He may be a patriot but he also has this innate quality of having his foot in his mouth – often ticking off other artists with his crude public comments (read: Shaan vs Ali Zafar). The recent one of his victims is television artist Mawra Hocane, who recently signed three films in Bollywood and is currently shooting for one in South Africa.
By now, we all know the Phantom mammoth that unfolded on social media in the past week however it seems Mawra was living much in the dark (despite being active on social media) and in an attempt to promote peace and stop hate between the two nations, she tweeted in favour of Phantom saying that it’s better to first watch the film and then decide if its anti-Pakistan or not.
Clearly this did not go down well with Pakistani star Shaan who took to Twitter to initiate a #BanMawra campaign. Now as the story develops, Mawra hasn’t been the one to take Shaan’s comments lightly and has fired back in what can be called a ruthless open letter to the actor. The actress has taken this opportunity to remind Shaan that he being a senior actor should support and mentor young artists and help correct their mistakes instead of spewing hate and ripping them off a good reputation.
“Honestly I’m only just a kid in front of the 55-year-old Shan Shahid and instead of taking pride in bashing kids less than half his age he should become a mentor and try and fix things for us, if we make mistakes,” she wrote. She also revealed that she was unaware of the sensitivity of the issue while being busy in her work outside Pakistan and apologized, adding that she doesn’t need to prove the love she has for her country. “… You’ve no right to judge me and make a statement about me being any less patriotic for bashing me won’t make you anymore a patriot. You know
what Mr Shan Shahid I will still rise every morning, work as hard, still pursue my dream, still go after what I’d like to achieve and still keep my head high. I don’t need to love/like people like you to be a patriot. My love for my country and my people doesn’t need your approval.”
While fans have been supportive of Mawra, many have still bashed her for her initial stance that she later detracted from. Similarly many have accused her of supporting Phantom only to anchor her career in Bollywood while others have even expressed their disbelief on her being so aloof of the circumstances. It is obvious that nobody in their right frame of mind would support Phantom especially when Indian critics, too, have rejected the film at large but what more controversies will the film pave way for remains to be seen.
