Naseeruddin Shah claims his social media post supporting Diljit Dosanjh was ‘taken down’, not deleted: ‘Not discouraged by the lack of support’

He shared a message for his trolls and wrote, “And to the trolls, particularly the one who said to me ‘Pakistan nahin ab kabristaan’, I can only quote Jigar Moradabadi: ‘Mujhe de na ghaiz mein dhamkiyaan, giren lakh baar ye bijliyan, / Meri saltanat yehi aashiyaan, meri milkiyat yehi chaar par’ (Don’t threaten me in anger, let lightning strike a thousand time/ My nest is my domain, these four feathers all I own).”

On Monday, Naseeruddin shared on Facebook, “I STAND FIRMLY WITH DILJIT. The dirty tricks deptt of Jumla Party has been awaiting a chance to attack him. They think they’ve got it at last. He was not responsible for the casting of the film, the director was. But no one knows who he is whereas Diljit is known the world over, and he agreed to the cast because his mind is not poisoned. What these goons want is to put an end to personal interaction between the people of India and Pakistan. I have close relatives and some dear friends there and no one can stop me from meeting them or sending them love whenever i feel like it. And my response to those who will say “Go to Pakistan” is “GO TO KAILASA”.”

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The veteran actor’s support comes at a time when Diljit is facing a ban by the Indian cine bodies for releasing his film starring Hania all over the world, except India. The makers of the film, with Diljit Dosanjh being a co-producer, decided to skip the film’s India release and said that there was no ban on casting Pakistani actors when they shot the film. Pakistani artistes were banned from working in India after the Pahalgam attack. This also led to the ban on Fawad Khan’s film Abir Gulaal, co-starring Vaani Kapoor.

It was later speculated that Diljit might get recast in his upcoming films, including Border 2, but after much back and forth, the FWICE has permitted producer Bhushan Kumar (T-Series) to finish the remaining portions with the actor. Bhushan, however, has said that he won’t cast Diljit in any future films.