Mahira Khan smoking video gets mercilessly trolled on social media

New Delhi : Pakistani actress Mahira Khan has been mercilessly trolled on social media over a video showing her holding a cigarette during an event. After watching the video, the haters tagged her as 'cheap' and 'vulgar'.

Last year, pictures of Mahira Khan taking a cigarette break with actor Ranbir Kapoor in New York had gained a lot of attention and criticism. She was slut-shamed for wearing a black backless dress and smoking cigarette in public.

Though the matter was settled after stars from both the Bollywood and Pakistan came in support for her.

Reacting to that Mahira has said: Mahira said, "It is personal for sure. The reason I responded to the trolls is because something very personal to me became public. So, I felt, 'Okay, let's just put it out there.' For anybody being harassed and the issue becoming a national debate, it's not a nice thing. I don't know what made me do this,  but I thought that I am going to take this on the chin and I am going to move forward.”

"It takes strength, but when you are hit with something and when you are in the storm, you fight it out. It is not that you are stronger than him or her. It is just that you walk out of the storm and you are going to do your best to swim out of it. And once you come out, you are stronger and more evolved. I think that nobody should define you - if anything then you should define yourself. I learned during that period who I was, and I will not let anybody define me. Not to say that I don't take criticism and all of that," she added.