Naseeruddin to Aamir: Don't create fear psychosis among Muslims

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Posted: 10 years ago

Commenting on the outrage over Aamir Khan's comments, Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah on Tuesday said he has never thought of moving out of the country. He was speaking exclusively to India Today's Rajdeep Sardesai on the show News Today.

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan stoked controversy at an award function in Delhi on Monday, where he said his wife Kiran Rao had asked him if they should leave the country in the wake of rising intolerance

don't think he should have said this. Regardless of what he feels, we Muslims do not need any further aggravation of our feeling of persecution," said Shah.

"I think, a person like Aamir saying a thing like this is going to create a fear psychosis, and that's the last thing Muslims in India need to have at the moment," he added.

Asked if he felt discriminated and victimised at present, the 66-year-old actor said, "I do not feel I'm being hounded. There have been occasions when I have been victimised by certain interested parties. I have never paid much heed to that... There is no way I'm going to feel threatened," Shah added.

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Posted: 10 years ago

👍🏼 for Naseeruddin. Today I am proud that he's aways been one of my favorite actors. He makes sense not only in the roles he plays but is extremely sensible in reality too.

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Posted: 10 years ago

He is right.

It is fair to criticise Government and take up issues facing the community but it is foolish to talk of leaving country and further contributing to fear and persecution complex among Muslims.

These are sensitive issues. Careless statements only cause further divide.