Courting controversy

Abhijeet Ingvale,Animation Expert
Issues like these,I believe,are blown out of proportion. For instance the Indian Premier League (IPL) controversy,which resulted after Shahrukh Khan,came out in support of the Pakistani players was really not required for. The IPL is an entirely commercial affair and should be kept at that. And he being a team owner understands more than those who have been vandalising the posters of his upcoming film My Name is Khan and branding him with uncouth names.

Zia Upadhyay,housewife
Controversy that is created over a film like Veer is a sheer display of parochial fanaticism. By making a movie,which has a relevance to a place like Rajasthan indicates the intention of the director to present a better and creative opinion piece to the audience. At the same time it also highlights issues of the people living in those places,so films actually are more of an eye opener for the masses. And maybe this is something that a certain faction of society are unable to tolerate.

Gyan Malik,engineering student
Honestly speaking the outrage is not justified. There should not be any discrimination based on religion and nationality and everyone has the right to express whatever they feel about the issues of common interest,but within the purview of the law. While what an actor depicts on screen is his or her interpretation of a particular issue,targeting their movies for comments about social issues is a waste of time. And even if the content is offensive,we like in a civil society there are legal ways to address the issues rather than just vandalise the movie theaters.

Amrit Vishnoi,engineering student
It is heart rendering to see how a student succumbing to work pressure has been depicted in 3 Idiots that speaks about the fallacy of the education system. It is indeed difficult to sustain the pressure from parents,relatives’ peers as well as also the heavy workload in today’s competitive world. Maybe such films do have an impact on the audiences but blaming them squarely for a negative impact is wrong.

Ujjwal Jain,technical consultant
While political outfits keep targeting film stars for issues that are not even worth blowing up,they should actually consider tacking issues like environmental changes,inflation etc. Political outfits,and communities who usually display such bursts of outrage should work towards dealing with socially relevant issues rather than target actors for their statements,or the stories that they depict on screen. In fact in the case of a yet to be released film like My Name is Khan the reason for pulling down the posters of his films do not have any logic.