This actor defends Sara Ali Khan's 'Ae Watan Mere Watan', says 'Those calling her performance horrible are…'

Sara Ali Khan’s Ae Watan Mere Watan released on Amazon Prime Video IN on March 21. And one of her co-stars from the film was actor Alexx O’Nell. And in an interview with Bollywood Hungama, he defended the actress amid the criticism that came her way.

He said, “I feel critics have been unfairly harsh to Sara Ali Khan. I saw the film first with Sara, director Kannan Iyer, producer Karan Johar and the rest of the team. Then I also watched it the next day with my friends. Some of them were not familiar with Sara’s work or who she was. When I compare their reaction to the reviews that she got, it’s a world of difference.”

The actor added, “Maybe that’s because people feel that they get opportunities more easily than the other actors. So, the star kids need to give far better performances than the other actors. I don’t know whether that’s fair. But if you look only at the performance of Sara and don’t think who she is or her off-screen persona or her previous films, you’ll think that her performance is fine. I mean, it’s not Oscar winning but it doesn’t detract from the story at all.”

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Nell continued and added, “She has done justice to the character. Neither has she overacted. Hence, those calling her performance ‘horrible’, I think it has lots to do with the nepotism debate that never ends.”

About the film

Directed by Kannan Iyer, the film has been written by Iyer and Darab Farooqui. The movie features actor Sara Ali Khan in the lead alongside Sachin Khedekar, Abhay Verma, Sparsh Shrivastav, Alexx O’ Nell and Anand Tiwari in pivotal roles and a special guest appearance by Emraan Hashmi.   _Ae Watan Mere Watan_ is set to premiere exclusively on Prime Video in India and across more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on March 21 in Hindi with dubs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.