Comedian Zakir Khan’s remark at a recent award function has sparked a controversy. The comedian suggested Bollywood celebrities are ‘jealous’ of Dhurandhar 2’s massive success, leading to strong reactions from the industry. Ameesha Patel has also come forward to call out Zakir over his remark, urging him to stop `spreading negativity,` and highlighting how the industry has consistently valued and respected the Aditya Dhar directorial.
Ameesha Patel slams Zakir Khan
Taking to her X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, April 7, Ameesha Patel wrote, “DUDE—Stop spreading NEGATIVITY! The film industry has valued and respected DHURANDHAR! Superstars like SRK, SALMAN, SUNNY, HRITHIK, AJAY et have given not just 1 but 25 plus mega hits and will continue to do so. CHILL-GADAR bahut saalon se sabne already machai hain aur aage bhi machaayenge.”
DUDE-Stop spreading NEGATIVITY!film industry has valued n respected DHURANDHAR!Superstars like SRK,SALMAN,SUNNY , HRITHIK,AJAY et have given not just 1 but 25 plus mega hits n will continue to do so👍CHILL-GADAR bahut saalon se sabne already machai hain aur aage bhi machaayenge👍 pic.twitter.com/MqOD74LH83
— ameesha patel (@ameesha_patel) April 7, 2026
Earlier, filmmaker Siddharth Anand also took a jibe at the comedian and wrote, “Juhu – Bandra peeps have given all ATBB`s (all-time blockbusters) since the past 50 years. You have to be a real duffer to undermine their contribution”.
Zakir Khan`s comment
For the unversed, while hosting a recent award ceremony, Zakir said, “Kitne hi congratulatory post aap daal dein, kitni hi stories daal dein, kitne hi interview mein aap bol dein my favourite film, magar sach toh yeh hai ki Dhurandhar se sabki jalti toh hai. (No matter how many congratulatory posts you put up, no matter how many Stories you share, no matter how often you say in interviews that it`s your favourite film – the truth is, everyone is jealous of Dhurandhar).”
His remark drew laughter from the audience; however, it did not seem to land well with many in the industry.
Apart from Zakir`s comment, the recent awards ceremony has also come under the scanner over a few controversial instances. Elsewhere, during the awards ceremony, another host made a cheeky remark on Rajpal Yadav in reference to his case of financial irregularities, saying, “Dollar ka rate kitna bhi upar neeche ho jaaye apko paise utne hi vapas lautaane hain (No matter how much the dollar rate fluctuates, you have to return the same amount of money)”.
