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Controversy on my article nonsense, don't feel unsafe in India: SRK
Wednesday January 30, 2013 12:04:03 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Bollywood
actor Shah Rukh Khan Tuesday termed the controversy kicked up the
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik on his article as
"nonsense" and asserted that nowhere did it imply he feels unsafe
or threatened in India.
"To address this whole issue, with regards to my article, that has
taken an unwarranted twist. I do not even understand the basis of
this controversy. This is what can only be called 'nonsense'. It
is Deja Vu all over again," he told reporters at an event here.
Speaking about his article - a first person account for Outlook
Turning Points magazine, published in association with The New
York Times newspaper, Shah Rukh said that nowhere does the article
state or imply directly or indirectly that he feels unsafe,
troubled or disturbed in India.
"It does not even vaguely say that I am ungrateful for the love
that I have received in a career spanning 20 years. On the
contrary the article only says that in spite of bigoted thoughts
of some of the people that surround us, I am untouched by
scepticism because of the love I have received by my countrymen
and women," he said.
Malik had Monday said that India should provide security to Shah
Rukh Khan, wading into a controversy triggered by Jamaat-ud Dawa
chief Hafiz Saeed stating that the star could move to Pakistan
following his comments on being a Muslim.
Shah Rukh also took pot shots at those who offered him
"unsolicited advice", saying: "We, in India, are extremely safe
and happy. We have an amazing democratic, free and secular way of
life."
"In the environs that we live here in my country India, we have no
safety issues regarding life or material. As a matter of fact it
is irksome for me to clarify this non-existent issue," he said.
He said 24 hours of unnecessary controversy is more than enough
for everyone.
"Do not sensationalise and hence trivialize matters of national
interest and religion any further and drag a movie actor in the
middle of it all. Let me get back to doing what I do best - making
movies."
On a lighter note, Shah Rukh made an indirect reference the answer
he gives to his children when they ask about their religion.
"Sometimes, they ask me what religion they belong to and, like a
good Hindi movie hero, I roll my eyes up to the sky and declare
philosophically, 'You are an Indian first and your religion is
Humanity', or sing them an old Hindi film ditty, 'Tu Hindu Banega
na Musalmaan Banega - Insaan ki Aulaad Hai Insaan Banega' set to
Gangnam style," he said.
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