Furious Brahmins in Karnataka make the makers of Pogaru take away anti-Brahmin scenes
In what’s quick changing into a pattern to insult Hindus and take the neighborhood’s sentiments for a experience by the movie industries throughout the nation, the makers of the Kannada movie ‘Pogaru’ have agreed to delete “anti-Brahmin” scenes after objections from the Brahmin neighborhood.After sure scenes from the primary big-budget Kannada movie to launch put up the lockdown, Pogaru had been discovered to be disrespectful to the Brahmin neighborhood, the makers of the movie have determined to delete the scenes beneath scrutiny after objections from the neighborhood.Sreekanth, a member of the Brahmin neighborhood stated, “Do not target any community in cinemas. Consider the emotions of that community. Everybody is hurt by this incident which is why we decided to protest. They have now agreed to remove the said scenes. We welcome their decision.”The Brahmin neighborhood had acknowledged if the makers did not take away the scenes by Wednesday, they’d stage a protest in opposition to the movie.Pogaru Director Nanda Kishore, stated, “There has been an unintentional mistake. I apologise to the Brahmin community. Our intent was not to hurt anyone. 12 controversial scenes in the movie will be removed. It will be done in such a way that viewers wouldn’t know the difference. This movie is my four year old child. We will ensure the edit is done in a way that it doesn’t affect the film.”While there are a number of scenes and dialogues in Pogaru which has earned the wrath of the Brahmin neighborhood, the scene by which the place the protagonist of the film is seen maintaining his foot on the shoulder of a priest has been beneath intense scrutiny and a significant bone of competition.Jayaraj, President, Kannada movie chamber of commerce, stated, “Twelve scenes have come to our notice that the community members have raised objections to. We have spoken to both parties and have arrived at a solution. The scenes will be cut at 9 am tomorrow.”After Senior Journalist Chiru Bhat launched a video on YouTube exposing that Pogaru was full of anti-Brahmin vitriol, he has been allegedly receiving threatening calls from individuals who declare to be the followers of Dhruva Sarja, the lead actor of Pogaru.Much-like the controversy surrounding Pogaru for portraying Brahmins in a derogatory method, lately, the nation outraged over the blatant anti-Hindu bias proven in Amazon Original Series “Tandav”. After large outrage, the Ali Abbas Zafar directed sequence determined to delete scenes that had been perceived to be anti-Hindu with the makers and the star solid of the sequence in serious trouble as a number of FIRs had been lodged in opposition to them throughout the nation.While the movie trade can’t assist however create blatant anti-Hindu content material, it’s encouraging to see that the neighborhood is placing a united entrance in opposition to those that take their feelings without any consideration.