SRK was promoting his film Dilwale in Delhi
New Delhi:
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, who has been in the news for his remarks on 'religious intolerance' and for his film Dilwale facing the threat of being boycotted, says controversies have no impact on his 'name or fame.'
"People need a chance to express themselves and then they use public figures. People stand on the shoulders of public figures to say what they want to. It's a small thing, but then we have to sit and justify and explain that we are patriotic and nationalist," Shah Rukh said here.
SRK, 50 spoke when he was asked to comment on the controversies surrounding him, at a press conference on Wednesday.
last month, the actor faced a backlash for his comments about the rising 'intolerance', which, he had said, "would take India to the Dark Ages."
BJP leader Yogi Adityanath compared him with LeT founder Hafiz Saeed. VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi called him an "agent of Pakistan."
SRK also revealed that a well-wisher had told him several years ago that the day he earned fame, he would be at a greater risk of landing in controversies.
"I have a name since a lot of years now, Mashallah, and now it (controversy) happens every week or month. It's strange that mostly it happens around the release of a film. There are opportunist people," he said.
"I get so much love from people. I understand that these things don't have any effect. Neither on us, our film, name or work."
SRK, who was promoting Dilwale, was accompanied by his co-stars Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon.
"People need a chance to express themselves and then they use public figures. People stand on the shoulders of public figures to say what they want to. It's a small thing, but then we have to sit and justify and explain that we are patriotic and nationalist," Shah Rukh said here.
SRK, 50 spoke when he was asked to comment on the controversies surrounding him, at a press conference on Wednesday.
last month, the actor faced a backlash for his comments about the rising 'intolerance', which, he had said, "would take India to the Dark Ages."
BJP leader Yogi Adityanath compared him with LeT founder Hafiz Saeed. VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi called him an "agent of Pakistan."
SRK also revealed that a well-wisher had told him several years ago that the day he earned fame, he would be at a greater risk of landing in controversies.
"I have a name since a lot of years now, Mashallah, and now it (controversy) happens every week or month. It's strange that mostly it happens around the release of a film. There are opportunist people," he said.
"I get so much love from people. I understand that these things don't have any effect. Neither on us, our film, name or work."
SRK, who was promoting Dilwale, was accompanied by his co-stars Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon.
