New Delhi: Bollywood actor Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah were caught in a controversy after the duo got into a spat over a video in which Shah called Mr Kher a ‘clown’ but now joining the war of words, late Sushma Swaraj’s husband Swaraj Kaushal has called Naseeruddin Shah ‘ungrateful’, disillusioned.
In the video clip, Shah can be heard saying that, “Any number of his contemporaries from NFD and FTII can attest to his sycophantic nature. It’s in his blood, he can’t help it,” The Quint reported.
Responding to Shah’s comment, Governor Swaraj Kaushal, posted a series of tweets addressing Shah, where he praised both Anupam Kher and his wife Kirron Kher, but criticized Naseeruddin Shah.
Swaraj Kaushal in fact called Anupam Kher an “honest, upright and a self- made man,” while heavily criticized Naseeruddin Shah for marrying outside his religion.
He also said: “What is it that you have and Anupam Kher does not have ? You think you are a better actor than Anupam Kher? You are sadly mistaken.”
Swaraj further calls Shah “an ungrateful man” and “a disillusioned man”.
“Mr.Naseeruddin Shah, you are an ungrateful man. This country gave you all the name, fame and money. Yet you are a disillusioned man. You married outside your religion. No one ever said a word. Your brother became Lt.General of the Indian Army. Have you not been given more than an equal opportunity. Yet you are unhappy. You speak of apathy and discrimination. When you do all the blabbering, it is your ‘conscience’. When Anupam speaks his pain on being declared homeless in his own country, it is ‘psychophancy’. You are being thankless to the country that gave you everything. Kirron has been twice elected as a Member of Parliament. Anupam is a star in his own right. Look at his response. It is that of a gentleman. When you spoke, you looked small and petty. Suffice it to say that your anger is your frustration.”
As Swaraj concludes his twitter thread with a dialogue from Devdas: “Naseeruddin Shah ! Bs, tumhare shabd ab meri maan ki maryada ko paar kr chuke hain…(Your words are now beyond my understanding)”, Twitter erupted with criticism against Swaraj calling him out for his bigotry.
Many individuals also questioned Swaraj’s claim that Shah was allowed to marry outside his religion.
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