Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah is being trolled after his recent comments on Mughals went viral on Twitter. In a recent interview with a digital news portal, he called Mughals refugees. In the viral video, he claimed that Mughals came to India to make it their homeland. According to him, the Mughals gave the country monuments and traditions of dance music, painting and literature.
Now, he is facing backlash online and is getting brutally trolled for his comments on Mughals which did not go well with a section of netizens.
Watch the viral video here:
Mughals came here to settle. They Contributed to India’s Culture, Music and Left lasting Legacies. You can call them refugees: Naseeruddin Shah to Karan Thapar pic.twitter.com/uqC6aXTaz3— MeghUpdates🚨™ (@MeghBulletin) December 29, 2021
The viral video has been clipped from an interview given by Naseeruddin to journalist Karan Thapar for The Wire. In the interview, he called the Mughals “nation builders”.
In the viral video, he can be heard saying, “The alleged atrocities of the Mughals are highlighted from time to time. But why do we forget that Mughals are the same people who have contributed to the cause of this country? They are the people who have made monuments in the country. They gave the tradition of dancing, singing, painting and literature. The Mughals came here to make it their homeland. Mughals, you can call them refugees if you want.”
After his comments, he is being brutally trolled on Twitter. Social media users are asking him to apologise for his remarks on Mughals.
And this contribution to music and culture wasn’t possible without taking the indigenous population as slaves and destroying their places of worship. https://t.co/6RREXezezM— Nivedita Tiwari (@TiwariNivedita) December 29, 2021
This conflation of colonizers, immigrants and refugees is DELIBERATELY done by Indian colonial apologists. It is intended to whitewash the crimes of the colonizers as “mishaps” at the hands of refugees. He is not being stupid, he is intentionally whitewashing colonialism. https://t.co/3EJ1x6bRrD— नेहा श्रीवास्तव (Nehā S) (@neha_aks) December 29, 2021
I want to settle in Naseeruddin Shah’s Mumbai estate. I am quite cultured and Mr. Naseer can sing for me. He can call me refugee but I will claim at least half the estate after 25 years. https://t.co/a30QIme9E4— Divya Kumar Soti (@DivyaSoti) December 29, 2021
Ghantey ka legacy!All they gave kottha, converted kathak to kotha dance, harem, halal,forced conversion, rapes, destruction of temples and Hindus and Hinduism! They were invaders, not refugees! @KaranThapar_TTP https://t.co/2xaO4nLNc1— M N (जय श्रीराम!) 🇮🇳 (@Hindu108) December 29, 2021
Earlier, in September this year, Naseeruddin had earned both bouquets and brickbats on social media for his views on the Taliban. He had expressed his displeasure over the euphoria among a section of Indian Muslims over the Taliban’s capture of power in Afghanistan.
The famous actor is an alumnus of prestigious National School of Drama (NSD) and Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). He was last seen in the 2020 drama Mee Raqsam and the acclaimed Amazon Prime Video series Bandish Bandits.
