'It Was Rather Insensitive': Anushka Sharma on Salman Khan's Infamous Comment

Thursday, 14 July 2016

The actress also opens up on her experience of working with Sallu
Recently, Salman Khan’s rape remark had caused a huge furore in the media. A number of celebrities had voiced their opinion on the subject and now Anushka Sharma, the leading lady of his current blockbuster, Sultan, has said that she found the comment to be insensitive. Right after the film hit screens, the actress opened up on the issue.
She was quoted saying, “Firstly, I want to find out what made him say it. Is it really true that he said that? After that, a lot has been spoken about it. Obviously, we all understand that it was rather insensitive. But now, when I look at it today, when everything is happening, there are so many debates that went on air, I feel yes, it was insensitive and something that I was a bit surprised by. If it was said the way it was. But what it made me really think of is that all of us have a responsibility towards what we speak… in any place and not just publicly. Celebrities, more so! That is something which if you don’t think of, you are going to be in a situation like this.
She added, “I don’t know him at all (to ask him apologise). I have worked with him on a film. That’s all the interaction I had with him. I find him very intimidating. He is someone who will not go out of his way to make you feel comfortable. He is going to be himself and do his thing. And I’m very shy as a person. So I can’t bridge that gap either. I can’t break that ice because I know I am not very good at it myself. In any case, we don’t have an equation where we can have conversations. In fact, we have not spoken about anything in the time that I shot for the film with him. We have only spoken during group discussions with Ali Abbas Zafar, and the ADs. I don’t have that place where I would go and tell him that. He is an adult man and he knows what he needs to do. And I don’t need to go tell somebody what they should be thinking, doing or saying.”