‘I don’t complain to Pakistan ..’ Javed Akhtar, Lata Mangeshkar mentioned on the question of Fawad Khan’s movie ban

New Delhi: The terrorist attack in Pahalgam has shocked the entire country, because everyone is expressing grief towards the people killed in this attack and their families. People have condemned this incident, but this incident has questioned the allowing Pakistani artists to work in India. Fawad Khan’s film ‘Abir Gulal’ was scheduled to release in theaters on May 9, but according to reports, it has now been banned from release in India. Amidst all this, now veteran script writer Javed Akhtar has responded to Pakistani artists to both permission and ban to work in our country.

Pakistanis have always been welcome in India
Javed Akhtar said in a video of PTI, ‘The first question should be whether we should allow Pakistani artists to come here? There are two answers to this, both are equally logical. It has always been one -sided, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ghulam Ali, Nur Jahan came to India, we gave him a great welcome… Faiz Ahmed Faiz, who is a poet of the subcontinent, was living in Pakistan, when he came to India during Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s reign, he was treated like a head of head, the kind of honor was given to him. I am afraid, it has never been taken revenge, I mean, I have no complaint with the people of Pakistan. But if our artists do not get response from their behalf, then how long will this last?

VIDEO | When asked about whether Pakistani artists should be allowed in India, lyricist javed akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) Says, “The first question should be whather we should allow the Pakistani artists here. There are two answers, both of them are equally logical. It has been a… pic.twitter.com/ox9b3cfbly

– Press Trust of India (@Pti_News) April 29, 2025