Earlier most famed Pakistani actress Mahira Khan was the hot gossip in the news as she was captured with Ranbir Kapoor in Newyork. The images of both the celebs got viral on all the social media platform.
On this controversy that got viral, the Pakistani actress has something to say have a look. The Humsafar actress spoke at length about working in Bollywood, the impact of the tensions between India and Pakistan on the countries' film industries, and the controversy, on "HARDtalk on BBC World News".
"Two, obviously there was an uproar because here I was, someone who is extremely loved in Pakistan, and they sort of keep me up on this pedestal you know, they treat me with a lot of love and a lot of respect. And there are certain things I didn't realize that they don't want to see me do.
"At that point yes, it was crazy honestly because it lasted for a while... It was crazy, it was ridiculous."
"I was more excited about 'Raees' being released in Pakistan than anywhere else, because all I wanted was to sit there with my best friends and my child Azlaan and the audience and watch this and I couldn't."
The Pakistani censorship board had deemed Raees as an "ugly, horrible, unacceptable depiction of Muslims" at the time. Mahira feels had the movie released at any other time, it would not have been banned.
"I think their decisions sometimes are based on things that don't even concern the film sometimes. So you know I don't think that was the reason. They said it but I don't know. I don't know if 'Raees' was released today, would it be released," said the 33-year-old actress.
Her film Raees, starring Bollywood 'badshah' Shah Rukh Khan, did not get a chance to release in Pakistan. Mahira said she was excited for the film to release in her nation.