"I stand by every word that I said in Pakistan", Khan told India TV when asked whether his utterances about the relative state of Muslims in the two countries need not have been made.
NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the ban imposed by President Pervez Musharraf on his entry into Pakistan, filmmaker and actor Feroze Khan has said he stood by his remarks that Muslims in India were better off than in the neighbouring country.
"I stand by every word that I said in Pakistan", Khan told India TV when asked whether his utterances about the relative state of Muslims in the two countries need not have been made while in Pakistan, according to the news channel.
"What wrong I did by reminding Pakistani Muslims that India is the most secular country in the world? What wrong did I commit if I reminded them that only in India we have a Muslim as President of the Republic and a Sikh as the prime minister of the country," Khan said.
Khan iterated that the condition of Muslims in Pakistan was "very bad" compared to those living in India, India TV said.
Referring to the ban on his entry into Pakistan, the actor said, "I do not agree with President Musharraf. I do not agree one bit with him. But I must hasten to add that he has acted within his powers and I respect him as a statesman."
"But he (Musharraf) seems to have been wrongly briefed about what I said while I was in Pakistan and why I said what I did," said Khan.
On the reported altercation he had with the anchor of Pakistani private TV channel Geo, Khan, whose interview with India TV will be telecast on Saturday, said, "I stood up for my colleague Manisha Koirala, when the anchorman ridiculed her. This annoyed some people and then they went to target me for other remarks that I had made".
Khan said he would make a sequel to the 1980-hit Qurbani, featuring himself, Vinod Khanna and Zeenat Aman.
The sequel will have Feroze Khan's actor son Fardeen in the role of the police officer that the father had played in the earlier film and he would enact the role Amjad Khan had done in Qurbani.
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