On 5 January 2007, in a large gathering in Kabul, people of Kabul denounced the film as "an insult to all the people of Afghanistan". In the gathering one speaker said that after decades of internecine conflict when all ethnic groups of Afghanistan were working towards building a fraternal peace in the country, such provocations should not be allowed to derail those efforts. The gathering was reported to have been peaceful with the organizers determined to follow the legal course of action to seek redress through the governments of India and Afghanistan. Many people were adamant over Afghan Film's role in making the movie and expect that the Afghan organisation should not have let the remarks pass. The Afghan actor responsible for the allegedly racist remarks has reportedly apologised, as has the Indian director of the movie Kabir Khan.