Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor has reconsidered his past comments about doing Pakistani movies and said that they were taken out of context.
Ranbir Kapoor, who is currently promoting ‘Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar’, said that he was open to doing a Pakistani movie. The actor has now clarified that his comments were taken out of context. He further said that art has no boundaries but is not above the country.
Kapoor, however, maintained that he knows quite a few artists from Pakistan who contributed to the Indian film industry. While speaking at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Ranbir said that he might do a Pakistani film if something good comes his way.
While promoting Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar in Chandigarh, the actor revisited his past comments and said that they were taken out of context.
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“I had gone to a film festival and there were a lot of Pakistani filmmakers asking me this question, ‘If you’ve got a good subject would you do it?’ So, I didn’t want it to be controversial in any way.”It was not a big controversy. But, for me, films are films, art is art. I have worked with Fawad (Khan) in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.”
“I have known a lot of artists from Pakistan. Rahat (Fateh Ali Khan) and Atif Aslam are such great singers who used to contribute to Hindi cinema. So, cinema is cinema. I don’t think cinema sees boundaries,” he said.
Ranbir, however, made it clear that art is not bigger that the country. He added that the nation will always be his top priority. “But, of course, you have to respect art but at the same time art is not bigger than your country. So, anybody who is not on good terms with your country, your first priority will always be your country,” said the actor.
