Pakistani heart-throb Fawad Khan opens up about why he keeps mum

Fawad KhanPakistani heartthrob Fawad Khan has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons and through no fault of his Fawad became the poster boy of all Pakistani artists in India after theIndian Motion Picture Producers Association caved in to political pressure and banned all Pakistani artists from working in Hindi filmsAnd why not After all he had starred in two big releases Kapoor and Sons and Ae Dil Hai MushkilFawad is a reserved person but recently opened up about the friends he has made in Bollywood the ban on Pakistani artists his future in Pakistani films and other issuesIn an hearfelt and candid interview to Pakistani websiteDawn Fawad revealed why he hadnt spoken up earlier about the issues plaguing the culture exchange between the two countries and the banFawad Khan and wife Sadaf File picThe website quoted the actor as saying Id rather speak less because I donrsquot consider myself a very intelligent person So I think rather than being a victim of lsquofootinmouthrsquo disease one should refrain from talking as much as possible I do tend to ramble and I can ramble with my friends and be expressive But I feel when youre on a public platform and you put something out there in front of people who donrsquot know you they might just perceive it in a very different way altogetherHe added Some people may say itrsquos wrong and that you should stand up for whatrsquos right but my argument is itrsquos all so grey how can you say whatrsquos right or wrong You stand up for one thing and there will always be someone whorsquos an opponent of that ideaHe is at his diplomatic best while addressing the elephant in the room the ban on Pakistani artists in India over the release of his film ADHM He is quoted as saying The motto of my life is the best advice is no advice at all Yes therersquos a lot of sadness and grief in the world But my belief is if one wants to take a stand on something one must be very educated about itHe does not belong to the current Wikipedia generation who speak without knowing the entire situation Instead he feels Itrsquos a very sad fact that people are not wellversed in subjects and tend to get into heated arguments without knowing the context of things Irsquove been a victim of that myself If Irsquom going to talk about something I need to be educated about it and I need to have seen all the perspectivesKaran JoharThe actor also revealed that hes still in touch with his friends from Bollywood but also revealed he was hurt by the entire incident He said Im still in touch with a lot of my friends there Nothingrsquos really changed Obviously Irsquom not a man of steel in that peoplersquos words donrsquot affect me They might hurt me But I am becoming immune to it as time goes by I have no expectations from them and thatrsquos what I think has developed this camaraderie Even if I donrsquot work with them ever again Irsquoll still always have love and regard for them and I assume thatrsquos how they feel as well Thatrsquos why wersquore still in touch We even make plans to meet to catchupTalking about his career Fawad talked about starring as popstar Alamgir in the Pakistani film Albela Rahi He said I think popstar Alamgirrsquos life is just very interesting I feel some of the greatest content comes out of bio pics out of the lives of real people For those who know about Alamgirrsquos life well hersquos had a very dramatic life Irsquove not stepped into the shoes of a real life character in my earlier work But yes Irsquove tried to ndash or maybe itrsquos just happened that the work Irsquove done has been different from what Irsquod done previously