Paresh Rawal recalls hitting a man on the head with a stone, once attacked an audience member during show: ‘Theatre owners banned me, won’t allow…’

He said he didn’t strike more than three or four times because he went into a crowd, which could’ve backfired. “They got even more riled up that he struck and went back on stage. Then it took off,” added Rawal on Raj Shamani’s podcast. Rawal maintains he did the right thing because there was no remorse in the audience member even after getting struck.

The violence outburst that Rawal does regret is when he hit a stone on a person’s head. “I repented it a lot. Later, I went to his place and then we became friends. Not good friends, but we became friends,” confessed Rawal. He reasoned that the root emotion of anger is always hurt. “Hurt has different reactions — either I become submissive, morose, or aggressive. But the basic emotion is hurt,” said Rawal, adding that the depiction of anger in Hindi films is very superficial.

Rawal revealed that while his father also had a short temper, his anger is “more violent”. He also feels the general level of anger in society has gone way higher today. “Anger also happens when you don’t get something. It’s also there because of uncertainty. When will things get right? Thirdly, you want to assert yourself and prove a point that I’m also something. There’s a fashion of getting hurt and angry. They feel it’s a privilege and they want to encash that. Some people may be having a reason also,” Rawal said.

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He also argued that these days, anger is accompanied by invoking of one’s religion. “There was a wonderful dialogue in my film Road to Sangam (2009): ‘Kauno baat ko seedha mazhab se jod dete hain’ (They link any and everything to religion). They just plug in religion because it’s a great weapon. If you invoke religion, 10-15 more people would also get riled up. If I speak as a Brahmin, Dalit, Muslim or Christian, I’d find more flag-waving associates. It’s very easy. It’s like a bulletproof jacket. Now, you can’t touch me,” added Rawal.

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