Annu Kapoor, the veteran Bollywood actor known for delivering some memorable performances in Mr. India and Dream Girl recently made some controversial comments on Shimit Amin's directorial Chak De! India.

He said, "The main character in Chak De! India is based on a famous coach, Negi Saab. But in India, they want to show a Muslim as a good character and make fun of a Pandit (Hindu priest). This is something old, where they use the idea of Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb (Hindu-Muslim unity) to put a label on it."

Chak De! India, a beloved Shah Rukh Khan classic directed by Shimit Amin, tells the inspiring story of a women's hockey team and a coach's quest for redemption after being wrongly accused of disloyalty to his country.

Actor Annu Kapoor has accused the makers of Chak De India of deliberately changing the protagonist from a Hindu to a Muslim.

Annu Kapoor makes EXPLOSIVE statement about Shah Rukh Khan starrer Chak De India; says, “They want to show a Muslim as a good character and make fun of a Hindu Pandit” Bollywood News: Latest Bollywood News,

Directed by Shimit Amin, the Shah Rukh Khan film, 'Chak De! India' was inspired by Indian hockey coach Mir Ranjan Negi who, Kapoor claims, was deliberately portrayed as a Muslim character in the film

Annu Kapoor says that the makers changed the name of the lead character in the movie 'Chak De! India' to portray Muslim as a good character. He further added that they make fun of a pandit here. The actor said that the film based based on Mir Ranjan Negi and not Kabir Khan.

Annu Kapoor has sparked controversy with remarks about Shah Rukh Khan's Chak De! India, suggesting the character Kabir Khan was originally based on coach Mir Ranjan Negi but was altered to be Muslim.

Veteran Bollywood actor and host, Annu Kapoor, claimed that Shah Rukh Khan's blockbuster film 'Chak De! India' was based on the life of a Hindu coach, but the makers deliberately changed it to a Muslim coach,