New Delhi: Showing his consent towards MNS ideology of throwing out Pakistani actors after the Uri attacks, where 18 Indian soldiers lost their lioves. Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya on Friday slammed Indian producers and accused them of “breeding and feeding Pakistani artists”.
Abhijeet, who has been involved in a lot of controversies, for making derogatory remarks in the past; took a jibe at Khans, Mahesh Bhatt and Karan Johar for working with and giving work to Pakistani artists like Fawad Khan, Atif Aslam etc.
Actors like Mahira Khan (starring Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Raees') and "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" star Fawad Khan are hijacking the opportunities of Indian artistes, Shalini Thackeray, wife of MNS chief Raj Thackeray, had said in a press conference.
She said these two actors have been served the ultimatum to leave the country.
In Karan Johar's "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", which is slated to release next month, Fawad is in a supporting role Mahira plays the lead role opposite SRK in 'Raees'.
However, Mumbai police assured the actors that they need not worry as they will be given protection.
Shalini, who is the general secretary of MNS, told PTI that their Chitrapat wing has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to all the Pakistani actors to leave the country.
"We have started dashing off letters to Pakistani actors, whose country is allegedly sponsoring terrorism, to stop their acting business here.
"We would also issue letters to the producers on what grounds they are hiring the Pakistani actors, when there are a lot of actors here in the country and struggling to find an opportunity," she said.
In a country of 1.25 billion people where lakhs and crores struggle a lot for an opportunity to be launched in movies, these big brands are giving opportunity to Pakistani artistes, she added.
To a query on what MNS would do if the Pakistani artistes don't leave, Thackeray said, "Our workers would push them out. Would not let them do their acting business."