Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan is facing huge backlash on social media ever since his meeting with the First Lady of Turkey Emine Erdoğan.
Khan who is in Turkey to complete the shot for his upcoming film Laal Singh Chaddha was received by the first lady at the presidential residence at the Huber Mansion in Istanbul on August 15.
She tweeted, “I had the great pleasure of meeting @aamir_khan, the world-renowned Indian actor, filmmaker, and director, in Istanbul. I was happy to learn that Aamir decided to wrap up the shooting of his latest movie ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ in different parts of Turkey. I look forward to it!”
I had the great pleasure of meeting @aamir_khan, the world-renowned Indian actor, filmmaker, and director, in Istanbul. I was happy to learn that Aamir decided to wrap up the shooting of his latest movie ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ in different parts of Turkey. I look forward to it! pic.twitter.com/3rSCMmAOMW
— Emine Erdoğan (@EmineErdogan) August 15, 2020
According to reports, Khan talked to Erdoğan regarding the social responsibility projects he is associated with.
“Mr Khan stated that he would complete the shooting of his latest film ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, which couldn’t be completed in India due to COVID-19, in Turkey, and invited First Lady Erdogan to the film set,” a press release read.
However, things didn’t go down well with netizens, as earlier this year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during his visit to Islamabad, Pakistan had compared the situation in Kashmir with the Gallipoli campaign of the World War II.
However, India’s Ambassador to Turkey tweeted, “That special moment – First Lady H.E. @EmineErdogan receives India’s Cultural Ambassador and one of our finest exponents of meaningful cinema @aamir_khan on a location scouting trip to Turkey for his latest film #LaalSinghChhadha”
That special moment – First Lady H.E. @EmineErdogan receives India’s Cultural Ambassador and one of our finest exponents of meaningful cinema @aamir_khan on a location scouting trip to Turkey for his latest film #LaalSinghChhadha@MehmetNuriErsoy @TCKulturTurizm @TurkeyinDelhi https://t.co/A7QG50mPjZ
— Sanjay Panda (@AmbSanjayPanda) August 16, 2020
However, netizens called out Khan for his meeting.
This duplicity of Aamir Khan is not new, but let us not forget that @BJP4India govt in Maharashtra co-opted him and put the entire state machinery at his disposal to promote his NGO @paanifoundation. Don’t know what Maharashtra got out of it though. pic.twitter.com/ETGBx9HZ6L
— Shefali Vaidya. (@ShefVaidya) August 18, 2020
All Nationalist decided to Fully boycott all movies of Khan family.
RT if you agree with me.#AamirKhan #Salman #Sharukh pic.twitter.com/ZH4Dq44O8m
— Pushpendra Kulshreshtha (@iArmySupporter) August 17, 2020