Our Viraat Hindu community has turned into the colour red over the song “besharam rang”
There are talks of banning the film in some states, the way, Youtube banned my uniform civil code video
On the one hand there is this outrage, on the other hand, Even Viraat Muslims are angry, They say Pathaans don’t dance with women
Then dance with who?
The same people that advocate putting women in 7th-century tents, Are also suddenly supporting Deepika Padukone’s saffron bikini?
Even Muslim women who are forced to be in Burkha must be thinking
So lets talk about why is there so much outrage and counter outrage about a film that hasn’t been released yet?
And for the vraat Hindus, I want to talk about why they need to learn about the Streisand effect and the law of diminishing returns
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So SRK is back with a film called Pathaan, starring JNU and Tukde Tukde gang fan Deepika padukone
The movie was looking to generate buzz before its release and has now successfully managed to do so because of a song
Hindus are angry at the clothes worn by SRK and Deepika Padukone in the film, and that the song is calling bhagwa a besharam rang
Deepika should be more afraid of Vishal Dadlani than Hindu "trolls" who believe that those wearing saffron should be shot
Some prominent Hindutva ministers are angry at the film and claim that this is against our culture
In Indore MP - RUK RUK KHAN posters were set on fire
Senior ministers in Madhya Pradesh are talking about banning the film because it’s against our culture
Lawyers are talking about filing cases on the actors
Hindu accounts, which have done a good job of pointing out Bollywood bias in the past are angry and calling this kind of scene against our culture
Firstly, i will not support a ban on a film until it calls for violence
Secondly, A lot of them are saying that in the song, SRK is wearing green Deepika is wearing saffron, and by calling it “besharam rang”, they are insulting Hinduism and Bhagwa
Meanwhile SRK in saffron color and Dipika in green
no matter how much you hate it, you will go watch it. I know Indians th*rak knows no political boundaries
Remember Raveena and Katrina in the iconic saffron sarees, should we ban them?
Here is Kangana Ranaut with her feet on saffron. Should we ban her?
for the people saying deepika wearing these clothes aren’t our culture
This is the harappan dancing girl. Not our culture? Should we throw it away?
This is Khajuraho, a world heritage site Not our culture? Should we demolish it with JCBs?
This is Kangana Ranaut, Should we boycott her?
This logic will backfire the same way having a glass house in Kashmir will backfire
Muslims are also angry, saying Pathans don’t dance with women
Pathans be like: "go and tell everyone our scheme"
In response to that, Feminists are angry and are giving full support to Deepika and SRK
same feminists who don’t want to reform Muslim personal law that gives women half rights. Who want to bring triple Talaq back
Who want to put Muslim women in 7th-century tents. Who didn’t want Hindu, Sikh, Christian, and Dalit women of Kashmir to get equal rights to Muslim women
Are sunddenly extremely concerned about Deepika Padukone’s right to wear a bikini
Such favouritism towards the special community that Tomorrow they will say Aftab did whatever he did because he was being starved by the f@scist Modi government, its not his fault
Also, Our feminists, who alwyas complain about age gaps in movies, have no issue with an almost 60 year old man, who in a few years can qualify to “sathiya”, dancing with a half-naked girl half her age
Looks like Rahium chacha dancing with Basanti
Now look, i understand criticism of the film, and I understand a bit of outrage, even I have outraged before, no one is above it
But at least the film i outraged about flopped lol
Secondly, the discussion about the film before it has even released has created much more buzz about the film than would have happened otherwise
Indians often make this mistake and this is a psychological phenomena called chengyu in China or more popularly, the Streisand effect
Attempts to hide, remove, or censor information often have the unintended consequence of increasing awareness of that information
It is named after American singer and actress Barbra Streisand whose attempt to suppress the California Coastal Records Project's photograph of her cliff-top residence in Malibu
inadvertently drew greater attention to the photograph in 2003
This is what outraging against this film before its release, on the basis of just clothes has done for the film Pathaan
Listen if you want to boycott a film, go ahead, that is your right in a democracy.
But, then, Another concept that i think Indian society needs to learn is the law of diminishing returns
a principle stating that profits or benefits gained from something will represent a proportionally smaller gain as more money or energy is invested in it
The public only has co much capacity for outrage. So you have to pick your outrage correctly otherwise
if you outrage about everything, the public’s capacity for outrage will keep reducing and they will outrage less and less
For example, there are movies in Bollywood that are genuinely biased against Hindus and in favour of other communities
The way Hindu community has been lectured in mainstream movies like kuch Kuch Hota hai
the way communist movies of 70s demonized the Hindu community
The way Hindus were lectured in PK, The Way Hindus were lectured in tandav, The way they were lectured in Leila
Use your energy against them
Mianstream media organizations are saying that Hindu practices are not Hinduism
Heman Soren said Adivasis are different from Hindus because their practices are different, and “the community has always been of nature worshipers
the, sun, moon, trees water, mountains, animals, land whop are all worshipped by Hindus were very surprised to know that they are not party of nature anymore
Spend your energy on this
Our own hol0caust is denied by people
Spend your energy on this
For all of SRK’s faults, he is an example of India’s syncretic culture he has never forced Islam on his family or forced his wife to convert
He said: And I liked the connotation that it's kind of a secular name. We are a Hindu-Muslim family so to say, and I want my children to grow up without any difference of opinion in the name
Despite being a Muslim he has immersed his family in Hindu culture and celebrated Hindu festival with his family
For which gets attacked every year
adheres to Islam so much that his kid has a Vodka brand
should encourage such people
There are other Muslim like Sara Ali Khan other who do this
Salman Khan celebrates Hindu culture, where he has to face tadka sometimes
The goal of Hindutva is to develop mutual respect. to include Muslims and Christians in Hindu civiliation. For them to accept and celebrate Hindu civilization as their own culture and heritage
Why push those people away who are choosing to do so?
Does this mean i support SRK, not necessarily
SRK and and other actors are giving lectures about creative and aartistic freedom in TMC rules bengal
Which is a bit like celebrating your birthday party at a Shamshan ghat
But its important to build bridges with people who are willing to show mutual respect
Lastly, if you want to fight Bollywood bias, fight it with capitalism
its been a tough couple of years for the Indian film industry overall
The pandemic and the availability of streaming services has hurt them
But, some of the best performing movies over the 2 few years have been movies that either have a massive star power, or a very unique concept or films that have shown a love for Indian culture
RRR, PS 1, Rocketry , Kashmir Files , Kantara
Films that the entire media and left-wing political established tried to destroy became a global superhit because of you
A small budget, so called regional film became a global hit, because of you
The Whole world knows the name of RRR, because of you
This is the power that you have
You made these films hit and you make Tandav, Laal Singh Chaddha and Leila flops
You have already convinced filmmakers with your power to make more movies like RRR, baahubali, Tanhaji anad Kartikeya2
Use the free market to fight bias and turn Bollywood towards you and avoid the Streisand effect and the law of Diminishing returns