Mob is out of control now: Anurag Kashyap on PM Modi asking BJP workers to avoid commenting on films
Mumbai, Jan 19: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's advice to his party workers to stop commenting on movies comes late as the "mob is out of control now".
According to party sources, in his address at the BJP national executive on Monday, PM Modi had suggested party workers to refrain from making unnecessary remarks on irrelevant issues such as movies as they put the party's development agenda on the back-burner.
At the trailer of his upcoming movie "Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat", Kashyap was asked about it. The director said the prime minister's advice to his party workers would have made a difference had he spoken about it four years ago.
"If he had said this four years ago, it'd have made a difference. Now, I don't think it'll make a difference. It was about controlling their own people. Things have gone out of hand now. I don't think anybody will listen to anyone.
"When you stay silent, you empower prejudice and you empower hatred. It has now got so much empowered that it is a power in itself. The mob is out of control now," the filmmaker told reporters.
Over the last few years, the Hindi film industry found itself at the centre of many controversies, ranging from its nepotistic practices, celebrity culture, drug menace and content of the movies and shows.
Most recently, Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Pathaan" landed in a row over its first song "Besharam Song". Many politicians had slammed the song for hurting the sentiments of Hindu community for the costumes used in the track.
Shariq Patel, the producer of "Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat", welcomed PM Modi's advice to his party workers.
"It's very good that he (PM Modi) said that and I hope it'll lead to something good and end whatever negativity is there against the industry. I don't share Anurag's views on this, and I hope he's proved wrong," Patel said.
To this, Kashyap responded, "Even I hope I'm wrong about this, I'll be very happy if I'm proved wrong."
PM Modi's advice to his workers comes two weeks after actor Suniel Shetty sought Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's help against the 'Boycott Bollywood' trend on social media.
Many Hindi titles in 2022 battled the #BoycottBollywood trend on social media, beginning with Aamir Khan's movie "Laal Singh Chaddha" and Akshay Kumar's "Raksha Bandhan".
The other targets also included Kashyap's directorial "Dobaaraa" as well as Vijay Deverakonda-starrer "Liger", and Ayan Mukerji's big-budget fantasy adventure "Brahmastra: Part One Shiva".
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
