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Recently, a clip of Naseeruddin Shah calling Anupam Kher “a clown” went viral on social media. In response to that, Anupam Kher said that he did not take Shah’s words seriously. Now, this

war of words has been interrupted by late Sushma Swaraj’s husband, Swaraj Kaushal.

In the video clip, Shah can be heard saying that, “Any number of his contemporaries from NFD and FTII can attest to his sycophantic nature. It’s in his blood, he can’t help it.”

Swaraj Kaushal, in response to Shah’s words, posted a series of tweets addressed to Shah, in which he praises both Anupam Kher and his wife Kirron Kher. He calls Anupam Kher an “honest,

upright and a self made man.”

He also says, “What is it that you have and Anupam Kher does not have ? You think you are a better actor than Anupam Kher ? You are sadly mistaken.”

Anupam is an honest, upright and a self made man. I saw Kirron on stage when she did "Desire under the Elms" in 1971. She was an ace Badminton player. I think she was India Champion. She is

M.A (English literature) First Class First. So was her sister Kanwal Thakur Singh.

Swaraj further calls Shah “an ungrateful man” and “a disillusioned man”. He has tweeted, “Mr.Naseeruddin Shah, you are an ungrateful man. This country gave you all the name, fame and money.

Yet you are a disillusioned man. You married outside your religion. No one ever said a word. Your brother became Lt.General of the Indian Army. Have you not been given more than an equal

opportunity. Yet you are unhappy. You speak of apathy and discrimination. When you do all the blabbering, it is your 'conscience'. When Anupam speaks his pain on being declared homeless in

his own country, it is 'psychophancy'. You are being thankless to the country that gave you everything. Kirron has been twice elected as a Member of Parliament. Anupam is a star in his own

right. Look at his response. It is that of a gentleman. When you spoke, you looked small and petty. Suffice it to say that your anger is your frustration.”

than an equal opportunity. Yet you are unhappy. You speak of apathy and discrimination. When you do all the blabbering, it is your 'conscience'. When Anupam speaks his pain on being declared

homeless in his own country, it is 'psychophancy'. You are being thankless to the

He concludes his twitter thread with a dialogue from Devdas, uttered by Kirron Kher.

“Naseeruddin Shah ! Bs, tumhare shabd ab meri maan ki maryada ko paar kr chuke hain...(Your words are now beyond my understanding)”

"Naseeruddin Shah ! Bs, tumhare shabd ab meri maan ki maryada ko paar kr chuke hain..."https://t.co/uJxfBZncgg

Soon after, Twitter erupted with criticism of Swaraj. Many started calling him out for his “bigotry”.

Marrying outside his religion depended on the benevolence of Swaraj Kaushal and gang? Fail to understand the point of this thread except the ridiculous outrage that a Muslim man isn’t

suitably ‘grateful’ for doing well in life through his own hard work. https://t.co/bR9XajRe9m

Others also questioned Swaraj’s claim that Shah was allowed to marry outside his religion.

How does it matter that Naseeruddin Shah ‘married outside’ my his religion? He married a human he loved. How is that your business, you disgusting thing? Did you know your wife, Sushma

Swaraj, was totally against Narendra Modi being chosen to lead BJP before the 2014 elections? https://t.co/mfls2ajyFv

One Twitter user called Swaraj’s tweets “a very public meltdown”.

Wow, Governor Swaraj is having a very public meltdown. Calling sycophants, psychophants being the funnest part of the meltdown. The country allowed Naseer to marry outside his religion? Most

countries would do so. What a thread. Please send some help to him. https://t.co/orlWeKEUgu

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