Aamir Khan trolled on Twitter for intolerance remarks
Mumbai, Nov 24 : Superstar Aamir Khan's comments on growing intolerance have provoked sharp reactions on Twitter with his industry colleagues Anupam Kher and Ram Gopal Varma, berating him, asking "When did 'Incredible India' become 'Intolerant India' for you".
The 50-year-old "PK" star during his outing at an award function last evening in the national capital had said he has been "alarmed" by a number of incidents and his wife Kiran Rao even suggested that they should probably leave the country.
Kher, who shared screen space with Aamir in "Dil", "Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin" among others, hit out at him saying, "India has made him what he is".
"Dear @aamir_khan. Did you ask Kiran which country would she like to move out to? Did you tell her that this country has made you AAMIR KHAN. Did you tell Kiran that you have lived through more worse times in this country but you never thought of moving out," he posted on Twitter.
Taking a dig at Aamir's 'Atithi Devo Bhavah' campaign and his popular TV show "Satyamev Jayate", Kher added, "Dear @aamir_khan. When did 'Incredible India' become 'Intolerant India' for you? Only in the last 7-8 months? #AtithiDevoBhavah.
"#SatyamevaJayate you talked about evil practices but gave Hope. So even in 'Intolerant' times you need to spread Hope not Fear."
Varma, who gave Aamir one of his hit films of his career "Rangeela", wrote, "Some celebs complaining about Intolerance should be the last ones to complain because they became celebs in a so called intolerant country."
Actor Paresh Rawal said if Aamir believes it is his "motherland then he will never talk about leaving it".
"Aamir is a fighter so he should not leave but change the situation in the country! jeena yahan marna yahan! A true patriot will not run away and leave his motherland behind in turmoil or in troubled times (if any )... Don't escape - build it...," Rawal, who acted with him in "Andaz Apna Apna" and "Akele Hum Akele Tum", posted.
Aamir Khan joins intolerance debate, says wife Kiran wants to leave India
New Delhi, Nov 24 (India Today) : Joining the debate on rising intolerance in the country, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Monday said that alarmed by recent incidents his wife Kiran Rao has suggested that they should leave India.
Speaking during an award function in New Delhi Aamir Khan backed people who returned their national awards and other government honours in protest against what they described as rising intolerance in country. The actor said one of the ways for creative people to express their dissatisfaction or disappointment is to return their awards.
"A number of creative people - historians, scientists - increasingly had a certain feeling in them, which they felt they need to express. For creative people, one of the ways of expressing their dissatisfaction or their disappointment is to return their awards. I think that's one way of getting your point across," he said.
"As an individual, as part of this country as a citizen, we read in the papers what is happening, we see it on the news and certainly, I have been alarmed. I can't deny. I have been alarmed by a number of incidents," Aamir said while speaking at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards.
The actor said he also feels that the sense of insecurity and fear has been growing in the past six or eight months.
"When I chat with Kiran at home, she says 'Should we move out of India?' That's a disastrous and big statement for Kiran to make. She fears for her child. She fears about what the atmosphere around us will be. She feels scared to open the newspapers every day. That does indicate that there is this sense of growing disquiet, there is growing despondency apart from alarm. You feel why this is happening, you feel low. That sense does exist in me," the 50-year-old actor who will be next seen in the movie, Dangal, added.
Aamir's remark comes just days after his Bollywood colleague Shah Rukh Khan had raised the issue of intolerance.
"There is intolerance, there is extreme intolerance... there is I think... there is growing intolerance," Shah Rukh had told India Today TV.
"It is stupid... It is stupid to be intolerant and this is our biggest issue not just an issue...Religious intolerance and not being secular in this country is the worst kind of crime that you can do as a patriot," the Bollywood superstar had said.