00:00FEDERATION OF WESTERN INDIA CINEMA EMPLOYEES
00:05FEDERATION OF WESTERN INDIA CINEMA EMPLOYEES
00:07have taken this issue of release of the film where
00:12Fawad Khan is the main lead very seriously.
00:17It is a question of being insensitive towards a cause
00:22which concerns our country.
00:24Fawad is a Pakistani actor and post Pulwama attack
00:30when it happened, FEDERATION OF WESTERN INDIA CINEMA EMPLOYEES,
00:34major producer institutions like IMPA, Western WIFPA,
00:38all had come together and issued an appeal saying that
00:45nobody should entertain or involve any Pakistani artist or technician
00:52in their projects. And everybody was very serious about it.
00:58We are very shocked and we are very serious about it.
01:06And we have taken very serious note of it.
01:12So FEDERATION in its meeting very soon will decide the course of action.
01:19We are hurt. We have taken this matter on a higher level
01:26as far as the FEDERATION is concerned, various organizations.
01:30And it's quite important to understand for me to inform you
01:36that the FEDERATION will very soon issue a fresh order
01:42which is called non-cooperation.
01:45Now actors like Vani Kapoor and all those technicians,
01:49all those people who have worked in this film are going to face resistance
01:55from a lot of people in the industry because they have behaved insensitive.
02:01They have behaved as if they have nothing to do with the country.
02:04And they are above such seriousness as far as terror attacks
02:12and security risk of this country is concerned.
02:15So we are taking a very serious note of it and we are going to take action
02:19against those people who have not heard or understood the seriousness of this issue.
02:33As I said, it's basically being insensitive towards the cause of our country.
02:38That is the basic premise. They think that they are above such things and it doesn't make any difference to them.
02:43And you see, one thing one has to understand that normally, you know,
02:49some people come out and say that artists are beyond nations, artists are beyond country.
02:56This is a line which I use normally, you know. Now I want to ask all these people,
03:02from the core of my heart, I want to ask one thing.
03:05All these attacks on our country, we lost thousands of people in this country because of Pakistan.
03:11Tell me one Pakistani artist, tell me one Pakistani performer or any person
03:20who has condemned this attack and has said that this should have not happened
03:25to the soldiers of this country or innocents of this country or common people of this country.
03:32Nobody, no one till now, from Pakistan, whether they are artists or whatever it is,
03:38or sportsmen or anybody for that matter, has condemned the gruesome attacks committed by their country on us.
03:44So, if you think that you are above something, above nation, I think it's very important for you to be punished.
03:54And not only me, I think the entire country and nation will react to this film.
04:01I am sure nobody is going to go and watch this film. There will be a protest.
04:04People will come on the streets to protest because it is a matter of our country.
04:10When you refuse to play in Pakistan cricket, I think it's high time that we, as artists,
04:19also should learn to be sensitive because nation comes first.
04:23This is another area where we are very seriously contemplating that musicians,
04:33as far as singers are concerned, they are gone overboard. You know, they perform with them in Dubai,
04:41they perform with them in London, they perform with them abroad. They don't perform with them in this country of ours.
04:46But the matter is that you are identifying yourself, you are correlating with people who belong to a country
04:55which is a terror nation. And those people are responsible for innocent lives in this country of ours.
05:04So, you are insulting the families of security forces. You are insulting all those families
05:09who have lost near and dear ones in their homes, you know, in their families.
05:14So, you cannot be that insensitive. So, we are taking really a very serious note on this.
05:20As far as the singers are concerned, as far as the performers are concerned, that this is not, this will not be tolerated now.
05:28You know, we have been quite occasionally seeing this because we come to know after the performances have happened,
05:36after the shows have happened. And we will appeal to the government of India. We will appeal to the INB ministry.
05:42We will be appealing to the Home Ministry now, Federation and other institutions, that kindly issue an order,
05:52issue an order that till the time India and Pakistan's cordial relations are not okay,
05:58till that time, we should not be a party to any kind of events with them.
06:05You see, as I said earlier, people will come on the streets. Whether it is a political party,
06:17whether it is a common man, I as a person from the industry would not like this film to release.
06:24I am not happy with the arrogance of the producer, arrogance of the team, arrogance of the
06:30heroine of the film, Vani Kapoor, who agreed to perform with a Pakistani actor.
06:41The fault lies with us, not with them. They consider India as an ATM center for them.
06:46They have minted crores in this country. That country as it is, it's totally finished.
06:52You know, economically and otherwise also. So, they find an opportunity, great opportunity of making money,
07:00minting money, making business in this country of ours. So, that's my take is,
07:04why should our country become an ATM center for Pakistani performers and Pakistani artists?
07:10One Pakistani performer has not condemned what their country has done to us.
07:15My serious take is that, you know, we are very clear on this, boss.
07:21Then they are not emotionally attached with you. Why should you be an ATM center for them?
07:29Why should we feed them for that matter?
07:37See, I don't think this will ever happen because Pakistan believes in violence.
07:42Pakistan believes in terror. Pakistan believes in, it doesn't believe in peace.
07:48It doesn't believe in inclusive growth. It believes in trouble, which this country doesn't believe in.
07:55So, we cannot come together ever because the entire culturally we are different.
08:03Attitude wise we are different. Education wise we are different. And our agendas are different.
08:09We believe in a growth. We believe in living with the world. We believe in humanity.
08:14We believe in oneness. We believe in secularism. We believe in growth.
08:19But that country doesn't belong to. That's why this country is going from, that country is going from down,
08:23is going more and more towards down. It's never risen. So, why should we even identify
08:30ourselves with a country which doesn't believe in humanity?
08:39See, I on an individual level would like to appeal to my industry, my industry, artist fraternity,
08:48technician fraternity, everyone for that matter, that we owe our loyalty towards our country.
08:54And we cannot be, we cannot be a party to or identify ourselves with a country
09:05which has killed thousands and thousands of our people.
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