Actor turned politician, Paresh Rawal, who is a BJP Member of Parliament from East Ahmedabad, has weighed in on the controversy surrounding yoga guru Baba Ramdev objecting to the screening of the film PK, by categorically stating that when the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has certified the Aamir Khan-starrer, then nobody should have a problem with the film.
In an exclusive conversation with INNLIVE, Paresh Rawal said: “The movie has already been certified by the censor board, then I think there should not be any issue with movie.” However, Rawal added that he has not seen PK yet. ”I will try to watch it,” he said.
When it was pointed out that there are similarities between Oh My God (OMG), which starred Rawal, and PK, the actor laughed it off by saying, “My film OMG was released in 2012, at that point I was not a BJP MP.” He declined to comment any further.
Recently, yoga guru Baba Ramdev expressed his anguish over the theme of Amir Khan’s latest movie PK and also called for a public boycott of all those who are involved in the making of this “anti-religious” film. The whole episode has turned into a big controversy with FIR being filed against the Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma starrer.
Baba Ramdev has asked the ‘Hindu community’ to come together and protest against the movie, as he felt PK was anti-Hindu. As per media reports, Baba Ramdev also felt that PK propagated a wrong message by criticising Hindu gods and goddesses.
In Ahmedabad, suspected Bajrang Dal activists vandalised prominent theatres demanding a ban on the film. Protests were also held in Bhopal where some screenings were halted.
What Baba Ramdev said? - The manner in which the recent Bollywood caper ‘PK’ has caused turmoil in the ‘Right’ quarters starting with the Hindu Mahasabha and finding an echo in a fuming Ramdev demanding its ban is just the kind of atmospherics which will immortalise the film and illegitimise its detractors.Mercifully for the millions against irrationality, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairperson Leela Samson has clarified that no scenes will be deleted from the film in the wake of the protests. Ms Samson has pointed out the totality of context and the need to preserve Constitutional values such as freedom of expression.
While perceptive observers feel that the film should have been more forthright, the protesters have displayed just the kind of intolerance which is causing justified disquiet. At a time when there is a sinister attempt to paint Gandhi’s assassin in a favourable light, the tumult over a mere film suggests how largescale the derangement against reason has become. Is the ire against the film based on the premise that Aamir Khan has played the central character? If that is indeed so, it shows how warped the mindset is. Hirani has generally played it safe, following the trajectory of his favourite Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s brand of film making—as good reviewers have pointed out, ‘PK’ is a hark back to Hrishikesh’s Bawarchi where a Samaritan ends up trying to get a squabbling family together.
As parts of the country brave the chills to see the entertainer, Ramdev and his ilk have displayed just the kind of personalised affront which makes democracy tick and the likes of him caricatured. But mind you, this yoga guru has ‘contacts’ in right places to create a shindig.
His so-called claims to get illegal monies stashed abroad having been exposed, he is now looking to create publicity for himself in other constituencies. Ramdev can thrive largely because the media for some vague reason has invested him with a halo. If ‘PK’ becomes a casualty of the theatrics of a few, it would be a sad day for all those who cherish basic values like freedom from irrationality and unreason.
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