Ayushmann Khurrana, Kangana Ranaut, Javed Akhtar and others come out in support of Priyanka Chopra

Javed Akhtar told PTI, “If her comments have upset the Pakistani establishment, they can do whatever they wish.” He further said, “I know Priyanka Chopra personally. She is a cultured, decent and educated person and the fact remains she is an Indian. If there is some kind of controversy and difference in point of view between an average Indian citizen (like Priyanka Chopra) and the Pakistani establishment, obviously her point of view will be an Indian point of view.”

Ayushmann Khurrana told ANI, “I guess Priyanka Chopra represents our country really well and she is not just an Indian icon she is a global icon. Being a daughter of an army officer, I believe she is truly a very good representative of India.”

As per ANI, Divya Dutta recently said, “I will stand up with Priyanka for whatever she does and I think she has done a very good job.”

“Priyanka is someone I really respect; she has put us on the global chart. I think that she deserves to be where she is today. And I believe if she has been chosen to be ambassador then there is a reason for it, that she signifies something. There are a lot of people, who look up to her, women and men alike in India. So, I think she is the best idol to have that way. Somebody who people look up to, therefore kudos for where she is today,” shared Sacred Games 2 actor Anupria Goenka.

In February, Priyanka had tweeted “Jai Hind” showing her support to the Indian Air Forces’ strikes in Pakistan’s Balakot in the aftermath of the deadly Pulwama attack.

Jai Hind #IndianArmedForces 🇮🇳 🙏🏽

— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 26, 2019

At an event in Los Angeles recently, Priyanka was confronted by a Pakistani woman who accused her of “encouraging nuclear war against Pakistan.” “You are a UNICEF ambassador for peace and you’re encouraging nuclear war against Pakistan. There’s no winner in this… As a Pakistani, millions of people like me have supported you in your business of Bollywood and you wanted nuclear war,” she said.

smart and purposeful answers #PriyankaChopra #beautyconLA pic.twitter.com/0kYNRzcxpf

— Kalimahtoyibah (@Kalimahtoyibah3) August 10, 2019

Priyanka had then said, “I have many, many friends from Pakistan and I am from India. War is not something I’m really fond of but I am patriotic, so I’m sorry if I hurt sentiments of people who do love me and have loved me. But I think that all of us have a, sort of, middle ground that we all have to walk. Just like you probably do as well. The way that you came at me right now… girl, don’t yell. We’re all here for love.”