Aamir Khan hits back at trolls attacking 'Dangal' actress Zaira Wasim

Aamir Khan and Zaira Wasim PicYouTubeBollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Tuesday tweeted in support of Dangal actress Zaira Wasimwho was subjected to vicious trolling after meeting Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba MuftiThis is what Aamir Khan tweetedPicAamir Khans Twitter accountZaira Wasim on Monday issued an apology for meeting Mehbooba Mufti but later withdrew it after receiving support from wellwishers including Bollywood celebrities and politiciansThe 16yearold who played the role of young Geeta Phogat in Dangal met Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday who enquired about her education and interest in other creative fields like actingHowever the Srinagarbased Zaira was trolled on social media when photos from the meeting emergedThe photo of Mehbooba Mufti and Zaira Wasim for which the actress was trolledWithout saying what she was sorry for the actress took to social media on Monday to apologise for hurting the sentiments of fellow Kashmiris and posted that she does not want anyone to follow her footsteps or even consider her as a role modelBut politicians like former JampK CM Omar Abdullah and film celebrities Javed Akhtar Anupam Kher and Vivek Agnihotri came out in her support lashing out at those who trolled her questioning her azadi freedom in the countryOmar Abdullah posted A 16 year old shouldnt be forced to apologise and that too allegedly for meeting Mehbooba Mufti What are we coming to Ive a problem with Mehbooba Mufti trying to usurp other peoples success to cover up her own failures but why punishtroll people she meetsA 16 year old shouldnt be forced to apologise amp that too allegedly for meeting MehboobaMufti What are we coming to httpstcoMFz3ZKykV1mdash Omar Abdullah abdullah_omar January 16 2017Ive a problem with MehboobaMufti trying to userp other peoples success to cover up her own failures but why punishtroll people she meetsmdash Omar Abdullah abdullah_omar January 16 2017These people succeed IN SPITE of the Govt not because of it so its best to let them enjoy their success instead of trying to hijack itmdash Omar Abdullah abdullah_omar January 16 2017Javed Akhtar wondered whether Zaira had azadi to do as she wished and tweeted Those who shout azadi from the roof tops dont give an iota of azadi to others Poor Zaira Waseem had to apologise for her success ShameThose who shout AZADI from the roof tops dont give an iota of AZADI to others Poor Zaira Waseem had to apologies for her success Shame mdash Javed Akhtar Javedakhtarjadu January 16 2017Anupam Kher too expressed his support for the young actress calling her his role model and posted Dear Zaira Wasim your apology letter is sad but full of courage It exposes the cowardice of people who made you write it But you are my role modelDear zairawasim Ur apology letter is sad but full of courage It exposes d cowardice of people who made u write itBut u r my RoleModel pictwittercomfCF2zlzvzCmdash Anupam Kher AnupamPkher January 16 2017Vivek Agnihotri also shared instances from his past and lashed out at individuals for not taking a stand in support of ZairaTold a news channel that they are trivialising the Zaira issue by blaming the trolls Instead media should name wahabi Islamist jehadismdash Vivek Agnihotri vivekagnihotri January 16 2017Later however Zaira deleted the apology and posted a clarification but this too the actress took down laterThe nowdeleted clarification read Regarding my last post I have no idea why this has become such a big issue I just wanted to make sure that I did not hurt anyones feelings and all of a sudden it has been turned into national news Again and again I am telling people that I have not been forced into anything by anyoneThis post was not meant against anyone just wanted to make sure that people were not hurt by what I was doing From media to everyone else please dont blow this out of proportion Neither was I forced nor am I against anyone Hopefully this post just stops this once and for allAlso readBabita and Geeta Phogat back Dangal trolled teen actress Zaira WasimZaira rose to fame as young Geeta Phogat in the Aamir Khan blockbuster Dangal which has been lauded by the audiences for its powerful portrayal of the story of Mahavir Singh Phogat who much to the disapproval of his wife and his whole village trained his daughters Geeta and Babita to wrestle