Comedian Zakir Khan recently took a dig at the industry at an awards show and said that people were jealous of ‘Dhurandhar 2’. He said, “Bomb was shot in Lyaaare, smoke was emitted from Bandra to Juhu.” This comment did not go down well with many as director Siddharth Anand, actor Ameesha Patel and others reacted to it. Ameesha took to social media, shared a photo of Zakir from the event and wrote, “DUDE, Stop spreading NEGATIVITY! The film industry has valued and respected DHURANDHAR! Superstars like SRK, SALMAN, SUNNY, HRITHIK, AJAY, etc., have given not just one but 25-plus mega hits and will continue to do so 👍 CHILL, GADAR has already made everything for many years, and will make more in the future 👍”Meanwhile, now in a recent interview, she elaborated further on it. She slammed comedians who make jokes on public figures and achievers. When asked about Zakir’s comment, she said in an interview with Bollywood Bubble, “Khade rehke achievers ke baare mein baat karna aasan hai. Achiever banke toh dikhaao, superstar banke dikhaao. I don’t think it’s correct to strip someone down and make a joke on them. In logon ko achieve karke toh dikhaane do. Your statement said, the industry is running. Did someone call you and say that Dhurandhar hit hogayi and main insecure ho raha hu? How did you know? (It’s easy to stand on a platform and make fun of achievers. First you achieve something. He made a statement that the industry is jealous. Did someone call him and say that they are jealous or insecure?)Ameesha added further, “On the contrary, from the face of Dhurandhar, people have said that we need to learn, people like Ram Gopal Varma. People put stories to praise the film. Actors are reworking their films because they feel we need to match up to a standard now and the audience is expecting better. Is competition bad? If we do not praise the competition, how will we improve? We don’t want to get complacent. We need someone to come in and pull up the socks. So, how does it make us insecure? It just makes us learn. I want to know who are the 10 people who have called me and said that they are jealous? (Infact, because of ‘Dhurandhar’, people are learning and trying to make their films better. I want to know who are those ten people who called him and told him they are feeling jealous.” The ‘Gadar’ actress further said that comedians should find other things to make jokes on and not public figures. “I don’t watch stand-up of Indian comedians because they rip people off. If you build your career based on making money by putting others down is not right. Maine apne career mein actors, so called rivals ko kabhi neecha nahi kiya hai. I have never spoken badly about them. That’s my policy. There’s so much in the world to talk about. Mock yourself, don’t mock others, especially when you are pulling down public figures who have achieved,” she said.
