Anupam Kher miffed at Director Vishal Bhardwaj

• Posted by sujana g March 27, 2015 - Filed in Bollywood - #Anupam Kher  #Director Vishal Bhardwaj  - 529 views

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  Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj has dedicated his ‘Haider’ films five National Awards to Kashmiri Pandits. He also added Anupam Kher and Vidhu Vinod Chopra to the list and this hit bulls eye.

  Anupam Kher reacted to the comments of the Haider director.

  "How insensitive and patronising can you get, Mr Bhardwaj”.

  

  Anupam is in Mauritius, and said. "Firstly, you make a pro-militant film showing the Indian Army as the villains in the Valley. Then you don’t care to represent the Kashmiri Pandits’ viewpoint anywhere in the film. I never held this against you. As a talented filmmaker, it’s your prerogative to project whatever perception suits your creativity. In fact, after I saw the film I never expressed my deep misgivings... until now. But after the awards, you’ve insulted my community.”

  Anupam continued, "What does he mean by dedicating the trophies to us Kashmiri Pandits?"

  Kher questions, "After insulting us , Vishal Bhardwaj wants to show what a generous soul he is? He wants to tell me what I should do for my community? I don’t need anyone to tell me my duty. I did what was right towards my country. Even when I was thrown out of my own home and state with my family, I didn’t become a terrorist. I didn’t turn against my country. I remain a patriotic Indian in spite of being treated as an outsider in my own home.”

  He says, "As for making a film to highlight the plight of my community, I don’t need advice on what to do. Mr Bhardwaj has made a one-sided, biased film and now he wants to show his generosity towards us. Sorry, we don’t need your pity. In spite of all the agony that we have gone through, Kashmiri Pandits have survived".

  Another Kashmiri Pandit Ashok says, "You make an anti-army, pro-militancy film. You empathise with those who killed, raped, murdered Kashmiri Pandits. You sympathise with those who are responsible for the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Kashmiri Pandits. And then you want to dedicate the film to Kashmiri Pandits? It’s a joke. It’s either his guilt, which is forcing him to say this, or he is being sarcastic."

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