Filmmaker Onir has stated that he would not like Pathaan track Besharam Rang, a month after he slammed those that criticised it. Speaking on the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, Onir additionally stated that is not certain why his discuss on the current Bhopal literary fest was cancelled on the final second. Onir additionally revealed that he was requested if his tweet ‘on the controversy’ over the track was related to the cancellation. (Also Read | Besharam Rang row: Onir asks if ‘now goons will decide what we watch’)
Besharam Rang launched on December 12, and shortly turned the centre of controversy. A bit of the individuals discovered Besharam Rang objectionable over the selection of costumes and colors. The track featured Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone romancing in Spain.
As quoted by news company PTI, Onir stated, “Someone asked me if this (talk cancellation) was a repercussion of my tweet on the controversy over Besharam song from Pathaan. I don’t like the song, but I will speak up for something that is wrong. I don’t see my colleagues commenting. I have had a few people inboxing me, and I am like… Your love in the inbox means nothing, if you cannot come out and stand by me out in the open.”
In December when Besharam Song was launched, Onir had known as out a Twitter person after they shared screenshots of the track and tried to troll it. The individual had written, “What kind of a husband allows or tolerates public molestation of his wife for a few bucks? Just asking !!!”
Onir responded, “Yucks .., sick mentality . Use of words like ‘allows’, ‘ tolerate” shows that he belongs to that tribe of men who thinks an husband owns the women . And only a vulgar mindset could make a montage like this . Retired and now nothing better to do than zoom in pics n spread hate.”
He had additionally written, “Can’t imagine that the most important thing to debate for a bunch of politicians (whose claim to fame is propagating hate and dividing the country & instigating violence) & the mainstream media is the costume worn by two actors for a song!” He additionally added the hashtags–unemployment, inflation and local weather disaster.
Re-sharing a video posted by a news channel on Twitter by which MLA Sadhvi Pragya spoke in opposition to Pathaan, Onir had stated, “No point of film certification board/judiciary/law enforcement agencies .. now goons will decide what we watch. Terrible times …”
Directed by Siddharth Anand, Pathaan is scheduled to hit the theatres on January 25. Apart from Shah Rukh and Deepika, the movie additionally John Abraham, Ashutosh Rana and Dimple Kapadia.