Sardaar Ji 3, which released overseas on June 27, has become the focus of a wider conversation about cross-border collaborations in Indian cinema. The inclusion of Pakistani actress Hania Aamir in a lead role prompted criticism from several industry figures and a formal objection from the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), which had previously reiterated its stance against employing Pakistani talent in Indian productions.<\/p>\n
In a now-deleted post, Shah wrote, \u201cI STAND FIRMLY WITH DILJIT,\u201d asserting that Dosanjh was not responsible for the film\u2019s casting decisions and praising him for \u201cnot having a poisoned mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sardaar Ji 3 is out in UAE cinemas now and is doing brisk business at the global bo-office.<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cThe director was responsible for casting, not Diljit. But no one knows who the director is, whereas Diljit is a global name …”<\/p>\n
Reactions from the industry<\/p>\n
While some, including filmmaker Imtiaz Ali and lyricist Javed Akhtar, expressed support for Dosanjh, others offered sharp criticism.<\/p>\n
Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit strongly disagreed with Shah\u2019s remarks, accusing him of ignoring the broader geopolitical context. \u201cNaseeruddin Shah says that Diljit was not responsible for casting. Well, he was an actor\u2014he could have refused to work with Pakistani actors,\u201d Pandit said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sardaar Ji 3, which released overseas on June 27, has become the focus of a wider conversation about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[6288,4080,77,730,6026,90464,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-229913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bollywood","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-india","12":"tag-pakistan","13":"tag-uae-cinema-guide","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114779286654279719","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}