By Express News Service
BHOPAL: Controversy erupted in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Friday, simply earlier than The Kashmir Files (TKF) director Vivek Agnihotri arrived to attend a movie competition within the capital metropolis.
A latest video interview of Agnihotri wherein he’s seen saying Bhopali means gay went viral over social media for the reason that morning, triggering protests and widespread criticism, notably from the opposition Congress politicians.
“I’ve grown up in Bhopal, but I’m not a Bhopali, as Bhopali has a different connotation. I’ll explain it to you some other time privately, but you can ask any Bhopali about it. If someone says he is a Bhopali, it generally means he is a homosexual or has Nawabi Shauk (Nawabi liking),” Agnihotri was seen saying within the video interview, which was tweeted amongst others, by the ex-MP CM Digvijaya Singh.
Slamming the filmmaker for the ‘Bhopali means homosexual’ comment, the previous MP CM Digvijaya Singh wrote on the twitter, “Vivek Agnihotri Ji this must be your personal experience, but not of any common Bhopali. I’ve been associated with Bhopal and Bhopalis since 1977, but have never had any such experience.”
The viral video interview additionally triggered protests from the National Students Union of India (NSUI) – Congress’s pupil wing – in Bhopal. Senior Congress chief Bhupendra Gupta, whereas demanding unconditional apology from Agnihotri over his comment, mentioned, “If he (Agnihotri) doesn’t apologize publicly for the remark within 24 hours, then we’ll proceed to lodge a case against him for denigrating our great city Bhopal.”
Amid the controversy, in the meantime, Agnihotri arrived in Bhopal and planted two saplings (Shiv and Sharda) with MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan within the metropolis.
Much to his nice shock, Agnihotri’s fervent attraction to MP CM to assist him set up a Genocide Museum in Bhopal, obtained speedy response from Chouhan. The MP CM promptly introduced giving land and all different help to the filmmaker for establishing the Genocide Museum in MP.
“This museum once started will be such, which will even transform a terrorist into a peace loving human being,” Agnihotri mentioned whereas addressing the movie competition organized in Bhopal within the night.
When queried by the native scribes about his controversial Bhopali which means gay comment (which had gone viral over social media within the morning), Agnihotri, why is the interview being run in an edited and distorted method. “What I said was what I heard while I was aged 6-7 years in Bhopal. But today’s Bhopal is a city which has fantastic roads, safety for women and all round development. Talk about the present Bhopal.” Agnihotri maintained.
