Kabir Khan Reacts To Toxic Comments Like ‘Go To Pakistan’, Admits He Feels Bad

Filmmaker
has
made
many
brilliant
movies
like

New
York,
Kabul
Express,
Bajrangi
Bhaijaan,
etc.
His
last
directorial
was
Ranveer
Singh-starrer
83,
which
was
praised
immensely
by
critics,
but
there
was
a
section
of
trolls
who
attacked
Khan
verbally
with
nasty
comments.
Speaking
at
the
ABP
summit
about
the
same,
Kabir
Khan
admitted
that
social
media
has
more
negative
impacts
than
positive
ones.

He
said,
“One
couldn’t
say
to
you
in
person
about
what
they
felt
ten
years
ago
out
of
respect
and
love
but
today
there
is
no
responsibility
of
owning
your
own
words.
It
does
feel
bad.
But
that
is
the
reality
we
are
living
in.
I
have
realised
the
toxicity
or
negative
impact
of
social
media
is
more
than
the
positive
impact.”

He
further
said,
“My
name
is
Khan
and
(hence
I
am
told)
‘Go
to
Pakistan’.
And
I
have
been
to
Pakistan
once
and
Lashkar
(a
terrorist
outfit)
said
to
go
back
to
India,
so
I
am
neither
here
nor
there.
If
you
show
stories,
then
it
evokes
every
kind
of
emotion
and
it
is
okay.”

He
further
spoke
about
difference
between
patriotism
and
nationalism.

The
filmmaker
also
spoke
about
differentiating
between
patriotism
and
nationalism
in
films.
He
said
that
every
filmmaker
should
have
their
own
reflections
in
the
films
that
they
make.
He
went
on
to
add
that
he
shows
tricolour
in
the
films,
but
today
there
is
a
difference
between
patriotism
and
nationalism.

While
elaborating
his
point,
he
said
that
for
nationalism,
sometimes
filmmakers
need
a
counter
point
or
a
villain.
However,
one
doesn’t
need
any
such
thing
for
patriotism.
Patriotism
is
a
pure
love
for
one’s
country
and
one
doesn’t
need
a
counterpoint.