Aanand L Rai reacts to people calling Akshay Kumar starrer regressive – ‘That means there is…’ – FilmyVoice
Filmmaker Aanand L Rai has shared his response on folks calling the Akshay Kumar starrer Raksha Bandhan a regressive movie due to its content material and storyline. Viewers discovered the movie problematic when it comes to a number of phrases used to explain girls, the one objective of her life is getting married and highlighting the dowry system in India.
Speaking about folks’s response to Raksha Bandhan, Aanand L Rai informed News18, “You may’t ignore this. I do know, we ought to be very progressive, we’re in some ways. However there are a lot of issues that must be taken care of and you’ll’t shut your eyes off. Not speaking about it is not going to provide you with an answer. As a maker, I can’t write articles, I can’t make documentaries. My solely means of expressing myself is thru movies. So, if you happen to really feel there’s something regressive about this, which means there may be time to right our society.”
He additional added, “I can say we’re the most effective on the planet, however are we? We try our greatest. This factor of us (the actors and filmmaker) coming collectively and telling you a narrative like Raksha Bandhan the place you’re feeling there’s something regressive, which means our intention was simply to take the main target there. Let’s not ignore it, let’s cope with it. So subsequent time after I make a movie, you’ll not discover that sort of regression.”
The filmmaker had beforehand shared that he all the time needed to inform the tales from the heartland of India and make them part of the cinematic panorama. In Raksha Bandhan, Akshay performs the brother and the person of the home who has a accountability to marry three of his sisters. It additionally stars Bhumi Pednekar, Seema Pahwa, Sadia Khateeb, Deepika Khanna, Smrithi Srikanth and Sahejmeen Kaur in outstanding roles.
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