VJ turned actress and model from Pakistan Mawra Hocane has finally responded to Facebook message of Film star Shan Shahid asking for a ban on her. Mawra Hocane earlier tweeted in the favor of controversial Bollywood flick ‘Phantom’, which caused her facing hate comments.
Film Phantom has become caused quite a controversy before and after its release. Lahore High Court (LHC) banned the movie on the appeal of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed as the film directly targeted his personality. The movie centers on an operation by an Indian agent to kill the culprits behind Mumbai Attack 2008.
Top actors like Hamza Ali Abbasi and Shan Shahid along with some noticeable personalities sturdily condemned the film and criticized actor Saif Ali Khan over his statements against Pakistan.
Also read: After Shaan Shahid’s demand #BanMawra took Twitter by Storm
In the meantime, Mawra Hocane who was off to Cape Town for shooting was also bashed by some fans for working in an Indian movie. The actress tweeted in the favor of film, calling it is not anti-Pakistan but anti-terrorism. This statement raged superstar Shan who demanded a ban on her by trending #banmawra on Facebook.
Fuming actress finally retorted all the aggression against her and stated,
“A film’s content cannot challenge the pride of my country as Pakistan is beyond a filmmakers opinion of it and it’s dignity is way more sacred for it to be questioned by a film.”
She publicized that she tweeted about Phantom without even seeing the trailer of the film and had no idea about the sensitivity of the matter. She added:
“It was an instinctive reaction to a hate post in my feed and as usual I was trying to convince people not to hate “no matter what land they belonged to” (the words majorly manipulated)”
Mawra Hocane issued this statement in an open letter to all her fans and Shaan Shahid that she shared on Facebook, the screen-grab of the said letter can be seen below:
Noticeable actors, actresses and personalities valued Mawra’s explanation into the matter and responded to it on twitter:
Good on you! @MawraHocane
— Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) August 30, 2015
@MawraHocane enjoy ur life …. U r as much as Pakistani as any body else …. Pakistan zindabad…. — Fahad Mustafa (@fahadmustafa26) August 30, 2015
Patriotism is loving your own country, not hating others! #saynotohate #isupportmawra http://t.co/hXjLq1AvRI
— URWA HOCANE (@VJURWA) August 30, 2015
Attacking young, talented @MawraHocane for her desire to perform across the border is nonsensical. She is not a politician or a soldier. — Raza Rumi (@Razarumi) August 30, 2015
If a comment on a by a 22 years old @mawraHocane is invoking you to campaign for a ban there is something seriously wrong with your sanity
— Rai M. Azlan (@Mussanaf) September 2, 2015
After listening to Mavra Hussain response to Shaan I conclude this girl is intelluctually far superior to Shann,H.Abbasi&alikes #welldone — Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) August 30, 2015
@MawraHocane we do mistakes we get up and move forward…that’s just it! let the haters hate, you do your thing and make us proud!
— Hassan (@mkaeel) August 30, 2015
@MawraHocane The higher you rise, the more people will try to pull you down. You must be rising really high! #isupportmawra — Sakhi Speaks (@sakhispeaks) August 30, 2015
@MawraHocane we do mistakes we get up and move forward…that’s just it! let the haters hate, you do your thing and make us proud!
— Hassan (@mkaeel) August 30, 2015
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