So after the release of the movie Pathaan,
There has been a lot of controversy around this film.
There is talk of boycotting this film.
There have also been a lot of protests against the film.
Those who are talking about boycotting or protesting against the film
there are many interesting allegation leveled against them.
In today's us versus them,
progressive versus native Taliban environment,
watching Shah Rukh Khan’s picture,
first day first show,
it also becomes a kind of political statement.
Native Taliban, native Taliban.
Hardly any other film in the history of the country
has been targeted as much as this film.
What man, isn't this a little too much?
Kashmir Files has received
a lot of criticism,
Have you watched that movie?
I don't watch propaganda films.
All of us are disturbed
and shocked by the 15 films.
By the movie Kashmir Files,
it felt to us like a propaganda,
vulgar movie.
Why do you spread so much hatred in their name?
The Kashmir Files is a movie
that weaponizes the pain
and suffering of Kashmiri Pandits
To create an environment of disaffection
against Muslims.
Against Muslims from Kashmir
and Muslims from the rest of India.
Against universities, like JNU.
Against professors
and against journalists.
It’s like a settled thing?
Can’t there be debate on this?
Now when it comes to context setting
of what Kashmir at the time was,
that it was under-reported.
A comment that's coming in
from Sanjay Raut
who's attacked the film itself.
What man?
Many people who are talking about boycotting this film,
They are condemning this film for the same reasons,
as they have been condemning Bollywood for a few years,
that in Bollywood there is an anti-Hindu,
and pro-Muslim and pro-Pakistan bias.
So, in today's video, let us find out,
that does this bias exists.
We'll also see the arguments made against the boycott brigade in this video.
See if this bias exists,
then why does it exist?
And how to deal with this bias.
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Hello, hello, you are most welcome
to this episode of The Sham Sharma Show.
I am the CEO of Secularism, Sham Sharma
and a secular salute to all of you.
So, those who talk about boycotting Bollywood,
this allegation is often leveled against them.
You will definitely find such individual examples
in some films and TV series,
which can be called problematic.
But the propaganda
that is being spread here
by the troll army,
by seeing that you will feel
as if the film producers, actors,
and OTT platforms
have a secret meeting every week
where they discuss
how we can target Hinduism.
Now see, I also broadly agree,
Bollywood’s not carrying a grand conspiracy against the Hindus.
The Pathaan movie that has come out,
which has been very successful
at the box office,
is not a conspiracy against Hindus.
By making Deepika Padukone
wear a saffron bikini
it is not trying to insult the Hindus.
But those who are boycotting this film,
along with this are raising one or two more issues.
The issues which according to them
have become a trend with Bollywood.
That is Pro-Pakistan.
For example, the basic story of Pathaan
is that there is a Pakistani general
who wants to attack India,
and to get that attack done,
he hires a private agency,
which is run by an ex-R&AW officer.
So say, India has become so good at outsourcing
that Pakistan is also getting its terrorism
outsourced from India.
So basically, to stop the attack on India by this ex-R&AW agent
India's R&AW and Pakistan's ISI together
save India from terrorism.
So say, the Hindutva supporters
always keep talking of united India,
and look at Bollywood,
they are getting R&AW and ISI to work together.
It has already fulfilled the dream of a united India.
♫ mera bharat akhand ♫
One interesting thing about the film is that bro, the R&AW officers
have a lot of problems with Indian government and R&AW.
But Deepika Padukone there,
who is an ISI officer,
she doesn’t have any particular problem with her government or the ISI,
because bro, what wrong has ISI ever done in the world till date?
That’s correct.
In fact, in one dialogue,
Shah Rukh Khan even tells Deepika Padukone
that you have joined the ISI to serve humanity.
It seems like the dialogues of the film Pathaan
have been written by the Washington Post.
Now see this movie obviously
is not lending its full support to the ISI.
But even in this movie
there are some similar subtle trends.
The trends that Bollywood has been accused of,
often do not want to show Pakistanis,
the Pakistani Army, or the ISI too badly.
We have seen this trend in other Indian spy movies as well.
Recently Ek Tha Tiger and its sequel came out.
In that too, Katrina Kaif
plays the role of an ISI agent who helps India.
After that there was a controversy in the film Raazi too.
Because the film Raazi
is based on a book by Harinder Sikka
and Harinder Sikka had accused Meghna Gulzar, director of Raazi,
that she forcibly changed the story of the film
and tried to make to make the film pro-Pakistan.
To avoid presenting the film as anti-Pakistan,
Meghna Gulzar badly messed up the climax of the original book “Calling Sehmat”
and tried to show a negative image of the Indian Army.
Then watch Agent Vinod,
in which Kareena Kapoor plays an ISI agent
who saves India from a terrorist attack.
I am surprised why ISI has not sent
a defamation notice to Bollywood yet?
Bro, how do you always make us do things which we have never done.
And if you want to see pro-Pakistan bias,
then watch the film 83,
in which it is shown
that the Indian Army
and the Pakistani Army
are enjoying the World Cup sitting together.
In fact, Pakistani Army stopped attacking the Indian Army
so that Indian Army could watch the match peacefully.
By the way, this is the same Pakistani army,
which during the Kargil war,
captured Captain Saurabh Kalia,
tortured and killed him so brutally
that all the laws of the Geneva Convention were violated.
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So, see the story we were told in 83,
its reality is that, when Imran Khan was asked,
what do you think about India-Pakistan matches?
He responded by saying that brother,
we consider this not a match but Jihad for Kashmir.
Bro, they say that you are in a cricket field against India,
so we don’t consider it a cricket field, but a battlefield.
Bollywood wants to hide the truth of Pakistan so much
that I will not be surprised
if in the next few years
another biography of Dhoni comes out,
in which Dhoni’s helicopter shot
was actually taught by Burhan Wani.
Take a look at Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which was released a few years back.
In which Pakistanis are shown to be so loving,
so good, so big hearted, that I do not understand,
why are Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs of Pakistan
fleeing to India and living in camps?
Why don't they want to live with big-hearted Pakistanis?
In the recently released film, Indoo Ki Jawani,
when an Indian girl tells a Pakistani boy,
don't know bro,
if Indians and Pakistanis should marry each other or not?
So, a Pakistani lectures an Indian on religious intolerance.
What all do I have to see?
So, on the one hand there is a slight
pro-Pakistani Army, Pakistani ISI bias,
and on the other hand, there is an Anti-Indian Army.
Where Raghavan was the main villain of Main Hoon Na,
Who is an ex-army member and a Hindu extremist.
Shaurya's main villain, Major,
is also a Hindu extremist,
who hates Muslims.
I will take out and kill every single parasite.
Haider movie too has been entirely
shown in a one-sided way,
that only and only army is bad,
which is torturing the poor Kashmiris.
Akhlaq Lakib is alive, the other two militants have been killed,
should reinforcements be sent?
No bloody militant dead or alive
is worth my soldier’s life.
Then comes the biggest trend that Bollywood has been accused of.
That Bollywood negatively stereotypes Hindus
and stereotypes Muslims positively.
This stereotype has been going on for many years in Bollywood,
where Hindus, Hindu Pandits, etc., are shown
that they are very deceitful,
just try to take advantage of people.
Brahmins, Banyas, Sethji-type people
are only portrayed as bad.
They are all greedy,
just want to oppress and exploit the poor.
Shri Mata make lakhs to crores, Lakshmi Mata.
Mother, fill my safe with the wealth of the whole village.
Don't fill it, mother.
Another trend is that most Hindu traditions,
Hindu deities, Hindu sadhus are lectured.
Those who are against the boycott brigade say,
why are you trying to show the bias trend by using old films.
Now even such Twitter accounts have come,
that are cutting and sharing clips from old films,
saying that this film that you saw 10-20 years ago,
even that was anti-Hindu.
I am not kidding.
Films from the 1980s, 1990s are picked
and now being tagged as anti-Hindu.
Okay, will show the new movies then.
I'm not a monster.
I am an avatar.
I'm not killing people.
I'm just sending their soul to another body.
It’s not me saying this.
Shri Krishna said so in the Gita.
When I went to offer flowers in the temple,
realized, to please a stone, I killed the flowers.
To please a stone, I killed the flowers.
I have small kids.
I know, Ganeshji and Kartikeya.
They are not that young either.
Can live alone at home.
You get me my remote
then go to your family.
God save me.
Is there a God above you too?
Aum Namha Shivay. Aum Namha Shivay.
Where is it?
Now presenting the dance of Shiva.
-The fearless. -Save me.
Baba, have shot the video,
if you try to rob someone again,
I’ll upload this video on YouTube
and you will get downloaded in jail, got it?
Day by day the followers of Ramji
are going up on social media.
I think even we should create a new social media strategy.
Freedom, what the...
Freedom from feudalism.
Freedom from casteism.
Freedom from atrocities.
Be prepared for change.
-Jai Aryavarta! -Jai Aryavarta!
I am fortunate to have been born on this earth.
Sit.
In Bajrangi Bhaijaan's songs,
director Kabir Khan had forcibly tried to put such words
that by having some meat
even if Hindus get religiously violated, then be it.
Because according to him
this was a political message,
which intends to reform the Hindu society.
It's also the most political song of the film.
Because it is aimed in the face of the beef ban.
So that's the way you can snip into politics.
So, I think it's safe to say there is a trend,
that most of the talks about reforms coming from Bollywood,
it's like Hinduism and as much as Hindus,
their gods and goddesses,
their saints and Baba are criticized,
to that extent the God of Islam,
the Prophet of Islam, or their Imam etc. are not lectured.
Secondly, Dhruvji says in the video,
Why are the boycott brigades getting so angry?
The heroes in all the movies,
are only upper caste Hindus.
Have you noticed,
most of the Bollywood film heroes,
are always upper caste Hindu people.
Their surnames will often be seen as
Sharma, Trivedi, Mishra, Shukla, Dubey,
Pandey, Verma, Khanna, Kapoor, Malhotra.
Now see this thing is right
and there should not be any problem in accepting this thing,
but if we can accept this thing comfortably,
then we should also accept this thing comfortably,
that in Bollywood,
most of the Muslim characters
and even most of the Muslim actors in Bollywood,
the vast majority of them are upper cast Ashraf Muslim,
which is only 10-15% of India's Muslim population.
And in Bollywood there are very few
Pasmanda Muslim characters
or Pasmanda Muslim actors.
Which is actually 85-90% of India's Muslim population.
So, you talked about upper caste Hindus,
but how upper caste Ashraf Muslims have been over-represented,
you did not talk about that.
You ignored the problems of Pasmanda Muslim
just like your friend ignores you,
when you ask back the money you lent to him.
Come on Sunday, okay?
On Sunday, nicely freshen up and come.
Bollywood and supporters of Bollywood
do not handle issues in Islam and Muslim societies
as easily as they handle Hindu issues.
Websites tell us that Urdu culture
is much better than Hindi culture.
Urdu and Muslim culture
are considered better than Hindi and Hindu culture.
In films like Rockstar and Bajrangi Bhaijaan,
our hero there, when faces a big problem in his life,
he does not go to the temple,
he goes to the dargah,
listens to Sufi qawwali,
then his heart feels happy.
But such films are not made
where an upper caste Ashraf Muslim
when faced with some big problem in his life,
he does not go to the mosque,
does not go to the dargah,
but goes to the temple of Lord Ram or the temple of Lord Shiva
and joins hands and prays to God.
Sorry, sorry don't demonetize YouTube,
I will not say such unsecular things again, control.
Control Uday.
So, see at the end of the day.
I believe that there is no grand conspiracy
going on against Hindus through Bollywood.
But the problem with Bollywood is that
there are many people in influential positions in Bollywood
who make movies, write scripts, produce movies,
who have a specific ideology about India.
Those who do terrorism,
they have nothing to do with religion,
this is my belief.
It's a great neighbor to have.
We are great neighbors.
They are good neighbors.
Let's just love each other.
She did not want the villain of the film
to be Muslim, she chose Khan,
as the name of the antagonist's right-hand man,
who realizes he was being misled all along
and ends up choosing his country over terrorism.
My dear you are talking to a filmmaker
who has directed a film
called My Name is Khan.
My sensitivities to religions
across the world will always be on point.
Those who have a specific ideology about Hinduism and Islam.
In your mind, terrorist is equal to Pakistan,
there are other people too living in in Pakistan.
If you want to defame the Mughals,
please base it on research.
I think they were the builders of the original nation
and to write and say that they murdered,
tell me on what basis you are saying this?
To avoid presenting the film as anti-Pakistan,
Meghna Gulzar badly messed up the climax of the original book "Calling Sehmat"
and tried to show a negative image of the Indian Army.
So, the question arises,
this ideology and the bias that is there,
why is it there?
See, the first reason could be
that many prominent Bollywood families,
whether it is actors, producers, directors, etc.
There are many such families
who have migrated from Pakistan to Bombay.
So maybe they have natural love for Pakistan,
despite Pakistan's Hindu hatred.
Secondly, they don't have as much tension in offending Hindus
as they do in offending Muslims.
Because if you have offended Hindus,
what will you do at most?
Will boycott your film,
will protest outside your theatre,
will tear the posters of your films.
But remember if Muslims get too offended,
what happened with Nupur Sharma?
What happened with Kanhaiya Kumar?
Which Bollywood actor, or director, or producer
wants to live Nupur Sharma's life?
Or want to die Kanhaiya Lal's death?
Apart from that, another big reason
is that Bollywood has a market in Islamic countries as well.
In fact, out of the 20 biggest grossing films of Pakistan,
five are Bollywood films.
The Gulf area, Middle Eastern area,
and many other overseas markets
where there is a large Muslim population,
that too is emerging as a big market for Bollywood.
People of Bollywood have themselves acknowledged such things.
So, Saif is always doing films on Pakistan,
so what is the reaction of his relatives,
I want to know that.
No, I am telling you, any of my relatives,
I spoke to actually one relative recently
and he side that, he doesn't like films
that are bashing Pakistan, you know.
And due to that it may be that pro-Pakistan,
pro-Muslim messages are there in Bollywood movies,
so that we don't lose this market.
But see I also want to say this one thing
before ending this video,
that this bias trend that exists,
this is not the entire story.
Because slowly and gradually, if you notice,
that in the last 10-12 years
there have been some big changes in Bollywood.
Films like Uri too have come out from Bollywood.
Say our salutations to your 72 maidens.
Films like Baby have come out,
in which Hafiz Saeed is clearly shown as a terrorist.
Films like Sooryavansham have come out
which have been attacked,
that they are anti-Muslim films.
And films like Tanhaji, Samrat Prithviraj,
Padmavat have come out.
In which the truth of the Islamic invaders has been shown clearly.
On top of that, films like The Kashmir Files
have become super-duper hits in India.
And this is happening because
Bollywood's audience is also evolving in the last few years.
Just as the voting patterns of the people of India
have changed in the last 10 years,
and are leaning towards Hindutva.
Similarly, India’s movie watching audience
also needs different types of films.
The stereotyping of Hindus,
the stereotyping of Muslims.
The pro-Pakistan messages contained in it,
they are a bit bored by that.
Want to watch different types of films,
which are more in tune with their cultural sensibilities.
That's why you see that the regional films,
whether be it Telugu or Kannada films,
are nowadays giving competition to Bollywood films,
are leaving them behind.
In fact, Bollywood's mainstream audience that is there,
is capturing that mainstream audience.
But as I said, seeing this trend,
Bollywood is also slowly evolving,
because see, how much ever ideology matters in Bollywood,
but at the end of the day,
money matters the most
and do I hate Bollywood in any way?
I like a lot of Bollywood movies.
Who were these people sir who left?
Go ask and come.
I do believe that even today Bollywood
can deliver a good film,
because at the end of the day,
me and many Bollywood audiences
love masala films.
Who has been captured by RRR.
Which apparently Pathaan has also captured,
that you have mixed all things action,
romance, drama, comedy, star power
and served the audience as a bhelpuri,
a bhelpuri which the audience enjoys a lot.
We love culture,
but along with that we also love time-pass films.
So, I agree that in Bollywood too,
due to a Boycott movement
or due to change in the taste of the audience,
a gradual evolution is taking place.
So, I want to reduce the bias of Bollywood
and to effect an evolution in Bollywood,
we can always do one thing,
that whenever such films come
which are related to our culture,
which doesn’t needlessly lecture our culture.
Support such kind of films.
So, Bollywood will also get the message
what the audience is thinking
and what kind of movies the audience wants to watch
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