Ban Mawra? Is this his solution to everything in life, knee jerk reactions that too concerning his own fellow Pakistani actress, if established actors in the so called educated strata have this mentality then there's very little left to say. He can express his sentiment over the issue but if someone offers a contrary opinion he can't take that either & wants to curb someone else's right to express.
Both countries are ridden with internal problems, this petty oneupmanship game going back n forth does nothing to alleviate anything. Move on
Originally posted by: -Lostindreams
This might sound mean, but im glad pakistan took the decision to ban all saif movies.
I always felt pakistan have been to nice regarding indian dramas etc. Indian dramas have been airing since long in pakistan on every single channel, while pakistani drama recently got their "own" channel. Also have seen indian actors in paki dramas, while paki actors recently started joining BW (talking about the popular ones).Saif saying things like not having faith in pakistan and ppl will watch film on pirated DVDs, really makes me wonder wht he was thinking. Doesn't ppl in india watch on pirated DVDs, banning a film is normal alot of other films have been banned.Coming to Mawra, she is ONE DESPERATE girl. She wanted to stand out, well she is. Banning or not doesn't matter for me, not once have i seen her drama πThis sort of reaction from ppl of pakistan was expected to come. In the same way mawra is stating her opnion other ppl are as well.Even if someone likes pakistan tiny bit they wud think that this movie was anti pak. This sort of reaction from public was expected, there is no suprise.
Originally posted by: ABBY_JERAN
None of mawras tweets sounded desperate from any angleOn the contrary I was pleasantly surprised that someone from pak wud mk a sensible comments on the issue whereas everyone is already overreacting even before watching the movieIf saifs films are banned in pak that's a blessing for the pak audienceI don't mind thatBut what's the point of cornering mawraShe didn't say she wactched it and there is nothing offensiveThen the backlash on her wud hv made sense
Originally posted by: -Lostindreams
@bold i completely disagree, to me she sounded very desperate, making 4 comments not 1 she is DESPERATE. There is no point of cornering her, but did she really expect no one was going to see her comment and ignore it?? πThis sort of reaction was no suprise, stating her opnion is ok in the same way other celebs are or public are doing that as well.
Open Letter to My Fans & Mr Shan Shahid:
My tweets were out of utter ignorance for I had not seen the trailer
neither was I aware of the sensitivity of the matter back home for I've
been shooting out of country days and nights, unfortunately not keeping a
track on what all Mr Shan had already tweeted on the matter.
It
was an instinctive reaction to a hate post in my feed and as usual I was
trying to convince people not to hate "no mater what land they belonged
to" ( the words majorly manipulated )
I also wrote that I want to
make this world a better place where nobody hates nobody and THAT A
FILMS CONTENT CAN NOT CHALLENGE THE DIGNITY OF MY COUNTRY AS PAKISTAN IS
BEYOND A FILMMAKERS OPINION OF IT AND IT'S DIGNITY IS WAY MORE SACRED
FOR IT TO BE QUESTIONED BY A FILM. I consider films just "films" nothing
more nothing less. (The tweets I never came across in Mr Shan's ban
Mawra mission after the mission war he did three years ago)
I
apologise to my "Mawrellous family" for they're what keeps me going
everyday and I'm sure for as much as they love me, to be forgiven by
them for a tweet out of utter ignorance and naiveness. Although I still
stand by love & peace and I will urge people NOT TO HATE.
However I'd also like to share that I'm extremely hurt & shocked for
I don't expect someone as wise as Shan shahid to manipulate my
statements of supporting peace & love into "supporting phantom" (the
words I never Used).
Honestly I'm only just a kid infront of the
55 year old Shan shahid instead of taking pride in bashing kids less
than half his age he should become a mentor and try and fix things for
us, if we make mistakes.
We work so hard to achieve the love &
respect in our people's hearts and he always attempts to ruin it for
everyone in a jiffy. Be it me, Ali Zafar , Fawad khan or Someone as
legendary as Javed Shiekh . He has always bashed everyone who's "stepped
in India". It's about time he realise that it's not a piece of cake for
me to be working in media, to be leaving my country and going to India
alone in pursuit of my dream in the age of 22. It's at the cost of
endless hard work and sleepless days and nights and it takes a big heart
to take all these decisions and he certainly has no right to just sit
home and bash us all publicly, be it on a social media forum or an award
show.
It must have been easy to just manipulate what I had written
that too as a reply to people criticising me for working in India.. You
know what would've been difficult Mr Shan, to actually go through my
feed and read all that I had written and in what context and deduce my
intention owing to my past records of my behaviour towards my fans and
my country.
(p.s I've no complaints to my fans as they reacted to what they were fed)
He certainly can't take that away for me depending upon his personal
mindset. He can't use my country's name and ruin people's lives and
reputation. Every Time he can't begin a statement in "PAKISTAN's Name"
in it and bash people and get away with it.
I'm sorry if my instinctive reply to any hate post I see is #saynotohate
unlike him who leaves no chance of bashing people like me or Ali Zafar
or anyone else for that matter who works across border. Sir, Art is
subjective and boundless, however quickly coming back to the topic,
Hating others cant make you more a patriot, My heart goes out for my
country I do everything in my power to become a better citizen of my
Pakistan and I absolutely and dearly love it, you've no right to judge
me and make a statement about me being any less patriotic for again
bashing me won't make you anymore a patriot.
You know what Mr Shan
shahid I will still rise every morning, work as hard, still pursue my
dream, still go after what I'd like to achieve and still keep my head
high. I don't need to love/like people like you to be a patriot. My love
for my country and my people doesn't need your approval.
If My
words were (unintentionally) hurtful then yes I will apologise to my own
people for they've loved me through my good times and bad but I will
certainly not be answerable to someone like you who doesn't work anymore
and only sits home and bashes two categories of people, 1. women
ofcourse because you're a man and 2. anyone who works in India because
you still didn't get over turning down Ghajni a decade ago, it's an old
topic now and you can't rub this in everyone's face who wants to work in
india or elsewhere. (can't ignore the fact that you were offered a
sidekick role. Things might've been different if it was offered
otherwise)
Finally Coming to the "BAN" Mawra hashtag. Did anyone ban
you when you pulled off the sleaziest of acts in Punjabi films ( I'd
send in data if you've forgotten) which could've influenced kids like me
in a bad way for I remember being 9 or 10 when you were really famous
but now that you have retired you leave no chance to bash us
youngsters???
Secondly Sir, the work that I've done, the projects
that I've pulled off along with the best actors to exist in our
fraternity today (like Adnan Siddiqui, Faysal Qureshi, Fahad Mustafa who
are the real heroes of today and won't get ridiculous about me
excelling in my career but In Fact appreciate me and encourage me ) and
few projects that I've pulled off single handedly too were not given to
me because "YOU" approved of me. They were given to me strictly on
merit, on my hard work, on me being skilful and ofcourse for the
boundless Love I've been receiving from a Huge fan following from the
age of 19. So you sir have no right to decide the fate of my career not
as a person and not even as any prominent entity of the media. You don't
belong to the censor association or the ban actors association. You
need to realise that You must posses the power in the first place to
exercise it on a person less than half your age out of sheer boredom and
urge her fans to hate her that she must have earned over time with
absolute difficulty and hardwork.
In the end, I still don't hate
you, you know why because they say " Love what Loves you but never hate
what hates you for hate is the burden that exhausts the Stars in you" I
certainly don't want the stars in me to die for someone as unworthy as
you.
I'm a brave Pakistani girl, a London graduate, a dreamer, a
girl who won't get scared of the bashing for it's irrelevant compared to
the dreams I carry in my Heart & mind everyday.
For me
shooting in India is just like me shooting in Dubai, America, Cape Town
or any other country so stop making a big deal about it regardless of my
workplace I Love my country and I'll always belong to it without the
approval of his excellency Mr Shan shahid and every inch of my existence
will do everything to do Pakistan proud. I don't need to reject other
countries work opportunities to prove my patriotism, PAKISTAN in is in
my blood and soul regardless of your opinion of me sir!
Cheers sir.
(You must leave us kids alone as I'm politely asking you not to
interfere in our matters and hinting that I don't intend to continue
this war of articles with you for unlike you I've got so many other
things to do in my plate like.. work. I wouldn't have given you a single
reaction if it was not for you challenging my Love for my fans and for
my country)
God bless! heart emoticon
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