Dear Hindi Film Makers,
Your intentions pertaining to raising a few laughs and making the audience forget their worries and stresses albeit momentarily are indeed noble and more than welcome, but one wonders whether you need to resort to caricatures and profiling of certain sects and communities in order to do so?????
I am a proud and humble Punjabi and know for a fact that most if not all Punjabis and Sikhs are indeed a far cry from the loud, boisterous, crude and loutish caricatures that you have made us out to be in a significant majority of the films that you churn out with nauseating regularity.......
While I have no reservations about being the butt of few jokes and laughs being raised at the expense of my community; I am vehemently opposed to the idea of stereotyping any community and propagating falsehoods and misplaced ideas and notions about the same......
Yes indeed, we Punjabis and Sikhs are a proud lot who are inherently proud of our customs, culture, behaviours and unique practices of our very own and will certainly grant the fact that we do tend to be loud and boisterous in showing our affections for others; but that comes naturally to us as we believe in wearing our hearts on our sleeves and reacting with our hearts rather than our heads in a significant majority of cases........
We have made countless sacrifices in the cause of the nation and are always at the forefront in the case of natural calamity or attack on the nation by forces inimical to it so why don't you highlight and portray these admirable qualities and character traits instead of lampooning and caricaturing these two hardy and loving communities......
So much for Sikhs and Punjabis, Parsis, Sindhis and Tamilians have also borne the brunt of your rather sorry state of humour if any and been the butt of ridicule and uncalled for mirth thanks to your tasteless and trite portrayals of the communities in question.......
Raising a laugh out of anybody is one of the most onerous tasks that one can undertake, but do the laughs always have to be raised at someone's expense, why can't you churn out more situational comedies like a Chupke Chupke, Gol Maal, Chashme Baddur, or the recent Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana.......
The above mentioned flicks or movies did certainly raise more than a guffaw or two and are remembered till date with awe and reverence; but what was both refreshing as well as welcome in the case of these unforgettable films was the fact that they raised laughs without resorting to either toilet or gutter humour and reverting to stereotype..........
Let's try and make a lot more of such movies that both make you laugh as well as nostalgic about them, humour is indeed welcome but without a bitter after taste in the mouth.........
Here's looking forward to a refurbished and improved sense of humour from your side......
A concerned Indian,
Sundeep Chopra............
Your intentions pertaining to raising a few laughs and making the audience forget their worries and stresses albeit momentarily are indeed noble and more than welcome, but one wonders whether you need to resort to caricatures and profiling of certain sects and communities in order to do so?????
I am a proud and humble Punjabi and know for a fact that most if not all Punjabis and Sikhs are indeed a far cry from the loud, boisterous, crude and loutish caricatures that you have made us out to be in a significant majority of the films that you churn out with nauseating regularity.......
While I have no reservations about being the butt of few jokes and laughs being raised at the expense of my community; I am vehemently opposed to the idea of stereotyping any community and propagating falsehoods and misplaced ideas and notions about the same......
Yes indeed, we Punjabis and Sikhs are a proud lot who are inherently proud of our customs, culture, behaviours and unique practices of our very own and will certainly grant the fact that we do tend to be loud and boisterous in showing our affections for others; but that comes naturally to us as we believe in wearing our hearts on our sleeves and reacting with our hearts rather than our heads in a significant majority of cases........
We have made countless sacrifices in the cause of the nation and are always at the forefront in the case of natural calamity or attack on the nation by forces inimical to it so why don't you highlight and portray these admirable qualities and character traits instead of lampooning and caricaturing these two hardy and loving communities......
So much for Sikhs and Punjabis, Parsis, Sindhis and Tamilians have also borne the brunt of your rather sorry state of humour if any and been the butt of ridicule and uncalled for mirth thanks to your tasteless and trite portrayals of the communities in question.......
Raising a laugh out of anybody is one of the most onerous tasks that one can undertake, but do the laughs always have to be raised at someone's expense, why can't you churn out more situational comedies like a Chupke Chupke, Gol Maal, Chashme Baddur, or the recent Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana.......
The above mentioned flicks or movies did certainly raise more than a guffaw or two and are remembered till date with awe and reverence; but what was both refreshing as well as welcome in the case of these unforgettable films was the fact that they raised laughs without resorting to either toilet or gutter humour and reverting to stereotype..........
Let's try and make a lot more of such movies that both make you laugh as well as nostalgic about them, humour is indeed welcome but without a bitter after taste in the mouth.........
Here's looking forward to a refurbished and improved sense of humour from your side......
A concerned Indian,
Sundeep Chopra............
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