Mumbai: In a tribute to the Indian soldiers and police force, veteran actor Paresh Rawal on Tuesday proposed that the country must refer to actors as 'entertainers' and forces as 'heroes.'
Conventionally, actors in lead roles in films are mostly referred to as 'heroes'. Rawal took to Twitter to share his thought with his fans and followers.
"We Should Start Calling Actors As 'Entertainers' And Our Army & Police As 'Heroes' for Our Next Generation To Know The Actual Meaning Of Real Heroes," he tweeted.
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We Should Start Calling Actors As 'Entertainers' And Our Army & Police As 'Heroes' for Our Next Generation To Know The Actual Meaning Of Real Heroes !!!
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">We Should Start Calling Actors As 'Entertainers' And Our Army & Police As 'Heroes' for Our Next Generation To Know The Actual Meaning Of Real Heroes !!!
— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) June 23, 2020We Should Start Calling Actors As 'Entertainers' And Our Army & Police As 'Heroes' for Our Next Generation To Know The Actual Meaning Of Real Heroes !!!
— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) June 23, 2020
The thought of the Bollywood veteran has received thousands of likes and has garnered over 50.1k retweets on the microblogging website.
His tweet comes a week after the violent face-off of Indian soldiers with China in Ladakh's Galwan valley in which twenty personnel of the Indian Army were killed.
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Indian intercepts revealed that the Chinese side suffered 43 casualties including dead and seriously injured in the violent clash.
On the work front, the 65-year-old actor has some interesting projects in his kitty. He will be seen essaying the role of former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam in his next film. The biopic will be jointly produced by Abhishek Agarwal and Anil Sunkara.
With inputs from ANI