Bollywood star Akshay Kumar published a video on Thursday and said that he is stunned that some people are debating the ban on Pakistani artistes at a time when soldiers have been killed in a terror attack. In the video, he also slammed the people who are raising questions on the Indian Army’s surgical strikes on terror launch pads in PoK.

Akshay Kumar, a son of an Army officer, in the video said, “I am not speaking to you as a celebrity today. I am speaking to you as the son of an army man. For the past few days, I have been seeing and reading that people are arguing and some are asking for proof about surgical strikes, some are demanding ban on artistes, while some fear that there might be a war.”

“Arey sharam karo (have shame). These debates can happen later. First one must realise that people have already laid down their lives at the border. Nineteen jawans died during the attack and a 24-year-old jawan Nitin Yadav died in Baramulla,” he further added.

Commenting on ban on Pakistani artistes the 49-year-old actor said, “Are their families, or the families of our thousands of jawans, worried whether a film will release or not? Whether an artiste will be banned? No. They are worried about their future.”

“And our concern should be to ensure that their present and future is better. I am, because they are. You are, because they are and if they are not there, then India won't exist,” he concluded.

Check out the video

By Prajakt K.