Sidharth defends Fawad, says banning Pak artists won’t make a difference

Reacting to the decision to ban Pakistani artists in Bollywood, Sidharth Malhotra has said actors often become the soft target, adding that banning artists won’t really make a difference in the situation.

Fawad Khan and Sidharth Malhotra worked together in Alia Bhatt-starrer Kapoor and Sons.

Fawad and Sidharth played brothers in Kapoor and Sons.

According to Pinkvilla, the 31-year-old actor, who recently shared the screen with Pakistani actor and singer Fawad Khan in Kapoor and Sons, chipped in to defend his fellow actor regarding issues of the Pakistani actor getting banned by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for failing to condemn Uri.

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On September 18, four heavily armed terrorists attacked the base camp of the Indian Army near the town of Uri in Jammu and Kashmir claiming the lives of 19 Indian soldiers.

Speaking on the issue the Baar Baar Dekho star said, “I feel that creativity or artists or any kind of creative field, be it movie, has no connections with what happens politically in different countries. I don’t personally feel it’s going to make difference to our situations,” the actor added.

Also terming the actors as “soft targets” and so a reason to bring this issue up, Sidharth also expressed sadness over the situation saying, “It’s sad because I’ve worked with Fawad and we didn’t cast somebody because of their nationality.”

“We cast them as an individual and as performers, and there are so many other technicians who come from all around the world, in India, to work. Not only actors, there are cameramen, there are artists, and there are makeup artists and people... So the world is becoming smaller and smaller and you can’t say yes or no to one particular nationality,” the actor admitted.

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