The vishwaroopam mess has been taking centre stage for quite a lot of time now. A lot's been said, a lot's been done. People are aghast, the court is making us all lose faith in justice, our amazing chief minister is ruining any reputation that she had. We as students and fans of ulaganayagan wanted to just do something about this and so we started this
little signature campaign to gather some support so that we can take it
to the govt, (now considering I'm an adult and a soon-to-be voter i thought
of taking it up) here at change.org (
http://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/government-of-tamil-nadu-and-india-lift-the-ban-on-vishwaroopam-allow-free-expression-for-artists?utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition#supporters)
but to no avail. a lot of people hesitate, or have no time.its sad. everyone has time to go about posting statuses but not to help out in some way. Politically too, nothing's being done.
I don't know if there are appropriate words to describe this nonsense that's happening in our state. This is just getting annoying now. Kamal Hassan is just another actor (a great one no doubt) who wants to show the world what he has created. how can someone stop him from doing that? I feel sad when he says he will leave this country to find another one that is secular,happy now jayalalitha? mahatma gandhi died with a sadness in his heart that the partition had divided what he has fought for his whole life, what would he say if he were to see this? vote politics has hit its cheapest bottom. The govt has so enthusiastically banned the movie, why cant our CM give a press statement about the same? Funny that it was this very woman's channel that carried the audio launch and over the top promotions. Everyone who saw vishwaroopam said that it has nothing that hurts any muslim. whichever muslim man started this has got to know that had they just let the movie be, people would have seen it as just another movie. if u guys are gonna keep perceiving tht every hindu is out to kick ur butt and then go around protesting for it, thats when people turn against u and ur rigid mentality. please see sense here. if not for anything, the poor man has invested his life in this movie. But i don't want to ask for pity coz he deserves a lot more. I'm ashamed of this government. JAYALALITHA, disgusted, just disgusted. She is an actor herself, she should understand the pains of this happening, yet she is sponsoring this restriction. I really wish the central government comes out and takes a stand. We aren't a centralized federation for nothing.
What's the point of calling ourselves a democracy when we don't live upto that tag? what's the point of calling us free if an artist doesnt have the liberty to showcase his masterpiece? I heard countries like UAE are screening Vishwaroopam, what is TN's problem? Why does every movie have to be a political fulcrum? Why cant they just let him be?
I was brushing through my news feed earlier today evening and i saw this status from a person my age who happens to be a part of the Islamic community, which said-
How much sadder can this shit get? A man of Kamal Hassan's stature does not need to do anything to get attention. He is a brand by himself and i dont think gimmicks like this which are hitting his stomach are of any use to him. His house is apparently on mortgage, his life time's savings have gone into this film. Attention??! I dont think that even matters. The film industry is coming out now and showing support. It's a good gesture no doubt. But isn't it a little late? Did they turn up coz they knew they might be in the same place one day?
Islam is a beautiful religion.Islamists who think movie portrayals will show them in bad light as so wrong, coz they are doing it amazingly well themselves. If they want to be safeguarded from all the shit they claim they face, they must ignore and focus on things that can actually make differences in their lives. This is just a case of making a mountain of a molehill.
The fact that Kamal Hassan came down to agreeing to cut some footage is a clear indication that the battle is lost. Why should a movie be censored? Why? It was cleared by the censor board. If that decision is going to ignored. what's the point of the board (which has a muslim member). Tamil Nadu govt has just let down the state in front of everyone else with this move that can be called nothing short of idiotic. Kerala also has muslims, very very conservative muslims. Trust me, I'm from there. They faced protests too. But the Chandy govt made it clear that they would post their cadres outside theatres to take care of law and order and ensure that the movie ran. That's what a good move. If law and order was the problem, then pacify the mobs, don't silence the artists.
For the first time in the 18 years of my life i'v lived in this state, im ashamed to be a part of it. I wasn't ashamed when A.Raja blackmarked our state, when karunanidhi played his dirty politics, maran was pulled up. I dont care about the stupid politics of this country. But this is outrageous. I am no Kamal Fan but I dont stand for such curbing of expression. It's sad that Kamal is having to fight this battle alone. Support from the rest of the country is a far goal coz he's alone in his state too.
we have had movies about Hindu terror too!! eg: hey raam. movies abt gandhi's assasination, books abt it, articles, describe godse as a hindu extremist and a terrorist. No one protested. Its sad that none of us are judging ppl here by religion but others all just choose to make the religious lines darker. Its sad that to appease the unfounded hurt of a community that also on the basis of some rumours stirred up by ppl who i bet didnt watch the film, others are having to put theirs down too to show that it doesnt matter if others respect ur faith.. faith is personal u respect it good. wen others dont attack it, dont perceive any on ur own. its just sad !! every religion has been portrayed in bad light somewer someday. if we go on attacking we wont have anything called art!!! its a viewpoint a perspective.. u dont like it ur free to ignore it. u have no rights to censor it, not when it has proved to be harmless. the riots the fights, the protests didnt happen because of people who SAW the film and felt offended (those guys came out feeling proud abt the movie) the bomb throwing, riotting is all being done by people who havent seen the film and are going by rumours to satisfy their assumptions. this is sad!!
if u dont want people to look at your community as terrorists, stop indulging in these little acts of terror (blocking a film tht actually doesnt say anything bad abt ur community) ur concerns are fine. but the film wont make us angry or look down upon islam, such comments from its members will. u want to have respect then just ignore the bad. u know its not true and its just some of you right then forget it. do good things and earn a name. dont hit someone else's stomach for the sake of proving ur righteousness! its a sin! if u want equality, voice that out, change those mindsets not the ones of an artist jus coz he can succumb to ur whims and fansies!
My support is with Ulaganayagan. I want him to win this battle. But honestly i dont mind if he leaves India, coz he will go to a better place, where he will be free to show his movies and enthrall his audiences without having to worry about pleasing every other person on the face of the earth.
Sad times for cinema, sadder times for India
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