Pakistani actor Shaan Shahid recently took to Twitter to respond to a troll comment highlighting the actor’s discontent with the viral Turkish series Ertugrul. The actor responded by saying that he does not need a show to help him learn his religion or gain any inspiration whatsoever and that there is nothing to be inspired by as the actors in show are merely there for some bucks!
The tweet quickly gained attention and got social media buzzing shortly after. While a few did agree with him in discrediting the serial for gaining any inspiration, many were quick to call him out for being hypocritical and unfair.
Here’s what he tweeted:
Main apna deen dramoon or filmon sai nahee sekhtaa.. ALHAMDULLILLAH mujhay mairee Ama jan nai sikhaya hai ..or waisay yeh Bhai turkish actor Hai paisay lai kerna vozoo ker rahaain hain..
— Shaan Shahid (@mshaanshahid) June 12, 2020
He tweeted, “Main apna deen dramoon or filmon sai nahee sekhtaa.. ALHAMDULLILLAH mujhay mairee Ama jan nai sikhaya hai ..or waisay yeh Bhai turkish actor Hai paisay lai kerna vozoo ker rahaain hain..”
To which people responded by:
You don't need to justify yourself sir. Your work for the Pakistan film industry revival has proved your honesty and sincerity towards your work. We are proud of you. Stay strong sir. Look9mg forward to Zarrar. I hope @netflix have a look on it...
— Wasey Khan Khalil (@Waseysays) June 12, 2020
I personally think ppl have gone mad, stop criticising just for the sake of it
— Nabeel (@tweets_by_Nabs) June 12, 2020
Shaan is a brilliant actor and a legend!
Saas bahu ki fight walay plays on all tv channel bhi ab shaan kay pallay na daal dena!
In times of Netflix, Amazon prime and HBO
— jawad saleemđ”đ° (@jawadsaleemJD) June 12, 2020
Bring up something constructive
The market is global
U need to Learn what makes ErtuÄrul a global and National success
Product vs Product
Plus
Ertugrul taught so many Muslims across the globe what is it like to be righteous.
@mshaanshahid main apka bohat bara fan hon shan bhai hamesha apko support kia..... lekin... agr ap is dramy pe tanqid krty hain to ap ghalt side pe hain is me koi esi be hayai nahi dikhai gai jo hmari movies me dikhai gayi hai aj tk... tanqid na kre support kre drmy ko b or IK ko
— M UMAR H (@MUMARH90) June 13, 2020
Why is Shaan acting like a jealous phuppo? Like he totally lost all respect I had for him #Ertugrul
— Finstein (@Haq_Agah) June 14, 2020
I personally think ppl have gone mad, stop criticising just for the sake of it
— Nabeel (@tweets_by_Nabs) June 12, 2020
Shaan is a brilliant actor and a legend!
Saas bahu ki fight walay plays on all tv channel bhi ab shaan kay pallay na daal dena!
Those who have not seen this scene yet will soon enough forget Ertugrul.đđđJust look at Shaan's prowess and faith in Almighty. https://t.co/z1rYpYz1kw
— Asmat Musakhel (@MklAsmat) June 13, 2020
Shaan bhai bas kar dein.
— AAP PEDA BHI NAI HUE THY. (@HaiderAhsan) June 12, 2020
The fact is that Ertugrul is not something extra ordinary thing, still far better than our industry, aap kosh karein koi drama bnaen, we have so many Topics, bangladesh attack pe bana lein, peshawar school attack pe bna lein.
Shan is right we should not watch #erugrul , we should some wehshi gujjar or ziddi rajput in which shan and an overweight heroin veep dancing vulgarly n destroying acres of crops? Is this our culture mr shaan Wht your movies show, your only problem with ertugrul is Islamic aspect
— KBAM (@KbaMohsin) June 13, 2020
We do think people may have taken it a bit too far when getting their point across (some tweets had to be filtered out). However, we also feel that Ertugrul has impacted everyone positively!
In an update later, Shaan tweeted again – this time in favour of the show. Hereâs what he had to say:
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