Saif Ali Khan, with the release of Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, has been garnering praises for his portrayal of Udaybhan Singh Rathod. Now, as the film is minting multi-crores at the box-office, the actor is gearing up for the release of his second project of the month-Jawaani Jaaneman. During the ongoing promotions of this Nitin Kakkar directorial, the 49-year-old actor made a statement stating that there wasn't a concept of India before the British gave one. While him refraining from voicing out his political opinions brought him under the limelight, this comment hasn't surely helped him much. Soon after the comment went viral, Saif had to face the wrath of Twitter.
Moments later, Twitter users lashed out at Saif and were in no mood to let me go. One of the users reprimanded the Tanhaji actor by sharing an ancient map of India while one sarcastically took a dig on him being a 'history buff'.
#saifalikhan should look this images long back before freedom(republish 1987) this map was exist so read history before quoting it mr. Saif see the places and their names. We have map which were 1000's of year back but this is enough for u right now pic.twitter.com/HBCTPVk2rm
— Rahul kumar verma (@Rahul_rkverma) January 19, 2020
Dear #SaifAliKhan check out some of these ancient maps which clearly mentioned India long before the British even existed. pic.twitter.com/fULTe9WvMI
— Bahadur 2.0 (@my2bit) January 20, 2020
Now you know why Native Americans are called Red Pakistanis because according to ‘history buff’ #SaifAliKhan there was ‘no concept of India until the British came’... #PoorOlColumbus
— Nandini (@NAN_DINI_) January 19, 2020
Taking the troll fest forward, users pointed out that Saif has named his son Taimur, who was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who invaded India in the 14th century.
"Not without reason that history buff Saif named his son Taimur"#KareenaKapoor #SaifAliKhan #TaimurAliKhan https://t.co/8fhmmIBRKE
— Laxman (@laxman_xy) January 19, 2020
Take a look at some more tweets here:
Unlike Dumbo Deepika, #SaifAliKhan waited for #Tanhaji to become a hit before revealing his ugly face
Another radical izlamist exposes his bigotry
Taimur Ali Khan ke abba se yehi umeed thi pic.twitter.com/eweImKene1— Archie (@archu243) January 19, 2020
Yes, #SaifAliKhan is right. The concept of India was forced by Britishers who rules us. It was earlier BharatVarsh, which has a great history associated with the Great Ashoka.
Some people just want to be politically correct, not historical correct. Shame!! pic.twitter.com/Irbs7h7YY2
— Naren Charan (@NarenCharan) January 20, 2020
During the period 2000–500 BCE, The Vedas, the oldest scriptures associated with Hinduism,were composed during this period,
Pic 1. The map of India, ca 350 CE;
Pic 2 Cave 26 of the rock-cut Ajanta Caves, fifth century CE#SaifAliKhan get your facts right. pic.twitter.com/zZiV5jM97w
— #RenukaJain (@RenukaJain6) January 20, 2020
Speaking of Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, Saif played the role of Udaybhan Singh Rathod, a Rajput officer, who failed in the attempt to conquer Fort Kondhana from the Marathas. Ajay Devgn played the titular role. The film was directed by Om Raut and released on January 10, 2020.
(Source: Twitter)
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