As Mehwish Hayat brought up Bollywood’s silence on the natural disaster in Pakistan, it seems Shamoon Abbasi called her out. The director asserted that Pakistani celebs are obsessed with Bollywood.
The Durj director called out Mehwish Hayat for tweeting about Indian actors remaining silent on the devastation caused by the flash floods in Pakistan. While he did not directly address the actress, it was obvious that the Ishrat Made in China actor’ was indirectly replying to the Gangsta Guriya‘s tweet in which she said that the silence from the Bollywood fraternity is deafening as the suffering knows no nationality, race, or religion.
As per the Enaaya actress, this is a good time for Indian actors to show support for Pakistan and rise above nationalist politics. As well as care about their fans in Pakistan. She said as a nation we are hurting and a kind word or two would not go amiss.
The silence from the Bollywood fraternity is deafening. "Suffering knows no nationality,race or religion”- No better time for them to show us that they can rise above nationalist politics & care about their fans in Pakistan. We are hurting & a kind word or two would not go amiss.
— Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) September 3, 2022
Indirectly responding to the tweet, Shamoon Abbasi said that he doesn’t understand why Pakistani celebrities and entertainment pages want Bollywood actors to talk about Pakistan’s devastating situation regarding the floods.
“Why does it matter so much? what is this obsession about Bollywood?”.
I don't understand why Pakistani celebrities and entertainment pages want Bollywood actors to talk about our devastating situation regarding the floods In Pakistan
Why does it matter so much what is this obsession about Bollywood that we can't leave them alone and focus on pak.— Shamoon Abbasi (@shamoonAbbasi) September 4, 2022
Looks like Netizens largely agree with the Mein Rahoon Gi director.
They r under the influence of Bwood
— baoogee (@baoogee7) September 4, 2022
https://twitter.com/mujahidhanif204/status/1566636698221543428
https://twitter.com/AbbaxiZubi/status/1566434437423923202
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— Junaid Abdul Wahid (@junaidwahid007) September 5, 2022
There were some interesting opinions.
https://twitter.com/CityZenPakistan/status/1566623863051587585
As for those irked by his comments, Shamoon Abbasi really just said ‘he’s also just a normal human expressing himself’. He also told people how his point of view barely matters.
“Listen, I don’t have anything against anything. I am just an average human being living this life for the first time ever on this planet,I just ask questions, I don’t criticize and above all I barely have any following on Twitter so my pov doesn’t even count alot🙄
#justcurious”
Listen, I don't have anything against anything. I am just an average human being living this life for the first time ever on this planet,I just ask questions, I don't criticize and above all I barely have any following on Twitter so my pov doesn't even count alot🙄#justcurious
— Shamoon Abbasi (@shamoonAbbasi) September 5, 2022
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