LAHORE- After Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor is the latest celebrity who shared her views on the unrest in the Indian Occupied Kashmir.
In her recent interview with BBC Asian Network, the Veere De Wedding actress opened up about the unpleasant circumstances unfolding post abrogation of Article 370 in IOK, and her link to Pakistan.
Kapoor started of by saying, “It’s heartbreaking to see where the situation has landed right now and I’m very patriotic. So I think for me now it’s better to keep quiet and let this pass because even this too shall pass.”
The actor said that she is not aware of the current affairs, so she would comment on the matter once she has a better understanding of the ongoing situation.
“I think it’s very complicated and I don’t understand it as much because there is so much contrasting and contrary news everywhere, so I really don’t know what the truth is. I believe in having a peaceful discourse and understanding what’s going on. So when I have the complete information is when I think I can give an opinion.”
Kapoor went on to talk about her roots in Pakistan and how her name came about:
“I am half Sindhi and half Peshawari. It’s heartbreaking to see part of my culture is something that I can’t explore as well because of that.”
“My name is Sonam. I was named after my parents went to Kashmir and were there for a while,” she revealed. “They were shooting for Ram Lakhanand they decided to name me from there. I still haven’t been there since because of the unrest.”
Kapoor then added, “I hope there is a peaceful way of working things out. I don’t know how that’s possible but I think there should be because it’s a beautiful place but I think it’s been under so much duress. I don’t think anybody knows who is right now. I don’t think they themselves know who’s right.”
Talking about the ban on Bollywood in Pakistan, the Khoobsurat actress said, “As an artist, you want to be represented everywhere and you want your work to be shown everywhere,” the actor remarked. “Neerjawasn’t shown in Pakistan, even though it was a true story because the plane landed in Karachi and the hijack happened in Karachi, and it didn’t in any way show Pakistan in a negative light at all.”
She shared, “The fact they didn’t show the film there was really heartbreaking for me. I have a huge Pakistani following and my two best friends are Muslims and half Pakistanis.”
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