Javed Akhtar’s video from an event has gone viral on social media in which he urged Hindus to not ‘become like Muslims.’
MUMBAI — Veteran artistes Javed Akhtar and Lucky Ali have come at loggerheads. Lucky Ali took to his X, formerly Twitter, and shared a post recently taking a dig at the screenwriter.
The issue arose after a recently resurfaced clip of Javed Akhtar shows him asking the Hindu community of the country to not be like the Muslim community. Javed is known to be a non-believer and his recent remarks seem to have irked people from both the sections of the society.
In the recently resurfaced clip, Javed can be heard saying, “In ‘Sholay’, there was a scene where Dharmendra hides behind Shiv ji’s murti and speaks, and Hema Malini (thinks) Shiv ji is talking to her. Is it possible to have a scene like that today? No, I will not write a scene (like this today). Were there no Hindus in 1975 (when Sholay released)? Were there no dharmic people? There were. As a matter of fact, I’m on record, I’m not saying it right here. Raju Hirani and I were in Pune in front of a big audience and I said ‘Don’t become like Muslims. Make them like yourself. You are becoming like Muslims’. It’s a tragedy”.
The legitimacy of the clip, and the event could not be immediately ascertained but, Lucky Ali responded to Javed Akhtar’s quote from the clip where the latter asked Hindus to not become like the Muslims.
Responding to the same, the singer wrote, “Don’t become like javed akhtar, never original and ugly as f***”.
However, Javed is not new to such harsh criticism and rebuttals, as he often comes criticism for making controversial statements. –With inputs from IANS
