Filmmaker Farah Khan has come out in support of music composer friend Vishal Dadlani after he criticised the recent visit by a Jain monk to the Haryana Assembly.
Dadlani had created a furore with his tweet against Jain monk Tarun Sagar, who was invited by the Haryana government to deliver a lecture 'Kadve Vachan' in the Assembly on Friday.
Farah, who has worked with Dadlani in all her films from "Main Hoon Na" to "Happy New Year", said she supports the composer as a friend.
"As a friend, I support Vishal. I have always supported him. If we say our country is democratic then we should have the freedom to speak as well," Farah said at an event here.
Dadlani, 43, later deleted the tweet and apologised for hurting the sentiments of the Jain community even as the Ambala police registered an FIR against him and booked him for "hurting religious sentiments".
Meanwhile, reacting to the recent controversy where the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) took objection to few scenes from Sidharth Malhotra-Katrina Kaif-starrer "Baar Baar Dekho", Farah said it is better if the Board just sticks to certifying films.
"I have always said we need a certification board... Just certify a film. If the film has adult content then give XXX certificate so that kids don't watch it," she added.
Though a lot of fuss is now made over actresses going to
Hollywood, the "Happy New Year" helmer has been to the West as choreographer when no one went.
"I went there when nobody went. I did a song for 'Bombay Dreams'. Jackie Chan also chose me for his upcoming film," she said.
"They don't have song and dance culture, so when they think of dance they call me, and I am glad they think about me. It's our birthright to have song and dance in our films!"
B-town heroines like Kangana Ranaut, Deepika Padukone and others are in news over their remuneration these days.
On this Farah said, "It is going beyond (big fees). I think now the trend is to talk about money. Like one would say how much money a film made than (talking about) how good a film is. One should talk about work and not money. It's not a healthy trend.
