Blasting cinema
Series of blasts has rocked Indian capital. And linking the blast to ‘now controversial’ Hindi film Jo Bole So Nihal and Sikh community has further complicated the situation.
Two blasts occurred in cinema halls. Both cinemas were screening the Sunny Deol-starrer film at the time of the explosions. Another blast followed took place in northeast Delhi on the following day.
The screenings of the film has been stopped all-over India, except Mumbai.
And as Arnab puts it “I just cannot come to terms with this bit of senseless violence. You go to a Sunny Deol movie, the worst that can happen to you is a bad headache. Not this.
Something is very very wrong with the picture.”
I wont’ comment on picture as I haven’t seen it, but usual political gimmickry followed after the accident. Series of allegation and counter-allegation flown ever since the accident happened. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the supreme body managing Sikh shrines in the country, has termed the incident as an attempt to malign the ‘peaceful’ Sikh community.
The ‘peaceful’ body which forced distributors to withdraw this film from the state of Punjab and had been demanding that the film should get clearance from SGPC.
At times, I wonder why we have Indian Film Censor Board. Especially when we have these highly accomplished hawkish religious leaders, and I’m talking for every religious group in India, lurking on grab any opportunity to flare religious sentiments.
The BJP as usual saw ISI (Pakistan’s intelligence agency) hand in it.
I think unless common man understands that these issues have no relevance in their day-today life, little change is expected.
The VHP, which built career out of such petty issues, was the front runner in exploiting meaningless agendas. End ever increasing list of 24-hour-news-channels, any live action is a fabulous news story. The situation complimented each other needs…u create ruckus, we provide coverage.
So every time two young couple go to celebrate St Valentin’s Day, bash them up. Every time a film like Fire released, burn posters, disrupt the shows…and look where we have reached.
I was surprised when I spoke to some Sikh guys in Australia about the issues and they endorsed the view that Sunny Deol shouldn’t have used the name Jo Bole So Nihaal. Gowd…who the hell owns the copyright for this ancient war cry? Even the director of the film is a Sikh. He has all the rights to use it. And forget his being Sikh or non-Sikh…as an Indian I have right to freedom of expression…and that’s it.
References:
1. Indianfm.com
2. rediff.com
3. greatbong.blogspot.com
4. www.clublez.com
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Comment by noor — December 31, 2005 @ 10:29 am
“think unless common man understands that these issues have no relevance in their day-today life, little change is expected. - ”
Unless and until the author of this blog understands that it was the common man who was killed in this serial blasts. and yeah celebrate Valentine’s day by baring yourself shamelessly in a public place and expect other HUMAN BEINGS to remain mute. Glorify lesbian relationships in movies and expect normalcy in society….and yeah blame VHP for everything it says and does(but give reservations to minorities at the drop of a hat, dont implement Common civil code in the name of being secular, provide air-fare susbsidies to only one “minority” religion to go their holy place, but no such facility to the others, all this in the 21st century, but whatever VHP does is wrong and whatever BJP does is utterly wrong!!!!..great
…..shows where India is heading to…
Comment by Sunny — April 11, 2006 @ 1:43 am