In a video that has emerged recently and has since gone viral, Pakistani actor Mahira Khan, who will soon be seen in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Raees, speaks ill of India and Bollywood.
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A new video has emerged featuring Pakistani actor Mahira Khan speaking ill of India in a 2011 chat show and it is only a matter of hours before the video works towards creating some more trouble for the release of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Raees.
Mahira Khan is playing the wife of Shah Rukh's character in Raees. The new video shows Mahira in conversation with Pakistani comedian Umer Sharif where both of them seem to rather unimpressed by
In the video, Mahira speaks confidently about her patriotism for Pakistan and speaks about India in, what appears to be, a strong note of condescension towards our country.
"We should never be inspired from Indians. We are not Bollywood," Mahira tells comedian Umer in a roomful of applauding audience. I
In the wake of strained India-Pakistan relations following the Uri attacks of September 18 and the surgical strikes by India that followed, this video is bound to re-encite patriotic fervour among select groups across India who might want to stall the release of Raees.
Prior to the Uri attacks and the surgical strikes, a number of Pakistani actors and artists were working in India such as Fawad Khan, Ali Zafar, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Atif Aslam and Mahira herself.
However, following the attacks, all Pakistani individuals were banned from working in India thanks to some passionate protesting by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
The blanket ban still stands strong and Raees will be the last Bollywood film to feature a Pakistani artist.
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