fi lm (‘Padmavati’)
Shahid Kapoor or
Ranveer Singh.
When Shah Rukh
Khan and Aamir
Khan spoke up
against intolerance,
they were branded
as Muslims and
anti-national. Nobody is taking up for the cause now
and saying yes, there is rising intolerance, because
ultimately each one is worried about his own fi lm.
That’s the sad part.”
Summing up with Pritish Nandy’s column once
again, ultimately it is up to the Government to ensure“Today it’s a movie,
tomorrow it’s what you
wear. They are already
telling you who to marry.
It’s a slap on the face of
women’s rights.”
— Prahlad Kakar
Prahlad Kakar“Don’t people get arrested
for openly threatening to
behead somebody???”
Anurag Kashyap, director
“We are not going to be
held ransom by a minuscule
group of goons who even
threaten murder over a
fi lm. It’s not the voice of
the nation. Never forget
the majority of the country
believes in sanity, and the
rule of law.”
Gauri Shinde, director and
screen writer
“I can understand the desperation!! Karni
Sena and other protesters
will face a huge existential
crisis post the release
of #Padmavati, so they
are trying to juice out
maximum.”
Anurag Basu, director“I am totally against
anything being banned.
I genuinely believe that
we should stop treating
our audience as children.
It is important for the
development of any nation
that there are viewpoints
that are not always in agreement with the majority.
We, as a fi lm industry, are dependent on the CBFC
to tell us what is okay and what is not okay. We
have accepted that. Beyond that, it is up to the
I&B Ministry and the Government to protect the
fi lms and fi lmmakers.”
Farhan Akhtar, actor and director
“People should fi rst watch the fi lm; I condemn
all these threats. Only
the Censor Board has the
authority to decide on a fi lm.
I understand how a director
feels when after all the hard
work, one gets such threats.”
Madhur Bhandarkar,
fi lmmakerthat citizens feel secure about living in a civilized
democracy: “In a free society, fi lmmakers must be
allowed to say their own thing, in their own way,
without being terrorized. India cannot, must not,
be Talibanised by the fringe. This is the right time
to stop the nonsense.”IF SUPPORT OF...
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