Re: Agent Vinod banned in Pakistan.
Thats nice kaka but I am slightly disappointed really. Ofcourse the debate ends automatically when it comes to personal choices and bent of mind but well, honestly, I wouldnt have the same opinion if my country would have made a movie which might hurt the sentiments across the border. More so because I dont really believe in the crap the movies show i.e our neighbours are necessarily bad and evil jerks (as were we portrayed in your Ghaddar, Veera Zara and innumerable other sagas). With these sentiments of having a bias, and haterd for our neighbours, and finding the movies that would portray our neighbours in a villainous way as a good time pass and all that, we only conform to the myth (or maybe the reality) that India and Pakistan can never be friends, obviously because, we support friends, and not mock/villianize them.
We have lived through this negative mentality and propaganda theory for about a century. I guess that has been enough. And I dont think it has given us much, except for increasing mutual hatred, insecurities and poverty. Truce and good will is all we should be focusing on, for our own betterment, if for nothing else.
i understand what you are trying to say here. but to understand what i am saying you really have to sit through the movie. it is not even a propaganda movie, it is just a bollywood’s attempt in getting in james bond’s shoes. it is an action packed fiction movie. nothing more