Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Wednesday,
September
20,
2006
Manish
Gupta,
script
writer
of
films
like
Sarkar,
James,
D,
Darna
Zaroori
Hai
is
upset
about
the
fact
that
a
mother
of
the
victim
of
ragging
committed
suicide
last
week.
Also
in
less
than
a
week's
time
another
incident
of
ragging
was
reported
wherein
a
student
from
an
engineering
college
was
badly
beaten
by
belt
and
tortured
for
around
8
hours.
One
would
get
to
see
these
real
life
atrocities
being
enacted
in
Manish
Gupta's
next
directorial
venture
titled
Hostel.
Hostel
deals
with
the
serious
issue
of
ragging.
It
deals
with
the
story
of
how
in
hostels
homosexuality
prevails
in
the
name
of
ragging.
Manish
Gupta
does
not
support
the
idea
of
ragging.
We
spoke
to
Manish
Gupta
with
regards
to
the
recent
incident
of
ragging
that
is
being
making
news
and
the
director
expressed
severe
disgust
over
the
act.
"Ragging
is
fine
till
it
is
meant
to
be
a
tool
for
ice
breaking
between
freshers
and
seniors.
But
there
is
a
thin
line
which
should
not
be
crossed
as
there
are
serious
hazards
to
ragging",
said
Gupta.
"Ragging
is
a
very
serious
issue.
It
has
been
prevailing
since
many
years
now.
My
film
deals
with
this
issue.
Through
my
film
I
want
to
show
the
world
what
actually
a
victim
of
ragging
goes
through",
said
Manish
Gupta.
We
asked
Manish
to
tell
us
about
the
similarities
of
these
incident
and
the
incidents
in
the
film
and
he
replied
"Ragging
is
dangerous.
I
had
the
idea
of
this
script
13
years
ago
when
I
was
not
a
part
of
the
film
fraternity.
I
met
this
guy
who
was
from
Pune
in
MIT
College.
He
was
ragged
to
such
an
extent
that
he
was
raped
almost
every
night
by
MEN.
I
was
disgusted.
The
memory
of
the
incident
was
so
strong
that
I
wanted
the
world
to
know
about
the
hazards
and
the
practices
people
follow
in
the
name
of
ragging.
Two
years
back
I
started
scripting
the
film
and
now
the
film
is
made.
People
should
watch
it
to
understand
what
a
victim
goes
through.
I
have
made
the
film
out
of
sheer
anger
and
disgust.
The
script
was
written
in
an
outrageous
mood.
The
incidents
I
have
shown
in
the
film
are
all
real.
I
hate
people
who
follow
such
practices
in
the
name
of
ragging.
I
always
had
the
foresight
that
a
day
will
come
when
people
will
either
start
committing
suicides
or
start
telling
the
world
about
the
atrocities
of
ragging.
I
want
an
awareness
to
be
created
so
that
no
one
commits
a
suicide
due
to
ragging.
There
should
be
opposition
and
people
should
understand
between
what
is
right
and
what
is
not".