Mahira Khan, Saba Qamar, Veena Malik: 5 Pakistani actresses and their controversial statements against India and Bollywood

Pakistani actresses have often garenered limelight in India for various reasons. While most of the time they have come under the limelight for their work in the Indian film industry, some time it has also been due to their controversial statements regarding India or Indian actors. From Mahira Khan, Saba Qamar to Veena Malik, here are FIVE Pakistani actresses who grabbed headlines for the wrong reasons.

Mahira Khan worked with Bollywood's Baadshah Shah Rukh Khan in Rahul Dholakia's 'Raees'. Right before the release of the film, a video of Mahira surfaced on the internet where she was seen in conversation with Pakistani comedian Umer Sharif. In the interview, Mahira was heard saying that Pakistanis should never be inspired from Indians as they are not Bollywood. This was from 2011.

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Saba Qamar worked with the late Irrfan Khan in director Saket Choudhury's 'Hindi Medium'. In a viral video on social media from 2015, the Pakistani diva was seen enlisting reasons for saying no to Indian actors in hypothetical scenarios. When asked if she would marry Hrithik Roshan, she answered by saying, 'Who is going to marry the father of two kids!!' She was showed a picture of Emraan Hashmi and asked if she would do a film with him, she said, 'I don't want oral cancer!'A photo of Ritesh Deshmukh follows. Saba: "Look, I'm an A-list actress in Pakistan. I work with only A-listers." And finally, on Salman Khan's photo, she said, "Bahut chhichhore hai aap! He doesn't follow the choreographer at all. He invents his own styles. What is this, man!"

Veena Malik made her Bollywood debut with 'Daal Mein Kuch Kaala Hai'. She has also been a part of many song numbers in films like, 'Gali Gali Mein Chor Hai' and 'Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya'. She has often created controversies for her comments on India. Once she reacted to a news report of a 23-year-old German student who was allegedly molested in Delhi with "India sucks...!!!" Another time, she made headlines for calling PM Narendra Modi a 'snake' when he had a meeting with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Pakistani actress made headlines after she called out Bollywood's Desi Girl Priyanka Chopra for her tweet on the Balakot airstrike. Writing a blog for CNN, Mehwish wrote: "This is where Priyanka Chopra and others have made a mistake: by lending their name to racism dressed up as patriotism, they have done us all a disservice." Earlier, she had also slammed Bollywood and Hollywood for misrepresenting her country in movies.

Mahnoor Balock recently grabbed headlines after she spoke about Shah Rukh Khan in an interview. According to her, SRK has a very good personality, but if you see him according to the beauty parameters and what is considered handsome, he doesn’t come under that. She added that it is just that his personality and aura is so strong that he looks good. The Pakistani diva also added that in her opinion, Shah Rukh Khan doesn’t know acting. He is just a great businessman who knows how to market himself.