We have been hearing about Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s boycotted film ‘Padmavati’. It is the Buzz word of the controversial news currently.
I have noticed an evident reunion of the Bollyberals and their likes on this issue. That is something which is pretty usual nowadays so let us not even consider that as disruptive, because when there is too much of disruption, it becomes nearly insignificant.
Now let us look at the moot point. What is it all about? Why is there a controversy? Who is Padmavati? Why is this subject so sensitive? And lastly, why is there, yet again, the reflection of the pseudos in this whole episode?
Well Padmavati was a role model for all Rajput females and in fact all the Hindu females. It is actually unfair to say that she was, she very much is a role model till date and will remain. Padmavati is sacred for all Hindus and is worshipped.
Now, the legend goes like, there was a Muslim Prowler, who was so enchanted by Padmavati’ s beauty that he laid a siege and killed Padmavati’ s husband, Raja Ratan Sen of Chittor, in the siege and took over the fort.
Padmavati, who had the civilized blood, and as per the Hindu moral norms, she inspired 16000 other females in the fort, to lay down their lives by performing Jauhar, to save herself from the ill willed Muslim thief.
Now you can make your own assumptions, why she is worthy of being worshipped by Hindus where we build temples of Sati, the females who are so dedicated and devoted to their husbands that they burn themselves up in the same funeral pyre of their husbands. Just FYI, this became a social evil which was eradicated later because people made this a custom instead of leaving it on females as a voluntary act.
For instance, in whichever family, if there was any female who performed this act, she became so sacred that they built a temple for her. She became worshipable. And thereafter, she was referreds as the ‘sati’. So please understand, this is a very very emotional, sentimental and issue of prestige. This is not just some piece of history. It is a sacred history which signifies great sacrifice and valor.
Now for another instance, I will tell you guys something about my own community. We have a history of Jauhar. We still have the evidences that it was performed, but this is nowhere in the records of History so can you tell that it is false. I am sorry but we won’t buy that argument.
To give you a brief, there was another Muslim Prowler, who used to attack on innocent Hindu families and abduct females, be it a bride from her own marriage set up, and rape them. Important to mention, killing of the males of the family, destroying their sacred objects, even from their bodies, disrupting Vedic ceremonies, destroying temples etc. In my community, we even have a unique and exclusive ceremony in our marriages, which signifies our angst towards Mughals but now it is discontinued. People have moved on. (A great example of Tolerance, anyways…!)
So there have been so many instances in the past which are so cruel that they cannot be overlooked for generations and centuries. They are so horrendous that the upcoming generations will also talk about these heinous acts.
And finally, there comes a slightly less learned Bollyberal Bhansali, who yet again tries to get all the fame in this world by making a movie on Padmavati. It is a nice subject. But why he needs to play with and manipulate the legend. I mean, if you have got the guts, why don’t you just show the real legend. Why do you want to create a false narrative?
We need to understand one thing, there is something called History, there is something called fiction, and then there is Cinema and there is entertainment. We are equipped enough to figure out the difference in these things. I mean, how can you say that I made the movie on an important historic event, for entertainment and dismiss all the questions towards your movie’s content. Isn’t is too much of an arrogance?
How can you just say that let the movie come up, show in theatres and then let the audience decide? Such an easy game for the Bollyberals. What about the common man who has sacrificed his everything for his faith? What about the sacred sacrifice of those 16000 females?
Just to earn few crores, you can create a wrong narrative and go away? How would a young boy or a girl look at this story? What are they going to take away from this movie?
Entertainment is different and History is different. Essentially when it is a sacred history, you need to be responsible. You cannot do anything and get away with it just to beautify the story.
How can you so easily play with such a sensitive issue?
I mean this is ridiculous!
Padmavati must be banned and I personally rubbish and disapprove all the arguments like, “this is entertainment only”, “keep politics and cinema away”, and the most disgusting of all, “this is Hindutva”.
To be honest, the Jauhar was performed for Hindutva and by boycotting this shameless act of Bhansali, we are just trying to respect that sacrifice. So the sacrifice is Hindutva, keeping up your faith is Hindutva, and dying for your integrity and respect is Hindutva. And I am proud of it.
And for entertainment, you could make this movie and name it whatever from kalavati, leelavati, and whatever. You want to lit the flame and then say you it was not the flame which caused the fire.
Period!
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