It's certainly not unheard of for movies to get into a fix with some religious group or the other pertaining to some word or article used in the movie. Sometimes the objections raised are completely valid and require action but mostly the objections raised are frivolous and clearly attention seeking. Such objections are a time wasting nuisance for the film maker.
Recently, Ekta Kapoor's Kya Super Kool Hain Hum fell a victim of one such controversy. Over what? A name. A dog's name to be exact. The dog's name is Fakhruddin which was also the name of India's fifth President. And so the family raised objections.
What I don't understand is why the rest of the Fakhruddins of this world have not raised similar objections? I mean, they too are being insulted, right?? Is it possible that there is just one Fakhruddin in this world? Or to be more accurate, was only the ex-President of India named Fakhruddin? What about the 'Meeras', 'Vijays', 'Aditis' and others in this world whose names have been used in the movies? Shouldn't they raise objections too if they find their namesake on the screen behaving in a manner not befitting their personality? Or species?
I swear, day by day people are either becoming too unrealistic or too sensitive or just plain damn attention seeking! It's just a name people! A proper noun! Grow up. You are not the center of the universe. There are probably hundreds of people in this world who share the name with you. If they are druggist or underworld dons or prostitutes, will you object? Will you sue them? It's absolutely stupid.
If this carries on, Bollywood will soon have to start using numbers in place of names for their characters! It's impossible that a name used in a movie is not a name of any person in the world. What are they trying to do? Prove that they are attention starved and so are ready to do anything in order to gain limelight?
People, please...GROW UP!
Recently, Ekta Kapoor's Kya Super Kool Hain Hum fell a victim of one such controversy. Over what? A name. A dog's name to be exact. The dog's name is Fakhruddin which was also the name of India's fifth President. And so the family raised objections.
What I don't understand is why the rest of the Fakhruddins of this world have not raised similar objections? I mean, they too are being insulted, right?? Is it possible that there is just one Fakhruddin in this world? Or to be more accurate, was only the ex-President of India named Fakhruddin? What about the 'Meeras', 'Vijays', 'Aditis' and others in this world whose names have been used in the movies? Shouldn't they raise objections too if they find their namesake on the screen behaving in a manner not befitting their personality? Or species?
I swear, day by day people are either becoming too unrealistic or too sensitive or just plain damn attention seeking! It's just a name people! A proper noun! Grow up. You are not the center of the universe. There are probably hundreds of people in this world who share the name with you. If they are druggist or underworld dons or prostitutes, will you object? Will you sue them? It's absolutely stupid.
If this carries on, Bollywood will soon have to start using numbers in place of names for their characters! It's impossible that a name used in a movie is not a name of any person in the world. What are they trying to do? Prove that they are attention starved and so are ready to do anything in order to gain limelight?
People, please...GROW UP!
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