Javed Akhtar on Aryan Khan's arrest: 'But I haven't seen any headline on the billion dollar cocaine...'

Talking about raids in Bollywood, Javed Akhtar said the film industry has to pay a big price for being high profile."If you're a nobody, then who has the time to throw stones at you?" he said.

Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar on Tuesday said the Hindi film industry is under the scanner because of its "high profile" nature and it is the "price" it has to pay. The veteran writer's statement comes at a time when there is a renewed attention on Bollywood and its celebrity culture after superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was arrested in connection with a case of alleged seizure of drugs from a cruise ship.

Javed Akhtar has spoken about the cruise ship drug case. 

There have been voices on social media that felt the case against Aryan Khan was a deliberate attempt to target the film industry.

When asked if he feels that Bollywood is being routinely targeted with raids, Akhtar told reporters, "This is the price the film industry has to pay for being high profile. When you're high profile, people have fun pulling you down, throwing muck at you. If you're a nobody, then who has the time to throw stones at you?"

Akhtar was speaking at the launch of the book Changemakers, written by authors Almas Virani and Sweta Samota. The 23-year-old was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 3 from the cruise ship off the Mumbai coast.

"You find cocaine worth ₹one billion dollar at a port, somewhere else there were 1200 people where ganja and a total sum of ₹1 lakh 30 thousand is found, according to media reports.

"Now this has become a big national news but I haven't seen any headline on the billion dollar cocaine...," he added. When asked specifically if he feels Shah Rukh Khan and Aryan Khan are being targeted, Akhtar refused to elaborate.

Aryan Khan is currently lodged in Arthur Road prison in central Mumbai. A special court last week posted his and two others' bail pleas for orders on October 20.