Overview

• Shah clarified that Facebook removed rather than he deleting his statement backing Diljit Dosanjh’s casting of Pakistani actress Hania Aamir in Sardaar Ji 3.
• The veteran actor said he expected no support from peers because industry figures “have too much to lose or they disagree” with his stance.
• Federation of Western India Cine Employees and All India Cine Workers Association continue to uphold non-cooperation directives that shifted Sardaar Ji 3’s release exclusively overseas and barred Pakistani artistes.
• Producers have secured permission to complete Border 2 with Dosanjh but have announced they will not cast him in future films.
• His public challenge to cultural censorship highlights ongoing debates over artistic engagement between India and Pakistan following recent terror attacks and military operations.