‘I Need Not Prove Myself Secular’: Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan, who just like Aamir landed in trouble for his remarks on rising intolerance in the nation, which led BJP MP Yogi Adityanath to compare him to Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed and Hindutva proponent Sadhvi Prachi to Pakistani agent, has recently stated that he doesn’t need to prove his secularity to anyone. “I really don’t know anything about this. I speak straight-forward, clear-cut and good things whenever I speak. And I feel I need not prove myself secular”, SRK told IANS.

The controversy was revisited on December 8 when Sadhvi Prachi once again attacked SRK and Aamir referring to them as “tarnishing” image of the country for their respective comments on intolerance row. Shah Rukh says that he has now restricted himself to talking about his films and his work and hence he wouldn’t comment on this topic. “I have decided, I will discuss serious topics on a platform where I would be invited to discuss on that. But that is very rare”.

“When I speak in such programmes, people take my half words and they are placed in a different context. So, I think it is better that actors on acting platform should talk about acting and films only”, he added. Shah Rukh wrapped up the conversation, saying, “If someone tells me that he is more patriotic than me, then he is stupid. From which angle can someone justify himself to be more patriotic? There is no logic behind that. We suddenly start shouting that I am more patriotic than you. Actually, we all are patriotic”.

Source: darpanmagazine.com