Aamir Khan defends 'Dangal girl' Zaira Wasim after her open apology, social media too pours in support

After garnering support from major personalities, Megastar Aamir Khan has also come out to support her 'Dangal' co-star Zaira Wasim who posted an open apology on social media on Monday.

Zaira, the girl who played the role of younger Geeta Phogat in the box office super-hit 'Dangal' posted an apology letter on Facebook after she was trolled for her recent meeting with Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti.

Aamir Khan in a twitter post on Tuesday termed Zaira as her role model. In a picture tweet, he said that he can totally understand and imagine, what led her to make such a statement.

pic.twitter.com/Ynu3VvdRs0

— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) January 17, 2017

He said that bright, young, talented, hardworking, caring and courageous kids like Zaira are a role model for children not in India but across the world.

Aamir also appealed everyone to leave Zaira alone and respect the fact that she is just a 16-year-old girl trying her best to deal with life.

Also read: Dangal actress Zaira Wasim posts open apology, later deletes it; urges people not to blow it out of proportion

Earlier other personalities like wrestler Geeta Phogat, Javed Akhtar and Madhur Bhandarkar poured in their support for Zaira Wasim on social media.

#ZairaWasim we are proud of you dear don't worry and stand strong 💪🏻👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/6bHQZHXou9

— geeta phogat (@geeta_phogat) January 16, 2017

Those who shout AZADI from the roof tops don't give an iota of AZADI to others .Poor Zaira Waseem had to apologies for her success Shame !!

— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) January 16, 2017

Dichotomy of ultra liberals...evident when Meryl Streep spoke but silent when #ZairaWasim gets trolled,is our zaira's voice not loud enough?

— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) January 17, 2017

It all started after the young actress met J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti and posted it on Facebook. Though she later deleted her post and urged the media, others not to blow this out of proportion.

Cricketer Mohammad Kaif, Gautam Gambhir and Virendra Sehwag also came out in Zaira's support and tweeted in favour of the actress from Kashmir.

Such a shame that Dangal superkid #ZahiraWasim had to apologise.
What wrong did she do ?

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) January 17, 2017

Calling @zairawasim "unislamic" for acting in Dangal or meeting @MehboobaMufti is naked suppression. Ashamed dat she had 2 apologise.

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) January 17, 2017

Its shameful..a 16 yr old kid has to remind people that she is 16.
Respect and support @zairawasim #ZairaWasim #Zaira #Dangal pic.twitter.com/rBh8sJmbAa

— Virender Sehwag (@VirnderSehwag) January 17, 2017

Zaira Wasim received much acclaim for her performance and the storyline in Dangal. Zaira has already been signed up for Aamir Khan’s next production, 'Secret Superstar'.