Kabir Khan, who is known for his films like Ek Tha Tiger and New York, is currently shooting for his upcoming film Bajrangi Bhaijaan with Salman Khan. But the director is miffed with the rumours doing the round about his upcoming film based on love jihad. Khan has rubbished the rumours saying that Bajrangi Bhaijaan is in fact a masala film and does not revolve around the theme of love jihad.

According to a website, Khan clarified his stance on the rumours. He said, "Everyone on the internet has an opinion these days. And a lot of opinions were expressed against my doing this film because it was supposedly about love jihad. First of all, I don't understand what 'love jihad' is. So why and how would I be making a film on the theme? Secondly, even if I was I wouldn't stop just because some people don't like what I am doing."

He further added that Bajrangi Bhaijaan is different from his past films since it stars Salman Khan. In fact, it is a commercial potboiler and unlike any of his politically driven films.  

"Salman has a staunch core audience. Films starring him have to adhere to the commercial language. So yeah, this one is my masala film, and I make no bones about. This is a film with lip-sync songs and dancing. When I was writing the film I saw the characters singing. This hasn't happened in my other films," added the director.

The film also stars Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Anil Kapoor.