Salman Khan reacts to magazine editor's 'Chandivali Studios' comment on Hina Khan's Cannes Film Festival appearance

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: May 17, 2019, 11:09 PM IST

Hina Khan was mocked by a magazine editor for her debut at Cannes Film Festival 2019. Salman Khan was asked to comment on the incident and he had an EPIC reaction..

Salman Khan is the latest to react to the magazine editor's comment on Hina Khan's debut at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival 2019. The actor was present at the song launch event of Bharat track Zinda, along with Katrina Kaif, Ali Abbas Zafar and others. 

During the press interactions after the song launch, a reporter asked Salman Khan about the existing classicism and elitism in the industry, citing the incident when a magazine editor tried to mock Hina Khan for her Cannes Film Festival red carpet appearance. Salman seemed unaware of the controversy that the comment had snowballed into. When he was told that the magazine editor had commented something to the effect of 'Cannes has become Chandivali', Salman had an epic reaction. 

On getting to know about the incident, Salman sarcastically said, "This is very responsible of the editor to make a comment like that, so thoughtful. ," and added, "I don’t understand - what did he want to say? Cannes is Chandivali or Chandivali is going to Cannes?”

Later, Salman even asked if the editor has been trolled for his comment or Hina? 

Fort hose who've come in late, Hina Khan made her debut at Cannes Film Festival 2019 on May 16. The actress was seen at the opening night of Cannes 2019, walking the red carpet in a heavily embellished Ziad Nakad gown that had extended flowy sleeves. While her fans and the entire Television fraternity were all praises for the actress, a certain editor of a popular film magazine took a dig at her Cannes debut. 

The said editor shared a picture of Hina Khan's debut at Cannes 2019 red carpet and captioned it writing, "Cannes has suddenly become chandivali studious kya?". The comment did not go down well with the Indian TV celebs as well as a few in the film fraternity. The likes of Ekta Kapoor, Rangoli Chandel, Arjun Bijlani, Karanvir Bohra among others came out in support of Hina Khan and slammed the editor for mocking her. Later, the editor had to apologise to Hina.