: Tagged anti-national by some for acting in a film with a Pakistani artiste, Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh has said ‘ Sardaar Ji 3 ’ was shot before the Pahalgam terror attack and pointed out that India and Pakistan continue to play cricket even now.

The film, which did not get an India release but was shown in overseas theatres, features Pakistan’s Hania Aamir. It led to a storm on social media and elsewhere with some users calling for a ban on Dosanjh, and film unions criticising him for collaborating with a Pakistani artist in the wake of the April 22 attack that claimed the lives of 26 people.

Addressing a packed auditorium during a concert in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday evening, an evidently hurt Dosanjh spoke of the massive controversy over his film.

“The media tried its best to portr

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