd too hid atrocitoes of ur army in kashmir..being logical just think why a country who has power arguements to present in front of world will do it its like hitting ur own foot on axe
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I am sure that if Fawad would go, terrorism will end. I never knew that the main reason of terrorism is Fawad. They want him back and once he is there.. We are done.. Why Just us, France, Belgium, Turkey and Even UAE.
But what if he is there and we are still facing all these attacks. And suddenly we realised that it was not him or not any artist from the other side of border.
Yeah that would be right. Find the exact reason of terrorism.
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Exactly his/her argument or statement is just ridiculous, it just not valid at all.
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I am one of the biggest fan of the actor and have written several blogs about his exemplary work ,however he cannot be separated from his country . Indians have faced too much to think of a favored actor with equanimity. He is not indispensable. The writer of this letter is not venomous but echoes the sentiments of Indians at large . Fawad can continue to entertain us with his Pakistani projects .
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I think this blogger is focussing more on the money aspect …..what’s with money he has earned here….it’s what he earned by doing his job….as far as taxes are concerned even non residents in India has to pay taxes to the Indian govt on the income accrued or received by them in India….
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You’re quite the word little freak for believing that you’ve personally done Fawad a favour. The Indian film industry supports him because it is advantageous to them, not as a favour to him.
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Loads of arrogance and loads of “we” in this article. Nothing is eternal and everything is replaceable including bollywood in this world. Nokia is an example
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i know for a fact he was a superstar in Pakistan well before he started working in India, he already had his breakthrough, there is a misconception that Pakistani stars don’t get paid enough in Pakistan, they mint money(know from personal experience) not as much as the Bollywood stars but more than a common man like myself or you can think of, the 80’s are well behind us when Pakistani actors did not make any money at home.
Bollywood hired him because they could sell him and make money by doing so in India. No one did anyone any favor, that was purely business, they will continue to hire him as long as they can make money off him, its not your decision or mine or this journalists.
The rest of this bs of associating normal innocent people like Fawad in this case with terrorists and militants is just an attempt to play at peoples emotions and give a failed journalism career some traction. There are such journalists and leaders on both sides who take such tragedies and try to play to their own games or end.
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SOUMYADIPTA BANERJEE, you are right. whole nation supports you… Some idiots will never understand all this.
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even I m with u Mr. Banerje. khud apne hi desh ke log agar Pakistan ko support kar rahe hai, toh isse sharam ki bat aur kuch nahi. agar Indian movies Pakistan main release nahi hogi toh kya hum mar jayenge. kyun hum itna darte hai. jab woh hamare Indians ko Marte hai toh kya who sochte hai ki woh Indian innocent hai ya nahi. that’s where v Indian lack
we indians r social workers, koi kuch bhi kar le hum toh samaj seca karenge. shame shame shame.
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Hey this is not right to blame him or other Pakistanis and dude u haven’t given them anything , they have earned it , and if u think u can give them then please give me roles….Lolxd and I m Indian too …….just kidding
Ya I know they should also raise their voice againg all this but pointing them will not work , if u really want to blame then blame modi ji or the govt.
When they make movies , songs etc you enjoy them at home and on internet to earn publicity people like you do this ….if u really want to do then question to the govt.
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Hey Mr journalist. I do not think that you’ll get an offer to act in bollywood if Fawad goes away. So firstly get that straight. Coming to the love and money. We have not done him a favour. He earned it using his skills and potential.
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İ am a kashmiri and i agree with he writer to push all these paki actors back to Pakistan. i do appreciate your concern about the urri attack and wish such incidents never happen but What about 100 kashmiris killed by indian troops and hundreds who got severe injuries by pellet guns? They were not holding weapons in their hands?
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Pls mention clearly that u r Kashmiri Muslim, not just Kashmiri responsible for throwing out Kashmiri pundits. U ppl deserve this fate
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What a loser. I hope you write a letter to Kashmiri women who were raped by Indian soldiers in Kunan and Poshpora villages, or Insha Malik, blinded by deadly pallets your soldiers fire on unarmed pro-Independence protesters or the father who just shouldered his Class 7 student son killed by Indian forces. India held plebiscite in Junagarh but refused to hold same in Kashmir and is occupying the area against the wishes of Kashmiris. I wish the author had read history first before stooping to new low.
Zafar
Srinagar, India-occupied Kashmir
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I wish u knew any history before stopping so low!!! U were the ones who threw out Kashmiri pundits from their own home land and u think u will be able to live in peace!!!! this is Karma . U reap what u sow,,,,,u guys shall never live in peace
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This post = blabbering of a mad saans!
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It makes me sad to see the Indian sentiment. It confirms the apprehensions Pakistanis feel about Indians, of how your niceness, your friendship is only skin deep. Should it be tested, this is how you react. Very much like the Egyptian who refused to shake hands with someone his politicians disagreed with at the Olympics. Here is a Pakistani’s response: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1174917152551865&id=126549850721939
That said, I’m not assuming your opinion is shared by every Indian. Move beyond hate, friend. (When will you start hating Fawad Khan? When his movie releases? When his kid’s born?) Preach and practice tolerance.
A Pakistani here (this column showed up on my phone. Wouldn’t have given it the time of day otherwise)
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At last someone has spoken my language even the film industry is supporting these people I guess please for god sake people awaz outhao.
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He always famous in Pakistan and abroad, indian director looking for fresh look they got it very simple and he work hard for people how taking caring him ( is not about india and Pakistan) actor’s don’t have borders and any religious
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Ban all pakistanis just like ICC baned all South African cricketers for racism issue.
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Good that was a bold statement but you should have wrote this letter to your government instead asking it to free Kashmir.Stop killing innocent people .I don’t know how you peolple sleep at night ,doesnt it bother you that on average your army kill one innocent daily ,rape one women daily .Stop doing war crimes in Kashmir.Stop this grudge for muslims .
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We start frothing at the mouth if an Aamir Khan just says they feel uncomfortable with the current situation and tell him to go to Paskistan when he has nothing to do with that country. How do you think any citizen of Pakistan will feel when they badmouth their own country for something that is not proven without a doubt. Unfortunately, we are born as citizens of a country. Some may immigrate to another country but any regular person loves his or her country even though it may be in a bad state. Anyway, it is a huge responsibility on him to go and denounce his own government. Can you imagine what will happen to him? Hate the government, hate the terrorists and the Pak army but don’t hate regular Pakistani citizens. If Indians and Pakistanis stop spewing hatred towards each other, our corner of the world will be a better place to live.
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Really appreciate your write-up..Just one small hitch, if the talks of exporting, why don’t we send a message through Fawad to Pakistan to being importing? Not any goods my dear, but that bloody D-Gang and my countrymen (innocent ones) whom this country has arrested and put them in jail for years…
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How about starting with banning Pakistani serials beamed by the patriotic channels. I am sure patriotism can be expected more from a fellow Indian than a loyalty from a enemy country . Please write such a eloquent note on that
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for the record… Adnan Sami is an Indian national now. He is an Indian citizen.
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His going back to Pakistan or staying in India will have zero effect in stopping terrorism. Pakistan will not stop sponsoring terrorism if Fawad is sent back to Pakistan. Bollywood is purely business. He is cast because he appeals to the Inidan audience.
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Very poor article … You wanna talk about national issues talk … We appreciate you think that way, but targeting just one individual just because he belongs to that nation is not at all acceptable .. Your article shouts biasedness all around.. There are multiple times when we as a nation commit mistakes, do you target or pin-point one big star of our nation? No. So it’s my humble request, if you want to show patriotism that’s one thing (which is ofcourse a good thing), but don’t make an individual(s) the bull’s eye to support your opinion.
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I have no words for the writer. I never understood how hate consumes us so much so that one loses all his reasoning and logic and act non human. a live example is the people who are responsible for this Uri attack. I totally sympathise with the loss of the families and the nation. I won’t lie and offer my empathy because I can only imagine what they must be going through but You and I, and the whole of my nation would fail as a basic human, and fail as a 5000 year old civilisation that we take pride in, if you associate this artist (actor) with this Uri attack for I know, he is merely an entertainer. These are the tough times that we need to stay strong and together, and let our leaders take decisions upon it. Now you might be a writer for this page and writing might be your passion or livelihood but I request you to use your gift to come up with other articles that are inspiring. I know there are bigger issues that we are fighting in India like population control and changing the mindset of the people towards a better life. (simple living, high thinking)
As for Mr. Fawad Khan, if at all this comment reaches you. I believe that you are well known in your country and quite inspirational, It is about time that you use the influence you have on your people and guide them towards a peaceful and loving country. Honestly, I am not a fan of your country as a whole and you don’t have to love me too but I am mature and human enough to know that we can still co exist for we are all seeker of love and peace.
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Absolute rubbish. The man has earned everything. We haven’t given him anything. Stop being so full of yourself. In any free market economy the man could have gone and earned this himself. I haven’t even seen one film of his yet. And yet I find this argument ridiculous.
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What a shameless attempt to grab attention and create even more sensation in the time of restraint. The logic you present for your arguement is sick beyond words. Should all Indians leave a particular country if one of them has committed an atrocity, for example?
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And as if the dear writer is going to the borders to save our soldiers.
Just sitting at home and spreading hatred for innocent people is as disgusting.
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The article is absolutely ridiculous. The man has earned his own fame and recognition. No audience goes doing favours to the people it supports. And it’s ridiculously narcissistic to suppose that we are doing anyone a favour by making them stars. I haven’t watched either of his major films yet and I still feel this article is downright ridiculous. We go there because we feel the need for entertainment. For escape. For hope. And we either get it or we don’t. If we get it we stupidly fall in love with the face we see on screen even though we know it’s fiction. And then we want to aggregate all that false sense of entitlement and write an open letter to the same star. Wow! The man happens to be Pakistani. If we only just stuck to watching movies and giving due credit to everyone involved in those films instead of being silly enough to go Gaga over just the faces on that screen, superstardom wouldn’t happen. But it’s just human nature clearly. And we can’t help it. We can’t be responsible for our own core human nature. And this guy is supposed to be held responsible for his country?
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Also time is running out for former paki cricketers now commentators, paid for trolling and our been glorified and provide not required respect by our local broadcasters.
Moreover they are judging shows …… How funny!!
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This article is in bad taste. Though i am deeply pained by the death of our soldiers, how can Fawad improve the situation here. Going back to Pakistan will only show that we indians are only capable of targeting the innocent people rather than addressing the correct issue.
I am sure the writer thinks that pakistani people are all to be hanged but in the ‘actual’ pakistan people are so innocent and poor that they might not even understand why we are at war. For them eveb earning daily bread is difficult, so lets not generalise the issue.
The real people who are behind this terror would be enjoying and probably laughing after reading this particular article.
Shame on us.
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It is a very good thing to do.. When pakistanis dont know how to respect we r not going to honour them anymore.. We have too nice on most of the occassions but boycotting them completely is a better thing to do.. Tell me wch person or celeberity from india has been honoured n respected in pakistan.. N all the people out there who r so big bag fans of pakistanis.. Should be exported to pakistan.. Dont u see how they have killed our soldiers again n again.. U ppl sitting in confort of ac will not realise how it is to loose a family member.. Would u have been so sweet to pakistanis if u would have lost ur son brother or father on the border.. So stop being kind.. Its time to fight back..
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lady you are talking non sense – go and ask the kashmiris and all others effected by your fuckin intelligence agency involvements in just screwing up the whole of pakistan in terror attacks and making it look like they were taliban….go to them and ask how does it feel to burry the body of an 11 yr old son riddled of pellets from your fuckin stinky army who is just good and oppressing kids and women and dont have the balls to look pakistan in the eye., bloody cow piss drinking cowards
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ART HAS no religion its pure so keep it away from all these, by this letter you have just insulted the hospitality that we have been giving to guests as our nations heritage, you cud have written something more about peace rather then dragging an artist to this, this is just provoking i cant sense your patriotism here but just hatred, .
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Find another job soumyadipta. Go and join chetan bhagat and write for him, you’ll do well there.
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So, I as a citizen am responsible for everything my state does thus my livelihood – freedom of movement – should be curtailed as such?
Similarly, a billion Indians are responsible for Punjab, Gujrat, Kashmir and 36 other suppressed freedom movements in India?
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I am an artist myself, and I completely agree – Art has no boundaries. It strives to enhance human experiences, relationships and perspective on life. As Indians, we have always prided in ourselves in being kind and gracious to our guests.
But if you don’t read this superficially and dig deeper into it’s effects on the larger picture, this is not an issue of Art or Culture at all. I agree with the author; we have extended our hand to Pakistani artists for years, but the favour has not been returned. Pakistan has never supported Indian talent of any sort, be in singers, musicians, actors or artists. Meanwhile, they continue to fund terrorist organizations and spill Indian blood in the name of patriotism and religion. We need to stop looking at this so objectively. We have given this relationship YEARS to heal and build, but it’s resulted in nothing but setbacks for India.
Supporting Pakistani talent like Fawad means supporting their country – a country which has been trying to destroy us since the Kargil war in ’98. All the summits and bilateral talks so far have obviously been proven to be useless after the repeated terror attacks. And here we talk of supporting talent and ‘being the bigger man’.
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You are wrong in latest movies a lot Indian actors are appearing also singers as well please up to date yourself
Thanks
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Please get your facts clear that just this month a Pakistani movie released with Om Puri in the lead and Shilpa Rao was featured in Coke studio. 80% of Cinema theaters in Pakistan are showing Indian movies and the revenue goes to?? Please have some exposure before questioning.
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If he is responsible then every single Indian is actually responsible for the bloodshed of thousands of kashmiris and the constant oppression of the kashmiris. .yes the Pakistani artist’s lack courage to actually point out the bull shit of Indian government and Indian army
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Why on earth would you blame an artist for the politics between the two countries. Other than that there has been a lot of fuss about Money in the article. I mean you are talking like as if he is getting money as a welfare or something. He is a bloody artist. He offer his skills and get paid for it. If you have any issues with that call out to the people on whom pay roll he is. Please atleast stop intervening politics into arts and sports. Lastly do you have enough courage to speak up against the Indian intervention in PAkistan and for the countless loss of Kashmiri lives. Stop being two faced prong.
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Sir, with all due respect to you sense of humor
You call yourself a journalist if you are a real one i shouldnt teach you journalism but this article is lolz rofl
You gotta be kidding us all by thinking he could matter
There us a comment above which said it perfectly “even the captain imran khan who bought them world cup, didnt change the pakistanis much then how would you think normal innocent citizens of pakistan would make a difference”
Looks like a comment has already been made so that youncan understand that he pays taxes in india which he contributes to the indian nation building ehich in turn helps your standard of living and the roads you travel on
Wait a secind by this time you mightnbe thinking that you travel on roads with potholes
So where is his tax and your tax going?
Well you gotta ask Sir Narendra Modi ji, and if you gonna ask him on twitter kindly also ask him that in his last appearance on aap ki adaalat he said that pakistan ko unhi ki bhasha may jawab dena chahiye, kindly remind him of his tweets and his words
Looks like he turns a blind eye to it and to the promises he made to you and to the people of india
Did he even pro ise the people of India to bring back black money from swiss banks; lolz
Please give yourself a break, take a deep breath and think what he has done for the common man of india
All he does is changes in corporate law to help business men like ambani and adani and the profits these business men make is never passed on to the society and not even to the employees of these organisations
Corruption is deep rooted in india tha a recent tweet by kapil sharma led himto trouble with regard to corruption in municipal corporation of mumbai
The ministers in maharashtra not only files FIR against him but also asked hime to name the person who asked the bribe
They gotta be kidding
They cant find the person in their own corporation who takes care of that locality, obviously he would be the person behind it
Guess Sir Narendra Modi didn’t understand that simple logic which any 5th grader would understand, probably because….. Lets not go down there right now
#URI attack is condemned by all humans around the globe
Innocent lives were lost
Well the person who blogged this article or post; i wonder whether he analysed how the armed gunmen were able to get into a military base, pathankot air base, taj hotel in mumbai, well its sited in most of the newpapers published in india and outside india because and only because there was an inside hand in all of them so that public could divert attention from whats going on in reality
Stop falling prey to what the media says
When the investigation in pathankot blast case was leading to the same roots the investigation was cooled and was tried to be diverted
When two scholars narendra dabholkar from a city in maharashtra pune and m m kalburgi from a city in southern india dharwad tried to reveal the black secrets of the same roots they were gunned down by the same roots, and investigation is going nowhere
These twi were named by newspapers
There could be many if googled
After the sad uri attck i heard a person on times now i.e. Anchor arnab saying “no one should ask modi anything at thisp point” he got to be kidding
Only thing missing while he said it was a dharma production movie sad song(kabhi khushi kabhi gum)
Its amazing to see how he change the colour when the govt at centre was changed
Wonder why he never focused of the happenings in kashmir
The pellet guns have destroyed more that 300+ eyes of youth in kashmir, children have stopped education and women and dalits in haryana being raped and murdered for suspected eating of meet, nuns being raped for praying in churches. Seems that not a news of concern for him and may be may be may be the writer of if this post above too least cared about
Well this is my perception or my perogative which i felt like sharing, kinda sharing my view
All i want to say in the end is media will only show what the head of channel or editor in chief of a newspaper wants to show.
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