Adding his voice to growing protests by the intelligentsia over 'climate of intolerance', Shah Rukh, on his 50th birthday on November 2, had said there was "extreme intolerance" in the country.
His comments snowballed into a political controversy, with a few ruling BJP leaders criticising the actor.
However, today at the trailer launch of their upcoming film "Dilwale", when reporters asked Shah Rukh to comment on the issue, he chose to remain non-responsive.
"We are intolerant today...Ask me whatever you want to ask," Kajol told reporters here.
Varun said, "This is not the place to ask this. We are here to talk about the film.