Here’s what Asaduddin Owaisi said on Zaira Wasim quitting Bollywood

HYDERABAD: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday spoke on the recent announcement by Bollywood actor Zaira Wasim to quit acting.

“After the child (Zaira) wrote that she is quitting films it created quite a furore with people saying that she was scared away by mullahs. You must be finding it difficult to understand how this girl took such a decision. I am proud that she has taken the decision based on her ‘Deen’ (faith),” he said.

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Zaira Wasim, the Kashmiri girl who became famous overnight after her superb debut in Aamir Khan’s Bollywood blockbuster “Dangal” on Sunday said she has decided to say goodbye to her film career as “relationship with my religion threatened”.

In a detailed post on her Facebook page the 18-year-old cited religious reasons for her decision to quit her promising career in Bollywood.

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“Five years ago I made a decision that changed my life forever. As I stepped my foot in Bollywood, it opened doors of massive popularity for me.” She continued saying “While I continued to work in an environment that consistently interfered with my Imaan, my relationship with my religion was threatened.”

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