Saturday, May 16, 2009

RGV ki tryst with Indian National Anthem

To all those, who are not familiar with the acronym RGV, then here it is.. RGV stands for Ram Gopal Varma, one of the finest film makers in India.
If many are not aware of the recent developments in Bollywood( Indian version of Hollywood), then the title of this post sounds bit weird.
I have a penchant for keeping track of cricket, India and world politics and Indian films.
I hardly miss watching any trailer of a new film. RGV's new film which is tentatively titled as "RANN" is one of the most anticipated films of the year. I was quite surprised to see the trailer released amidst the on going tussle between the producer's and multiplex owners.
Just after few seconds of the trailer, I realized that this is going to create a controversy and this issue will certainly not go well with the Indian audience.
It happened exactly the same and was immediately banned by CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification).
RGV, as told to the media says that he wanted to showcase it to the audience about the disparity happening based on the caste, religion, region and language in the contemporary India.
At the same time, he also says that it was just a marketing tactic and attract the audience's attention. He is not firm as to what he wants to make a point. The above two statements are quite contradicting.
Well, there were many films in the past which have portrayed the conflicts and disparity among the contemporary Indians through their own lyrics and not tinkering and interspersing words in the National Anthem. Ex: Bombay , RDB (Rang De Basanti) and many more....
RGV, if at all he wanted to showcase his ideas, he should have done it without playing around with the National Anthem. There are 101 ways to attract public attention and National Anthem is not the thing which one has to resort to.
This act of RGV clearly points to the second statement of the above two i.e marketing tactic.
The issue is now with supreme court and I am very sure that the apex court will come out with a judgement which will protect our national values.
The link to the trailer of RANN is here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jYlb_orVnc

VJ

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