India, Dec. 21 -- Comedian Zakir Khan has shared a nuanced response to veteran writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar's old dig at comics who use swear words and cusses in their jokes. Javed Akhtar had said comics who are witty enough don't need to use swear words in their routines. Zakir says he agrees with the veteran writer's opinion, but one should not point fingers at individual comics.

Last year, while appearing on Sapan Verma's show Chill Sesh, Javed Akhtar was asked his opinion on comics using gaalis (expletives). Comparing abusive language to chilli in food, Akhtar said, "If the conversation is bland, you will put some abusive language in it. Just to give it energy. In Orissa, Bihar, and Mexico-anywhere in the world where there is pov...