Recently Mehwish Hayat back lashed Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra for “spreading hate and giving into jingoism”, for which we all are proud of Mehwish Hayat much more!!
Priyanka Chopra was called out at the BeautyCon summit in Los Angeles for her hypocrisy by a young Muslim girl who asked her to explain her tweet in which she purportedly supported war with Pakistan.
Mehwish Hayat who was recently conferred with the Pride of Performance award by the government of Norway in Oslo also spoke about the rise of Islamophobia and the misrepresentation of Muslims in the American and Indian film establishments.
“This is important in Hollywood, but just as much in Bollywood, where the industry has too often been used to fuel hate and Islamophobia. It is difficult, often impossible, for Pakistani actors to find work in India. Pakistan is a Muslim majority nation, and Islamophobia is a top-down industry in India: at the top, hyper-nationalist films, songs and slogans teach the masses to hate. At the grassroots, Muslims have been killed for so-called ‘crimes’, such as eating beef,”Mehswish said.
So actually she didn’t support or even desire to work in Bollywood but being a patriotic Pakistani she beautifully highlighted the factors we all should talk about!
“This makes Chopra’s mistakes potentially all the more costly. Rather than use her position as a US-based celebrity to broaden what it means to be an Indian celebrity, she has fallen into the same jingoistic role that her fellow countrymen are forced to adopt at home. It is human suffering that those with a platform must focus on. It also falls on other film industries, including my own in Pakistan, to counter the negative stereotypes pumped out in Bollywood… That might be less lucrative or effortless than the alternative, but it is what humanity needs to see — on screen, and on the streets.”
More power to you Mehwish!! Loads of Love!
