Monday, October 17, 2016

Making Film is a Business Venture



The recent statements by some bollywood celebrities and politicians on the films by Pakistani actors are laughable. Anurag Kashyap want to compare PM visit to Pakistan to the Pakistani actors, another  celebrity says that the ban will kill Karan Johar  and film industry as millions have been spent on the film, some wonder as to why artists are being singled out and why not others and many more. This not only shows the intellectual capability of these film makers and artists and their level of knowledge and understanding but  only highlights that they are only interested in making money and nothing else matters for them.
Making of a film is just like any other business and nothing else and every business has a risk of failure and it is equally true for a film also. You took the Pakistani artists and made a film by your own choices and nobody forced you to do it. The attacks in Patankot and Uri were not prompted by India and nobody could have predicted them. It was done by them and hence the punishment has to borne by them. Government has not banned the film or thrown the artists out of India.  They fled because they were scared and blaming the PM and the government for it is ridiculous and shows the desperation. A number of business ventures fail every day but the government is not responsible for their failure but only the individual who took a risk when he undertook the venture. So the blame of failure is also of the person only.
The films are made for the public and it the right of the public whether they wish to see the movie or not, to accept it or reject it due to any reason whatsoever. Blaming somebody else is just plain stupidity. Even if the films with Pakistani actors is released then still it is the right of cinema owners to show them or not as it is purely a business decision and the right of public to see or not to see it. It is our freedom of speech that we can say that we do not want to see Pakistani actors doing acting in India and such films should not be made. If you have made them then the risk of the film not doing business are yours only and not of government. If it loses money than accept it gracefully that you made a mistake rather than giving stupid statements. Singling out of actors is not done by public but because of the statements they make in public which are against their sentiments and the public has an equal right to voice their opinion as much as the actors have. If you stop making such statements then there will be no reaction and no singling out.

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