During his recent interview, Javed was informed about how Kangana lauded him for calling out Pakistani terrorism while being in Pakistan. But the veteran lyricist avoided the question and chose not to respond.
When the anchor further prodded him, Javed told NDTV, “I don’t consider Kangana important so how can she make an important remark. Forget about her. Chaliye aage (Let’s move forward)”.
Kangana had re-shared the video of Javed’s hard-hitting reply to Pakistan on her Twitter handle and written, “Jab main Javed saab ki poetry sunti hoon toh lagta tha yeh kaise Maa Saraswati ji ki in pe itni kripa hai, lekin dekho kuch toh sachchai hoti hai insaan mein tabhi toh khudai hoti hai unke saath mein. Jai Hind. Ghar mein ghuss ke maara.. ha ha.”
During the event, when someone in the audience asked Javed if he tells his fellow citizens that Pakistanis are good people and greet with garlands and not just bomb people, he had replied, “Blaming each other won’t solve our problems. Aham baat yeh hai ki jo garam hai fiza, woh kam honi chahiye. Hum toh Bambaiye log hain. Hamne dekha wahan kaise hamla hua tha. Wo log Norway se toh nahi aaye the naa Egypt se aaye the, wo log abhi bhi aapke mulk me ghum rahe hain. Toh ye shikayat agar Hindustani ke dil mein ho toh aapko bura nahi manna chahiye. (We saw how Mumbai was attacked. They (terrorists) came neither from Norway nor Egypt. They are still roaming freely in your country. So you shouldn’t be offended if there’s a grouse and bitterness in Indian hearts over the 26/11 attacks.”
