Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016): Filmmaker Karan Johar came under attack over his 2016 movie ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ for featuring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. A Maharashtra-based party threatened a ban on the Ranbir Kapoor-Anushka Sharma starrer, prompting Johar to tender an apology and promise never to work with Pakistani actors again. In his defence, the film was shot before India banned entertainers from Pakistan to work in the country. Later, when CNN-News18 interviewed Johar about the apology video, he said: “At the time of ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, I was torn between ideology and circumstance. I have my own belief and thoughts on this, but there’s a studio and cast I’m accountable to, the team of the film I’m accountable to. So I had to put out a statement which I feel terrible about.” He further added: “Everyone said it looked like you were going to cry. I wasn’t crying and pleading to profess my nationalism. I wanted to break into tears… the fact that I had to do this. It felt like there was an invisible gun on my head.”
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