Mona Singh Defends Her ‘Desh Mein Malaria Phaila Hai’ Dialogue In Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha

After
its
theatrical
release,
Aamir
Khan’s
much-anticipated

Laal
Singh
Chaddha
stirred
a
controversy
when
a
Delhi-based
lawyer
filed
a
complaint
against
the
Bollywood
star
and
the
makers
of
the
film.
He
accused
them
of
disrespecting
the
Indian
army
and
hurting
the
religious
sentiments
of
the
Hindu
community
in
one
of
the
scenes
in
the
film.

The
sequence
in
question
has
a
Pakistani
army
officer
asking
Aamir’s
character
Laal
the
reason
why
he
is
never
seen
praying
to
which
the
latter
says,
“My
mother
said
all
this
puja
paath
is
malaria.
It
causes
riots.”

In
a
recent
interview
with
Hindustan
Times,
Mona
Singh
addressed
the
controversy
surrounding
one
of
her
lines
which
equates
riots
to
‘malaria.’
The
actress
said
that
she
feels
that
people
who
have
raised
an
issue
with
the
line
haven’t
watched
the
movie.

Defending
the
dialogue,
Singh
explained,
“The
kind
of
son
I
have,
Laal,
he
is
a
slow
boy
and
understands
things
only
when
I
explain
them
well.
At
that
age,
you
cannot
tell
a
kid
that
there
are
riots
going
on
and
people
are
killing
each
other.
What
is
the
best
solution
—
the
way
a
mother
can
explain
something
so
massive
in
such
a
beautiful
way
,
‘Desh
me
malaria
faila
hua
hai’.
He
gets
it
bang
on
that
its
not
the
right
time
to
step
out
of
the
house.
I
never
bought
guns
for
my
nephew,
I
bought
Lego,
books
or
other
toys.
You
don’t
hand
them
guns
or
talk
about
issues
like
killing.”

Mona
further
added
that
people
who
have
watched
the
film
haven’t
raised
a
question.
She
told
the
daily
that
there’s
nothing
to
feel
bad
and
that
there’s
no
political
thing
going
on
in
the
film.

Directed
by
Advait
Chandan,

Laal
Singh
Chaddha
is
an
official
adaptation
of
Tom
Hanks’
Hollywood
classic
Forrest
Gump.
The
film
also
features
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan,
Mona
Singh
and
Naga
Chaitanya.