Lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar while addressing the media during an event in Mumbai on Tuesday expressed his views on the recent cruise drug bust by NCB in which actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan has been detained.
Referring to the Mundra Port drug bust by the NIA on September 13, where 2988.21 kg of narcotic drug was seized in Gujarat, the 76-year-old veteran said, “I have not seen any headline on the seizure of cocaine worth $1 billion at a port. . But the recovery of 1.30 lakh charas or ganja, where only 1200 people were present, has become big national news.
Adding to this, Akhtar spoke about the October 2 raid on the Cordelia cruise ship, the lyricist said, “That’s the price the film industry has to pay for being high profile because when you are like that, people drag you down. want. “
An alleged drugs party was busted by an NCB team on the Cordelia cruise ship, which was on its way to Goa in the middle of the sea on October 2.
A total of 20 people, including Aryan and two Nigerian nationals, have been arrested so far in connection with the seizure of drugs after a party was raided on a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast.
Separately, work-wise, Akhtar, who began his career through screenwriting, later shifted to pen lyrics for some of Bollywood’s most loved songs revolving around love, loss and life.
Recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award (2013), Padma Shri (1999) and Padma Bhushan (2007), the renowned lyricist also has five National Film Awards to his name. Last year, he received the Richard Dawkins Award
Aryan Khan is lodged in Arthur Road Jail yesterday after his alleged involvement in illegal drugs.
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