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Weeks after Pakistani actress Bhushra Ansari’s comment against Javed Akhtar, the veteran lyricist-writer has reacted to it. In a recent interview, Javed Akhtar gave a befitting reply to Bhushra’s ‘Inhe Mumbai mein koi ghar pe rent nahi deta’ comment. He asked, “Who are you to tell me when to talk and when to not?”
In an interview with Lallantop, Javed Akhtar shared, “There is this Pakistani actress, Bushra Ansari, she often talks about me. She once advised me to keep quiet. She said something like, ‘Naseeruddin Shah stays quiet, you should too.’ My question to her is: ‘Who is she to tell me when to talk and when not to? Who gave you this right and why do you expect me to take your advise?'”
He added, “We internally might have several problems (referring to India), but if an outsider comes to comment, I am an Indian. Why do they forget that? I won’t keep quiet.” When the interviewer said the the actress claimed that he doesn’t even get a house on rent in Mumbai, Javed sarcastically replied, “Yes right, Shabana and I have been sleeping on the streets lately. Kya yaar, ab kya bole?” He laughed as he said.
In the same interview, Javed Akhtar recalled the incident that prompted her to take a dig at them for not getting a house on rent.
He said, “About 25 years ago, Shabana wanted to buy a flat for investment purpose. But the broker said that the owner will not sell his house to a Muslim. But, do you know why he refused? He refused it because his parents stayed in Sindh from where these Pakistanis shooed them away. Anyone with a wound that big and deep, will react the way the owner reacted. If that day, Shabana was refused a flat, it was not because she was a Muslim, but it was because the owner was displacing his revenge someplace else for what his parents went through. So who is she (Bushra Ansari) to take a dig at this, and ask me to keep quiet? They must look into their own doings before commenting.”
On April 22, when the news of a terrorist group killing about 26 tourists in the Baisaran meadows of Pahalgam came in light, the entire nation went in shock. This sparked several reactions from Indians. Many actors, politicians and internet personalities went on to condemn this act and demanded justice. Similarly, veteran lyricist-writer gave a powerful speech at Gauravshaali Maharashtra Mahotsav.
Speaking at the event, Javed Akhtar said, “Yeh baat humein bhulni nahi chahiye, yeh mamooli baat nahi hai. (We shouldn’t forget this).” Following his speech, Pakistani actress Bushra Ansari attacked him on social media and said, “Humare writer so-called, unko toh bahana hi chahiye tha. Actually, unko toh makaan kiraaye pe nahi milta tha Bombay mein (Our so called writer is even refused a flat in Mumbai).” She added, “Chaloji chup karjaaye aap. Naseeruddin Shah bhi toh hai, who chup baithe hai na? Aur bhi toh chup baithe hai na? Jiske dil mein jo hai who rakkha rahe. (Please stay quiet just like Naseeruddin Shah. Others are also quiet, you too be quiet please).”
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