Fawad Khan’s changing tune: From ‘Promoting Peace’ to criticizing India’s actions

By Subhash K. Jha -

May 7, 2025 - 3:17 PM IST

It is not surprising that Fawad Khan has stopped sitting on the fence after ‘Operation Sindoor’ condemning it as “shameful”. Fawad seems to have forgotten the hospitality the Indian film industry extended to him when he was keen to establish himself in the Indian and the Pakistani film industry.

Fawad Khan’s changing tune: From ‘Promoting Peace’ to criticizing India’s actions

In an interview with this writer in 2014 after he was appreciated for his presence in the Sonam Kapoor starrer Khubsoorat, Fawad said, “To be seen that way (as a peace broker between India and Pakistan) would be the biggest honour for me and a bigger reward and the biggest award. I am a very peace-loving guy. And if I can promote peace on any level between the two countries, it'd be my greatest achievement. When people in India tell me they feel an emotional connectivity with their ancestry on Lahore and Karachi when they see me on the screen, I feel so honoured.”

Fawad wanted to produce a film featuring artistes and technicians. He added, “I'd love to manage at least one project on both sides of the border next year. My friends in Pakistan and I are trying to put together a Pakistani-Indian project with Indian talent. We are looking forward to a collaboration. But this time it’d be a Pakistani production.”

Now, of course, Fawad finds India’s attack on terror hideouts “shameful”.

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