I will not return awards

rawemotions wrote:http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/i-wont-return-awards-kamal-haasan/article7837738.ece


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His own films Viswaroopam and Uttama Villain ran into rough weather prior to their releases owing to protests from fringe groups. “The wrongs that have been done to me have been done by a different set of people. I will fight these battles separately.” Can the rise in intolerance be attributed to the BJP government? “The BJP wasn’t in power when Hey Ram or Viswaroopam were released. Any group, be it the Congress, the BJP, the RSS or the Muslim League, is equally intolerant. But everyone expects me to be tolerant and cut my film.”

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Mr. Haasan said the debate on intolerance had been going on since 1947 and it should be debated every five years. “You have taken the debate in your hands, but this intolerance is there since 1947. That’s why we became two nations. India and Pakistan could have been together and it would have been a fantastic and a huge country and we would have taken on China in commerce and everything. This intolerance is what divided the nation then. It should not divide the nation again.”

Kris wrote:

rawemotions wrote:http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/i-wont-return-awards-kamal-haasan/article7837738.ece


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His own films Viswaroopam and Uttama Villain ran into rough weather prior to their releases owing to protests from fringe groups. “The wrongs that have been done to me have been done by a different set of people. I will fight these battles separately.” Can the rise in intolerance be attributed to the BJP government? “The BJP wasn’t in power when Hey Ram or Viswaroopam were released. Any group, be it the Congress, the BJP, the RSS or the Muslim League, is equally intolerant. But everyone expects me to be tolerant and cut my film.”

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Mr. Haasan said the debate on intolerance had been going on since 1947 and it should be debated every five years. “You have taken the debate in your hands, but this intolerance is there since 1947. That’s why we became two nations. India and Pakistan could have been together and it would have been a fantastic and a huge country and we would have taken on China in commerce and everything. This intolerance is what divided the nation then. It should not divide the nation again.”

Mr. Haasan is being wholly disingenuous. Intolerance in India started only in 2014. It was utopia before then, as everyone knows.