Kangana Ranaut's Mental Hai Kya Hits A Controversy; Psychiatrists Raise Objection To Film's Title!
Kangana Ranaut's Mental Hai Kya has found itself in troubled waters even before its theatrical release. The film has received heavy flak from Indian Psychiatrist Society for the title.
Kangana
Ranaut's
Mental
Hai
Kya:
Mental
Health
Experts
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Rajkummar
Rao-Kangana
Ranaut's
Mental
Hai
Kya
has
found
itself
in
troubled
waters
even
before
its
theatrical
release.
The
film
has
received
heavy
flak
from
Indian
Psychiatrist
Society
for
selecting
a
title
that
is
discriminating
against
the
people
who
are
tackling
mental
health
issues.
A
Mirror
Now
report
stated
that
the
members
of
the
Indian
Psychiatric
Society
have
complained
against
the
makers
in
front
of
the
Chairman
of
the
Censor
Board
of
Film
Certification,
Mr
Prasoon
Joshi.
Calling
the
title
of
the
movie
"discriminative,
stigmatising,
degrading
and
inhuman
in
projecting
mental
disorders
and
persons",
they
asked
the
authorities
to
remove
the
title
and
censor
sequences
violating
the
rights
of
those
battling
mental
disorders.
According
to
Hindu,
the
letter
read,
"We
strongly
demand
that
the
title
be
removed
with
immediate
effect
preventing
further
damage
to
the
modesty
of
mental
health
service
users.
We
also
demand
to
censor
any
sequence
in
the
movie
that
is
violating
the
rights
of
persons
with
mental
disorder."
Mrugesh
Vaishnav,
president,
Indian
Psychiatric
Society
told
Hindu,
"According
to
a
study
carried
out
by
NIMHANS
and
the
Health
department
of
the
government
of
India
in
2016,
1/4th
of
the
Indian
population
suffers
from
mental
illness.
There
are
lots
of
myths
and
misconceptions
in
our
country
surrounding
mental
illnesses.
People
still
go
to
fake
healers
and
often
feel
they
are
possessed.
In
this
situation,
when
you
have
such
a
title
of
a
film,
it
is
wrong.
The
country
is
coming
out
of
the
stigma
and
media
support
is
important.
Members
of
the
film
fraternity
have
themselves
come
out
with
their
stories.
Will
you
call
them
mental?"
Will
the
makers
change
the
film's
title
post
these
objections
raised
by
IPS?
Looks
like
we
will
have
to
wait
and
watch.
Directed
by
national
award
winning
director
Prakash
Kovelmudi
and
written
by
Kanika
Dhillon,
'Mental
Hai
Kya' is
produced
by
Ekta
Kapoor's
Balaji
Motion
Pictures
and
Shaailesh
R
Singh's
Karma
Media
and
Entertainment.
The
film
is
slated
to
release
on
June
21,
2019.