It being a current issue, I decided to carry this article first for there is a dire need of people speaking up against the fanatics called Shiv Sena! The article on Troubled Relationship – Part 2 will follow next week….
Shah Rukh Khan toh hain …hazaaron mein akela…
Circa 2020
Location: Mehboob Studios (it will still be around then, I guess!)
Film: “Wake up Sudhakar”
-A middle aged Ranbir Kapoor’s getting ready to play a 21 year old wayward youth, not knowing what it means to be a proper ‘Mumbaikar’…Ranbir Kapoor is in deep discussion with his director…which goes something like this…Ranbir Kapoor: “We can’t say this dialogue, has this been cleared by MNS? Can my character be called ‘Raj?’ Did we check with all the Thackerays??
Back to the present….which is tense…So despite the fact that there seems to be no perceptible threat to the Hindi film industry at large, its time that the Hindi film
fraternity stands up for their own…Especially when certain politically motivated individuals mix some comments to their own political agendas which could lead to a situation which could spiral into something akin to ‘dictatorship’… to a point where directors, writers and producers will have to line up to meet the ‘powers’ that be to get a ‘creative license’ which would permit them to make stories that would first meet the requirements of the ‘Sena(s)… So a scenario in the future, where film scripts will have to first go through the ‘Thackeray(s)’ of the city to meet their reel fate, is very much on the cards…
So yes SRK made a comment, yes he had an opinion, and yes we can react to it and yes…we may like or may not adhere to his views. And yes…others can say whatever they want to. But to resort to threats to damage property, to threaten that if someone holds a particular point of view then they deserve to be ‘dealt with’. Well its time for people to speak up…especially a fraternity which prides itself to call it an ‘industry’…if not now, then forever they will have to hold their
silence. A tightly gagged silence.
Of course it’s not yet calamity, its not as if they have destroyed theatres…well…they have not done it …’yet’. And perhaps it’s for this ‘yet’ that the industry needs to stand up for. Today ‘they’ will want you to be punished for ‘having favorable opinions towards a country’; tomorrow it could be anything…from growing a beard to wearing a mini skirt. So is Shah Rukh Khan being isolated for being what he is a ‘Khan’… a Muslim…or is he being isolated because the industry itself is scared enough of taking a stance against a body that prides itself on ‘goondaism’? Whatever it is…perhaps its time the Industry stopped changing Bombay to Mumbai to satisfy a few individuals…perhaps its time to know that sometimes its ok to say that ‘yes the film is about the 1993 riots’, if someone has a problem let them take the legal route…not the laathi route! Perhaps its time to tell a few individuals that Mumbai ‘kisike baap ki jagir nahi hain…it’s for every Indian and belongs to every Indian…who can have their own views and also have the basic democratic right to voice it, if they want to!
This is a guest post by Varsha Ranjit. Varsha a journo by profession,pseudo mallu, (as pseudo as they come!), a Puneri by birth, mumbaite through her six year stay in the bustling metropolis, and is currently discovering the ‘joys’ of marriage in the chaos thats become Bengaluru!
What Shiv-Sena has done for the country ? Nothing
If we are not stopping the bus which runs between Lahore and Amritsar. If we are not stopping Pakistani TV channels. If we are issuing a valid visa to thousands of Pakistanis every year, why only banning Players ?
Shahrukh is the first and only actor who appeared in life magazine as the most watched actor on Planet (bigger audience than Tom Cruise) He has mad India proud.
Almost every second Shahrukh movie has a message of Patriotism be it DDLJ, A scene in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (The flag salute scene) Phir bhi dil hai Hindustani, Swades, Pardes, Chak De India, Dil se.., A scene of Kabhie khushi kabhi gham, Veer zaara etc.
His blockbuster movies gets millions of $$ to India (foreign currency helps in growing Indian economy)
He always is among highest and honest tax payers of the Industry.
His father was a freedom fighter (Taj Mohammad Khan) What Bal Thackrey is ? A coward who sits in Mumbai and barks.
I guess the Thackeray’s are fighting their own fear of losing power.
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I seriously pity them as they aren’t even realising it that their psychic actions and talks is actually causing more damage to their reputation [if any]. They have infact lost face in the very eyes of their Marathi Manoos
btw , here’s RT barking again
.. http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article100383.ece?homepage=true
And bravo to Rahul Gandhi , for having given that tight slap to the MNS and Shivsena . He is definitely a man of few words
the above replies are one sided
mumbai generates 1/3 of the whole countries income.
yet farmers in maha are committing suicide.
spiritual people don’t get hypnotised by actors or sports stars .rememering the fact of 26/11 we must not invite anyone ,also famouse actors like shahrukh things by releasing hit films he is doing something extraordinary thing for all human race.
Murugesh – wonder whose side u r on??…and where do u get such generalizations that 1/3 of whole countries income is generated in mumbai???…throw only what can be chewed!!…if that is the case then delhi will also be doing 1/3 of the income and which other city will u credit with making income so that the rest of india can stop working & live off some elses effort!!
and then again – maharasthra & several other states have farmer & agricultural problems…and its due to insensitive policies of govt. & changing environment…an failed crops…whats all this got to do with Shiv sena & SRK???
and if the Pakistan hockey team can come & play here in the world cup…a few cricketers can def. come & entertain us & make some money in life…
my 2 bits…:)
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