30 January 2013, 07:13 PM IST
The only qualification I have to write this is that I have watched Kamal Haasan's controversial film Vishwaroopam. And I found nothing objectionable. All right, I'm not a Muslim. But not a single person in the theatre in Kochi where I watched the movie raised his or her voice against any of the scenes in the movie. So what's the uproar in the neighbouring Tamil Nadu?
Like Kamal himself wondered on Wednesday afternoon, does anyone fear that one movie would knock off the unity of this mighty nation?
Vishwaroopam is not a great movie. But you can form an opinion only if you get a chance to watch it. And very few great movies are made in India. The movie talks about a RAW agent, a practising Indian Muslim, infiltrating a terror group in Afghanistan and foiling a terror plot in New York.
Despite the Madras High Court clearing the way late on Tuesday night, the Tamil Nadu government is determined to stall the screening of Vishwaroopam based on the objections raised by some fringe Muslim organizations. The Union government, however, has made it clear that once the central film censor board clears a movie, then there is no room for any ban.
The irony in Tamil Nadu is more than obvious. The state is ruled by a former Tamil film star and an ardent admirer of India's prime minister-in-waiting, Narendra Modi. The chief minister should have ensured the release of the movie especially when in Kerala and Karnataka it has been running to largely packed houses. Both the states have significant Muslim populations.
The Tamil Nadu government's argument (also of the Muslim organizations) is that the movie would disrupt the law and order situation in the state. But isn't it the duty of the state to maintain the law and order if someone tries to disrupt it?
If Kamal Haasan feels bitter about the cantankerous approach of the Tamil Nadu government and less than expected support from the Tamil film industry, you can't blame him. Rajinikanth made a perfunctory statement and left it at that. The rest of them do not want to go against the reigning deity.
Like Kamal has stated many times, he does not believe in any gods. And the Tamil audience, which usually worships film stars as gods and godesses, does not see Kamal as a person fit to worship.
But Kamal Haasan has no reason to flee from India the way artist M F Husain did. Mercifully, there are still places in the country where you can fulfill your artistic aspirations.
Come home to Kerala, Kamal Haasan.
We will take you in. With or without Vishwaroopam.
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