Aamir Khan, who is currently in Turkey to finish the shoot of Laal Singh Chaddha, recently met Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan, and netizens are not impressed.
"I had the great pleasure of meeting @aamir_khan, the world-renowned Indian actor, filmmaker, and director, in Istanbul. I was happy to learn that Aamir decided to wrap up the shooting of his latest movie ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ in different parts of Turkey. I look forward to it!" Emine wrote on Twitter after holding a meeting with Aamir. She even shared many pictures of the two from their official meet.
I had the great pleasure of meeting @aamir_khan, the world-renowned Indian actor, filmmaker, and director, in Istanbul. I was happy to learn that Aamir decided to wrap up the shooting of his latest movie ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ in different parts of Turkey. I look forward to it! pic.twitter.com/3rSCMmAOMW
— Emine Erdoğan (@EmineErdogan) August 15, 2020
Netizens are criticising the actor meeting Emine, pointing out strained relations between India and Turkey. After the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, Turkish President Recep Tayyip the "struggle" of Kashmiri people with that of the fight by Turkish people against foreign domination during the World War I. India’s External Affairs Ministry responded to Erdogan’s comments by asking to not interfere in India’s internal affairs.
Many trolled Aamir for being ‘anti-national’ or not a patriot, and brought his earlier controversial statement of ‘not feeling safe in India’.
#aamirkhan SSR was your CO StAR in PK - No tweet/No condolence message from you - you made video for Chinese people for COVId because they watch your movie and these Chinese killed our Army people - turkey supports Pakistan and they also kill our army - Shame in you-I think u got pic.twitter.com/v3Gmrjrbsh
— Nilotpal Mrinal (@nilotpalm3) August 17, 2020
#AamirKhan who avoided meeting Benjamin Netanyahu, an Indian friend, meets Turkish First Lady, Emine Erdogan at a time when #Turkey is openly backing Pakistan on state sponsored terrorism and cornering India on Kashmir.
— SMS Bharat (@bharat_sms) August 17, 2020
Time for Aamir to feel unsafe in India again pic.twitter.com/WmAV3gFHnY
Another section of social media users, however, supported Aamir and said it is normal for an actor to meet the head of state while he is shooting for a film in the country.
Laal Singh Chaddha, starring superstar Aamir and Kareena Kapoor Khan in lead roles, is an official remake of Tom Hanks' 1994 feature Forrest Gump. The film’s release has been postponed to December 2021 in the wake of the pandemic.
