Shah Rukh Khan at the Kolkata International Film Festival, talked about the negativity on social media.
Shah Rukh Khan talked about boycott Pathaan trend
Shah Rukh Khan was recently present at the ongoing Kolkata International Film Festival. The 28th edition of KIFF is being organized at Nandan, Kolkata. He talked about the ruckus on the song Besharam Rang from the film Pathan in this event. He said, ‘No matter what the world does and says, people like us will stay positive in every situation.’
During his speech at the event, he also talked about the adverse effects of social media and the negativity spread in society through social media platforms.
The actor also talked about how social media is “operated” by “self-righteousness”
Ever since the release of Pathan’s song ‘Besharam Rang’, the hashtag ‘Boycott Pathaan‘ has been trending on Twitter. People on social media are opposing the green and saffron costumes of Shah Rukh and Deepika Padukone in the song.
A few days ago, Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra also said that the song was objectionable and objected to its costumes, saying that unless it was changed, the film could not be released in the state.
Shah Rukh was among several celebrities present at the film festival. West Bengal chief minister Mamta Banerjee as well as several Bollywood bigwigs, including Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, and Rani Mukerji were there at the event.
The superstar was praised by Bengali actress Subhashree Ganguly. Shah Rukh Khan touched the feet of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan at KIFF after being honored.
Video of Shah Rukh Khan’s Bengali speech goes viral on social media
Shah Rukh Khan gave a speech at the Kolkata International Film Festival in Bengali. On this occasion, he jokingly said that his speech was written by Rani Mukherjee who was sitting in the audience. He also said that if the audience sitting there did not like his Bengali, then they should troll Rani Mukherjee for it.
During his speech he called Amitabh Bachchan the ‘son-in-law’ of the city. He further added that,”he is very grateful to be in Kolkata after very long time, great to see Didi, Dada, son-in-law of Kolkata, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Aunty here.
He further said ‘I am very happy to come to Kolkata. We are meeting after some time. I am also very happy to meet my favorite and beautiful Rani Mukherjee. Rani Mukherjee smiles after listening to Shah Rukh Khan’s Bengali. Hearing the speech of Shahrukh Khan, the fans sitting there were also seen boosting his morale.
Shah Rukh Khan will be seen in Qatar promoting Pathaan during the FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and France.
About Pathaan
Pathaan is directed by Siddharth Anand, He is best known for directing action thriller films like Bang Bang! (2014), War (2019) Apart from action thrillers, he has directed and written romantic comedies like Hum Tum (2004), Salaam Namaste (2005), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008) and many more.
Pathaan is a spy thriller. Deepika Padukone and John Abraham also have major roles in this film. The film will be released on 25 January 2024 in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.
Salmaan khan will also make a special appearance in the movie as Avinash Singh Rathore / Tiger from Ek Tha Tiger and Tiger Zinda Hai
