After the recent enmity between India and Pakistan, after the Pahalgam terror attack and operation vermilion, the lyricist and script writer Javed Akhtar has said that if only two of his options are between going to hell and neighboring country, he will choose hell.
Speaking at a book launch event in Mumbai on Saturday, Javed Akhtar said that he gets a lot of praise, but also abuses and brickbat from “extremists” on “both sides” without expanding about both sides.
“What happens that if you speak only on one side, you only make one side unhappy. But if you talk on everyone, you make a lot of people unhappy. I can show you my Twitter (now X) and WhatsApp, in which there are abuses from both sides. Was it, pinched.
#Watch Mumbai: “Many people encourage me and admire me. But it is true that people from both sides abuse me. On one side, you say that you are a Kafir and will go to hell. On the other hand, you say that you are a jihadi and go to Pakistan. If I want to choose between hell and Pakistan, I would like it … pic.twitter.com/peribwch5e
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“One side tells me that you are one ‘cough’ And you will go ‘Jahannum’ (Hell) and the other side says that you are jihadi and they should go to Pakistan. Now, if these are my only two options, I would like to go to hell … I was 19 when I came to Mumbai and I am the one I am due to the city and Maharashtra, “he said.
Earlier this month, Mr. Akhtar also asked Pakistan to campaign that Kashmiris are the heart of Pakistan.
“This is a lie. When Pakistan attacked Kashmir after independence, Kashmiris stopped them for three days, our army reached only after that. The truth is that they cannot live without India. What happened (in Pahgam) has hurt them the most. Tourism has taken a hit.
