Originally posted by: Guddu.Pandit
Topic: It is not on LSC Box Office or why it is a big flop.
I saw few clips of Times Now where debate was going on how LSC is a big failure, why ppl have not gone for a Aamir film, and if really Boycott calls on SM worked in big way.
In whole Discussion, few things came- 1. Aamir Khan hurted the Hindu ppl's sentiments in PK which came in 2014. 2. Aamir's Intollerant statement back then & now when he is regretting hurting ppl. 3. Aamir's statement about PM Modi when he was CM of Gujarat back in 2006, when his film Fanaa was banned in Gujarat.
Let's talk about PK - 2014 Film
Directed by - Rajkumar Hirani (Hindu)
Written/Screenplay/Dialouges by - Rajkumar Hirani
Abhijat Joshi (Hindu)
Produced by - Vidhu Vinod Chopra (Hindu)
Rajkumar Hirani
Starring
Aamir Khan - Muslim
Anushka Sharma - Hindu
Sushant Singh Rajput - Hindu
Sanjay Dutt - Hindu
Boman Irani - Hindu
Saurabh Shukla - Hindu
Now when Film was made, no one from Team objected those scenes. When film was completed, it was sent to Censor Board, it was given censor certificate, no one objected from their whole team who saw the film & ok it for release. Film released on 19 Dec 2014, when BJP Govt. was in power, if film was so offensive, why they allowed it to keep screening it, so much that it became BIGGEST GROSSER of Hindi films?
Why is RAJ KUMAR HIRANI spared in all this? Why not even single person who is complaining about PK, Aamir has even question RKH that what he has made? He was Director, writer, even Screenplay writer, that scene he wrote, he directed. Why is he left on side & Aamir is picked up for PK?
RKH's Sanju came in 2018, has any Boycott campaign happened? No. Film Broke records at Box Office, huge Super Blockbuster status it achieved. Sanju is based on Sanjay Dutt's life, his criminal cases & all. Ranbir Kapoor played his character, no Khan did it, so film was spared from this kind of controversy.
If Aamir is so Anti-National, Anti-Hindu, how his film Dangal which came in 2016 is All Time Grosser, not just a hit, Biggest Grosser with 374 Cr Collection. Who watched that film? Ppl who made that film huge are also Anti-National, Anti-Hindu?
If PK is Anti-Hindu, how in the 1st place it got cleared from Censor Board? After 1st day of release, why wasn't it BANNED in India completely? We have seen BAN on films earlier, Bombay, Maachis, Bandit Queen, Black Friday. Why it was allowed to screen even after protest?
Why is Aamir being mercilessly trolled/shamed & whole other team of PK is spared? Why is Raju Hirani spared here? Why VVC is spared?
Good points..
First thing first...u named the banned films and then said PK wasn't banned in 2014 with BJP govt in centre. And those banned films were released earlier. To be honest no film has been banned after 2014. So we can see when freedom of expression is allowed and when it wasn't.
PK was a hit..Aamir was the hero. Dangal was a hit. Again Aamir was the hero..and Aamir is a Muslim. So his religion is not the issue. RKR directed PK, RKR directed Sanju. Both hits..so his religion is also not n issue..neither Ranbir's. And Aamir is a Khan , Ranbir isn't.. so having Khan as a surname doesn't make any difference. Regarding controversy..both faced. Sanju faced a lot of backlash for glorifying Sanjay Dutt's life..there were discussions on IF too in case u missed.
So censor board or centre is not curbing anyone's right to freedom of expression..nor can anyone curb public's choice to watch or not.
Since ur post itself shows that Aamir has had hits even after the controversies.. he isn't a scapegoat..his surname has nothing to do with the fate LSC faced.
And no one is trending boycottAamir..trend is to boycottLSC which includes those involved in the making.
Regarding Ban on Fanaa..Gujarat govt did not ban it..it was n unofficial ban..a call taken by multiplex owners.
And in Aamir’s own words, Speaking to mediapersons here, he clarified that he has been personally targeted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) not because he is a Muslim, but for his support to the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) in their fight against raising the height of Sardar Sarovar dam.
Now this dam project has been very dear to Gujarat and it has solved the drought issue and water hardships faced by the state since decades..people were genuinely offended
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