Fawad Khan was catapulted to the center of the current Pakistan-India tensions after a journalist wrote an open letter to him asking him to get out of India. The, then expectant father, was showcasing his forthcoming movie ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil‘ when suddenly the whole of South Asia started throwing shade at each other because of him.

 

People like Karan Johar came forth in whole-hearted support of Fawad

Source: NDTV

Karan Johar was even criticized so severely by Shiv Sena even calling a boycott of his film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil‘.

 

And then there were detractors like this guy

https://twitter.com/abhijeetsinger/status/783276402263089152

 

And now, finally, Fawad Khan has spoken up:

 

False statements attributed to Fawad were also refuted by him:

“This is the first time I have spoken on the matter. Please disregard any other words attributed to me during this time because I have not said them”.

 

This is how the people reacted about Fawad’s statement:

 

Here’s hoping we can all finally begin to move on from idiocy over trumped up nationalism in order to focus on actually focus on making this world a better place for humanity in general.

 

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