The sinister ploy to pack off Pakistani actors from Bollywood had gathered momentum earlier too but had fizzled out for some reason or the other. But this time around everyone has suddenly woken up and started debating once again over the topic of Country vs Art.
To give an example of filmmaking. Well! Here art & commercial filmmaking go hand in hand. So a filmmaker who claims that his films also have an elemental artistic value but the fact is that he always ends up making an out an out commercial film, now that’s besides the point.
But these sudden conscious awareness of Country vs Art is certainly not without any reason. It has all started off with Raj Thakrey’s MNS protest against Pakistani actors who are working in Bollywood more especially after the Uri attack on the Indian Army by none other than the so called terrorists.
So once again the current hot topic running in Bollywood over Pakistani actors is a hot & happening discussions for everyone these days.
Not only these all of a sudden the Indian Motion Pictures Association (IMPPA) too has recently banned a few Pakistani actors. Some Bollywood Celebs are in favor of this decision while some are not. And Salman Khan is certainly not!!! He has even given media bytes in their favor by stating, “Pakistani actors are definitely not terrorist. They come in our country with proper legal documents including work permits. So why blame the poor guys for the Border attacks & warfare, to the extent of packing them off to their country.”
Salman Khan had even gone to the extent of giving a call to Shri. Raj Thakrey to sort out the matter amicably, but he had got a very unresponsive response from Raj Thackrey in general and his office in particular.
In fact apart from Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan & Karan Johar many more Bollywood Celebs have adopted a very favorable attitude towards the so called Pakistani actors.
And as mentioned earlier such a thing has happened not only now but before also. So it is but natural that many more Celebs will come out in support of Pakistani actors.
To sum it up having a patriotic feeling for our Country is more than fair enough. But for a few terrorist attacks where is the point in hitting out at art (Films) & artistes? So what if these so called artistes belong to a different nation altogether.
