ISLAMABAD – Mahira Khan has broken the silence about the biggestcontroversy of her life.

Speaking about the incident when the pictures of her sharing a smoke withRanbir went viral, Mahira stated that she felt “violated”. She said, “Thatwas the first time in my entire career that I was caught up in a so-calledcontroversy and it was strange because there were so many things in that.

One, obviously you feel violated, you are in a personal down time momentand someone has just photographed you.

Two, obviously there was an uproar, because here I was, someone who isextremely loved in Pakistan, and they sort of keep me up on this pedestalyou know, they treat me with a lot of love and a lot of respect.

And there are certain things I didn’t realise that they don’t want to seeme do.At that point yes, it was crazy honestly because it lasted for awhile… It was crazy, it was ridiculous.”

The actress also shared that she was excited for her Bollywood film Raees,opposite Shah Rukh Khan, to be released in Pakistan and wanted to watch itwith her best friends and son Azlaan.

Unfortunately that didn’t happen since the film wasn’t released inPakistan.

Following the ban on Pakistani artists from working in India in the wakeof the Uri attacks last year, Mahira couldn’t promote Raees in India.