Priyanka said, "It's tricky because first of all artistes and actors are always held responsible for every bigger political agenda that happens in our country. She further adds,Why are only we reflecting it? Why not businesses, why not doctors, why not politicians."
Since the terror strike in Uri on september 18,there has been a growing demand for a ban on Pakistani artistes, with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena even issuing an ultimatum to them to leave India and Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) passing a motion to ban artistes from across the border from working in the industry.
The debate on banning Pakistani Artistes seems to have divided Bollywood.Adding in the row, Priyanka says,“I am extremely patriotic. So, whatever my government decides is important to keep the country safe. I go with that, but at the same time, I don’t believe that artistes are a representation of — at least there hasn’t been an actor who has done something which has harmed someone’s life out of malice or anything.”Priyanka, currently seen in the lead role in the popular American TV series “Quantico”.
The 34-year-old actress said why are people picking on actors instead of fighting the real culprits.
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"For an artist, their work is their religion. One cannot hold an artist responsible for their religion. Why are we not picking on someone who have actively done something wrong?"
She added that the families of Indian soldiers do not care about actor of which nationality comes and works here and they are concerned about the safety of their sons and the rest of the country so, this should be highlighted rather than the debate on Pakistani artistes.
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"(Families of Indian soldiers) are not concerned about who is coming into the country, doing a movie... and going away.
They are concerned about keeping rest of their sons and rest of their soldiers safe and that needs to be our focus.
"We always lose our focus because that makes noise.
Because people talk about it. Because the media carries it.
Because the press writes about it. This is not at all an issue. This is entertainment. This is business. People buy ticket, watch a movie for three hours and come away. Done.
PTI