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12th Fail was an important film in the career of actor Vikrant Massey, who finally got to break the barrier of delivering a bonafide blockbuster as a lead hero. The actor received a lot of warmth and love for his role in the Vidhu Vinod Chopra film. Now, Vikrant is headlining director Ranjan Chandel’s The Sabarmati Report. In the film, Vikrant plays a journalist who joins the characters played by Raashi Khanna and Nidhi Dogra to unearth the ‘truth’ behind the 2002 Godhra incident.
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Going on to explain the problems of labelling everything in the binary, Vikrant argued, “I am still a secular person. I am still a liberal. Unfortunately, on social media it is all about the extremes.” When asked to explain what secularism is to him, the Haseen Dillruba actor said, “Live together, and give each other the benefit of doubt. Respect others’ culture, and be proud of your own.” He qualified that he has ‘changed and evolved’ with time and age. In the same conversation, he said, “Pehle mujhe lagta tha Hindu khtre mei hain, ab mujhe nahi lagta Hindu khatrein mein hai; pehle mujhe lagta tha Muslim khatre mei hai, ab mujhe nahi lagta Muslim khatrei mei hai.”
Vikrant listed a few more points including not to put down others, and not elevate oneself just to insult someone else. “The country’s DNA is still unity in diversity. I am still the same. You know the situation in my house. My parents had an inter-caste marriage. So did I. My brother converted to another religion. What can be more secular?” pointed out Vikrant.
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