Bushra Ansari had slammed Javed Akhtar for his strong speech against Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack. She had said Javed Akhtar should stay quiet just like Naseeruddin Shah.

Weeks after Pakistani actress Bhushra Ansari’s comment against Javed Akhtar, the veteran lyricist-writer has reacted to it. In a recent interview, Javed Akhtar gave a befitting reply to Bhushra’s ‘Inhe Mumbai mein koi ghar pe rent nahi deta’ comment. He asked, “Who are you to tell me when to talk and when to not?”

In an interview with Lallantop, Javed Akhtar shared, “There is this Pakistani actress, Bushra Ansari, she often talks about me. She once advised me to keep quiet. She said something like, ‘Naseeruddin Shah stays quiet, you should too.’ My question to her is: ‘Who is she to tell me when to talk and when not to? Who gave you this right and why do you expect me to take your advise?'”

He added, “We internally might have several problems (referring to India), but if an outsider comes to comment, I am an Indian. Why do they forget that? I won’t keep quiet.” When the interviewer said the the actress claimed that he doesn’t even get a house on rent in Mumbai, Javed sarcastically replied, “Yes right, Shabana and I have been sleeping on the streets lately. Kya yaar, ab kya bole?” He laughed as he said.

In the same interview, Javed Akhtar recalled the incident that prompted her to take a dig at them for not getting a house on rent.