Zaira Wasim, the skillful girl who played the character of young Geeta Phogat in Aamir Khan starrer “Dangal” posted an open letter on social networking sites which undoubtedly went viral; however, she deleted them later on.
The 16-yr starlet from Srinagar, who rose to fame after Dangal’s immense success and praised a lot for her performance, posted an apology on Twitter in which she asked youngsters of Kashmir to stop following her or even deeming her their role model.
In recent times, she got to meet Mehbooba Mufti, Jammu and Kashmir CM, and opened up regarding the importance of girls’ education together with the safety of women.
Mehbooba Mufti backs 'Dangal' star Zaira Wasim, says it's unfortunate that children are not given opportunities & they are not appreciated pic.twitter.com/RQZRObpROt
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If we believe reports, Zaira had been trolled by netizens to meet Mufti and several comments made the girl post an apology letter.
Here’s what she wrote,
“This is an open confession/apology. I know that many people have been offended and displeased by my recent actions or by the people I have recently met.
I want to apologise to all those people who I’ve unintentionally hurt and I want them to know that I understand their sentiments behind it especially considering that what had happened over the past 6 months but I hope people can also understand there are certain circumstances that emerge which one cannot control and I hope people still remember that I’m just a 16 years old girl and I hope you treat me accordingly. I’m sorry for what I did but it was not a deliberate decision and I really hope people can forgive me.
There are few more things which are very important and I want to clear them as well. The first and foremost thing is that I am being projected as a role model for Kashmiri youth. I want to make it very clear that I do not want anyone to follow my footsteps or even consider me as a role model. I’m not proud of what I am doing but I want everyone, especially the Youth to know that there are real role models out there whether they be in this time or in our history.
To even consider me as a role model would be disgracing them and their disgrace would be OUR DISGRACE! I do not wish to start an argument here, this was just a mere confession from my end which I really wanted people to know. May Allah bless us and guide us.”
Zaira deleted the post and shared one more letter in which she said that no one forced her to do anything and she wrote the letter just for ensuring that individuals didn’t get hurt due to her act.
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