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Gurmehar Kaur placard act row: Javed Akhtar takes back `harsh` words on Virender Sehwag, appreciates Gautam Gambhir
Akhtar was slammed by Mahavir Phogat and his wrestler daughters Geeta and Babita, besides Yogeshwar Dutt, for referring to them as ` a hardly literate player or wrestler` in one of his tweets.
Mumbai: Javed Akhtar took to Twitter Thursday night to take back his harsh words on former cricketer Virendra Sehwag, who was slammed on Twitter and accused of trolling Gurmehar Kaur for her ‘Pakistan didn’t kill my father, war did’ placard act.
The veteran writer-lyricist, without getting too deep into the issue following the backlash he received for his “If a hardly literate player or a wrestler”, took back his words on the cricketer after the latter clarified his stance on the ‘ I didn’t score two triple centuries, my bat did’ placard act.
Akhtar tweeted:
However, he went on show solidarity with Gurmehar’s post. He tweeted:
Interestingly, he also raised the issue of intolerance towards BJP leader Shazia Ilmi, who was denied permission to speak on triple talaq during an event.
For the uninitiated, Akhtar was slammed by Mahavir Phogat and his wrestler daughters Geeta and Babita, besides Yogeshwar Dutt, for referring to them as “ a hardly literate player or wrestler” in one of his tweets.