Director Kabir Khan, who is known to be a man of few words, got offended with a journalist on his comment which resulted into a heated argument between the duo. This incident happened at the trailer launch of Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif-starrer “Phantom”..
Kabir expressed his displeasure with the mindset of people that terrorists are directly coming from Pakistan and said this was not true.
“People-to-people friendship can’t happen as long as these extremist elements exist in either country. And these elements have to be eliminated for both the countries to get along peacefully.”
A journalist took exception to this statement and shouted at Kabir, and this angered Kabir so much that he shouted back at the journalist.
“First do not talk to me like that. I do not appreciate it. Come over here, let me see your face and have a normal conversation. Do not get into all these talks. If you’re getting into screaming, shouting and frothing, then I’m not going to get into this discussion,” he said.
The director however cooled down and said: “If you make this discourse a bit more civil, then I’m ready to talk to you. Why are you screaming like that? Calm down, have some water.”
The furious journalist was repeatedly asking him to identify “the terrorist elements in India” but Kabir stressed he did not use the word “terrorist” but “extremist” for such elements.