Anoushey Ashraf shuts down trolls after being criticised for labelling SRK 'a universal star'

Anoushey Ashraf is setting the record straight after many trolled her on her recent take about Bollywood King Khan, Shah Rukh Khan. The actor, whose recent offering, Pathaan, has earned over INR5 billion in the first five days of release, is on cloud nine after his comeback to the big screen.

While a bevy of Bollywood stars came out to congratulate Khan over Pathaan's unbelievable box office run, artists on this side of the border, too, shared their two cents. Ashraf took to Instagram and heaped praises on King Khan. Penning a note, the famous RJ and host commented, "As much as people dislike him, as much as Pakistanis feel we shouldn't promote Bollywood, for me Shah Rukh Khan is a universal superstar."

When her statement was shared on one of the magazine's Instagram pages, several social media users trolled the actor over her fan-girl moment with the Indian star. Penning about the same, Ashraf commented, "Man, I share things on my wall, as my opinions but the people in the comments section here are remarkable; they can’t even take an opinion."

She added, "Like just ‘in my eyes’ an opinion is lost because they’re busy thinking I want to get noticed by him. Haha, I mean, there are many ways to get noticed. Many many many - than a mere opinion on my own story."

Further elaborating on her previous comment, she went on to write, "Stars have universal love, respect and appeal and so we speak about them. But Pakistanis in general have this hate deep-seated in them. Even for their own. They just cannot be nice in general. Everything makes them want to make put another down. God knows what satisfaction they get from that but to an outsider, it speaks volumes of a hardened, deprived and negative mindset."

She signed off with, "Good luck, hating losers!"

Earlier, Ashraf shared, "As artists, we believe we connect to people beyond borders (which is an awful man-made concept), the world only knows us humans and this human has done remarkable stull and speaks ever so eloquently." She had ended her note with, "Forever a fan of Shah Rukh Khan!"

About Pathaan's success

According to Pinkvilla, Pathaan has already broken 20 records in the Indian film industry. YRF chief executive Akshaye Widhani said the film's success is significant not just for the company, but also for the Hindi film industry at large.

"As an industry, we are rejoicing today. This is the most important sentiment emerging out of Pathaan's success," he said. "All of us at Yash Raj Films are grateful for the incredibly humbling support from the media, audiences, and the industry towards Pathaan. It is this unanimous love for the film that has resulted in Pathaan shattering all ll existing records and creating new ones."

Khan, who previously took a four-year-long hiatus from theatrical releases, smashed several records with his latest project, Pathaan. The Siddharth Anand directorial stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham in pivotal roles as well.

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