Mahira Khan Tweets Apology For Halloween Pic With 'Shiv Sainik'

New Delhi: Pakistani actress Mahira Khan has urged people not to make much ado about a photo of herself at a Halloween party with a fellow guest dressed as a Shiv Sainik.

The 32-year-old actress, who makes her Bollywood debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Raees next year, tweeted an apology on Thursday: (Also Read: Shah Rukh to Mahira Khan: We Will Look Good Together in Raees)
 

If I hv hurt anyone's sentiments w the image at the Halloween, I wd like to apologise as that was not what I intended & was unintentional

- Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) November 5, 2015

She was continuing from where she had left off the night before:
 

The image from a Halloween event I attended has been made out to be something it never was.

- Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) November 4, 2015

 

It was not done intentionally to hurt anybody's sentiments, neither to make a political statement.

- Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) November 4, 2015

 

As many have said before me, artists are creative people who can't be dragged into the politics of nations.

- Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) November 4, 2015

 

I have always made a concerted effort to maintain this standard for myself. Love and peace to all.

- Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) November 4, 2015

This is the photo that Mahira is referring to, where she, dressed as Catwoman, poses with Pakistani director Asim Raza dressed in the orange robes and red tilak made famous by late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. The placard in his hand reads 'Mahira ko bahar nikalo' or 'get Mahira out,' - the Shiv Sena has called for a ban on Pakistani actors, cricketers and musicians in Maharashtra.
 This image was posted on Twitter by @TheMahiraKhanFC
The ban has provoked an outcry from Bollywood with Salman Khan, Mahesh Bhatt and several others appealing for politics and art to be kept separate.