"Kaunsa Gussa...": Javed Akhtar Says Films With "Meaningless Violence" Tightly Linked To Society
Javed Akhtar has said that Hindi commercial cinema is a true reflection of the society.
Acclaimed and celebrated lyricist and screenwriter, Javed Akhtar, has said that Hindi commercial cinema is a true reflection of the society and he also said that a deeper inspection needs to be done into the movies being made these days which have "meaningless violence". Speaking during the 9th Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Javed Akhtar said that current times signal "frustration" in people and it is being channeled through violent films.
“There is some frustration in people, some tussle, which is coming out in the form of meaningless violence in some films that I am observing. Ek shaant samaj, jo apne aap se itminaan rakhta hai, woh itni violent picture nahi dekhega. Uska catharsis ho raha hai iss violence ko dekh ke. Ye violence tujhme chupa kaha se hai bhai? Kyu hai? Kaunsa gussa hai tere andar, kaunsi baat hai jo tu keh nahi raha hai, ki tujhe aisa violence achcha lagta hai," said Javed Akhtar, as quoted by The Indian Express.
For the unversed, Javed Akhtar along with Salim Khan birthed the 'Angry Young Man' hero of Bollywood back in the 80s and 90s.
Talking about movies of current times, some of the biggest hits over the last few years have been front-footed action films like 'KGF 2', 'Pushpa', 'Jawan', 'Pathaan', 'Gadar 2', and 'Animal'.
“But even dreams are not real. If you tell a psychiatrist what a kid has been seeing in his dream, then the psychiatrist will tell you what is troubling the kid. Similarly, if you look at Hindi cinema closely, it is collective dream of the society. If they are not, the films won’t work, and the films will become a hit only if they are a collective dream. A society which is watching such films, getting these nightmares, we must understand its restlessness, its problems. Hindi commercial cinema is tightly linked with the society,” said Javed Akhtar.
Earlier, at the same event, Javed Akhtar had indirectly spoken about Sandeep Reddy Vanga's 'Animal', starring Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, Bobby Deol, Triptii Dimri, Anil Kapoor and Shakti Kapoor.
“If there’s a film in which a man asks a woman to lick his shoe or if a man says it’s okay to slap a woman… and the film is a super hit, that’s dangerous," said Javed Akhtar.
For the uninitiated, Javed Akhtar was referring to the scene between Ranbir and Triptii Dimri’s characters in the film.
