|
New Delhi: Outright condemnation or tight-lipped silence. India's film fraternity on Monday united behind its Muslim actors - including the four Khans Shah Rukh, Aamir, Salman and Saif - who have been threatened by the little known Indian Mujahideen outfit that has also claimed responsibility for the Ahmedabad blasts.
The group has purportedly written an e-mail stating that Muslim actors must stop working in films immediately or face death. The email arrived Sunday, a day after 21 blasts killed 50 people in Gujarat's main city Ahmedabad.
Prashant Pandey, writer of Ram Gopal Varma's "Contract", an action thriller that released last week and is said to be uncannily similar to how the Ahmedabad blasts played out, said it was unfortunate if actors were being targeted in the name of religion.
"An actor has no religion. One cannot categorise an actor on that basis. His persona is different as an individual both on and off screen," Pandey said.
Renowned director Aziz Mirza, whose Kismat Konnection has just been released, said terrorists must be cold shouldered.
"The terrorists are s****d guys. You don't react to them. You just negate them. They can do whatever they want... Nobody in the industry will give a reaction."
People were shocked
According to Bollywood trade analyst Taran Adarsh, people were "shocked but the producers, writers, directors or even the actors have not issued any statement on this yet".
Describing the threats as "very sad and very unfortunate", Adarsh said: "At the moment, there have been no official reports in the industry. What do actors have to do with the attacks? It is a free country and one has the right to do whatever she or he wants to."
|
