Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah slammed Indian extremist party MNS and spoke out in support of Pakistani actors. Shah speaking on the MNS ban said only artistes who aim to spread the message of love and peace are attacked. “They have as much fun targeting the industry as they would have while watching films made by Bollywood. We haven’t broken diplomatic ties with Pakistan, nor are we in the state of war, or have sealed our borders,” Shah said. Naseeruddin Shah also questioned what the point was of threatening defenceless artistes. Karan Johar filmmaker for Pakistani actor Fawad Khan starrer ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ gave into extremist MNS threatening the release of his movie. After a meeting with its chief Raj Thackeray he vowed not to cast any Pakistani actors in the future and donate Rs 50 million to the army welfare fund. Naseeruddin Shah is an Indian film and stage actor and director, and a prominent figure in Indian parallel cinema. Shah has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards and an award at the Venice Film Festival. The government of India has honoured him with the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan awards for his contributions to Indian cinema. Shah has also appeared in the Pakistani film industry, Lollywood, through the films ‘Khuda Ke Liye’ and ‘Zinda Bhaag’.