Angry With Selective Activism In Bollywood: Madhur Bhandarkar
Madhur Bhandarkar is "sad" that the film fraternity did not express solidarity with him while his forthcoming movie Indu Sarkar was mired in controversy.
National
Award
winning
filmmaker
Madhur
Bhandarkar
is
"sad" that
the
film
fraternity
did
not
express
solidarity
with
him
while
his
forthcoming
movie
Indu
Sarkar
was
mired
in
controversy.
The
film,
based
on
the
Emergency
era,
has
been
cleared
by
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC)
Revising
Committee
with
U/A
certificate,
two
cuts
and
one
disclaimer,
and
Bhandarkar
is
relieved
at
that.
But
the
fact
that
he
did
not
see
anybody
standing
up
by
his
side
from
the
entertainment
industry
--
even
though
he
supported
Udta
Punjab
and
Ae
Dil
Hai
Mushkil
when
these
films
got
mired
in
controversies
during
their
release
--
has
upset
him.
"It
feels
really
sad
that
I
as
a
filmmaker
always
stood
with
the
film
fraternity
--
whether
it
was
regarding
Udta
Punjab
or
Ae
Dil
Hai
Mushkil
or
any
other
film...
But
they
must
have
had
their
own
problems.
That's
why
you
get
angry
when
you
see
such
selective
activism," Bhandarkar
said.
"Today
what
has
happened
to
me,
might
happen
with
somebody
else
tomorrow.
So,
if
you
will
support
people
as
per
your
convenience,
that
won't
work.
Really
this
has
saddened
me
as
I
wanted
the
film
fraternity
to
come
on
a
stage
or
tweet
about
this
film,
but
that
didn't
happen,"
Bhandarkar
lamented.
"The
kind
of
atmosphere
that
was
created
in
Nagpur
and
Pune
--
that's
really
sad,"
he
added
about
the
protests
in
both
cities.
Earlier,
veteran
actor
Anupam
Kher,
who
is
in
Indu
Sarkar
too,
had
told
IANS
that
a
"united
voice
of
the
industry"
--
much
like
what
was
raised
before
the
release
of
Udta
Punjab
--
needed
to
be
heard
once
again.