Javed Akhtar has given his two cents in the ongoing Aryan Khan case and the struggle of his lawyers to get him out on bail.
The veteran screenwriter has stated that despite multiple other instances of drugs being found elsewhere in the country, Aryan Khan is targeted and seen on headlines across the country, as it is a price one has to pay for being ‘high profile.’
An agitated Javed was asked about Aryan during a press event of a book launch and here’s what he was quoted as saying on the subject:
“This is the price the film industry has to pay for being high profile. When you are high profile, people have fun pulling you down, throwing muck at you. If you are a nobody, then who has the time to throw stones at you?”
Mr. Akhtar further added:
“You find cocaine worth one billion dollars at a port, somewhere else there were 1200 people where ganja and a total sum of Rs 1 lakh 30 thousand is found, according to media reports. Now, this has become big national news, but I haven’t seen any headline on the billion-dollar cocaine….”
What do you have to say about Javed Akhtar’s comment on the issue?