The trailer of Thackeray, based on the life of Shiv Sena founder, late Bal Thackeray, has stirred row over its controversial dialogues. Actor Siddharth has slammed the trailer for referring South Indians in a derogatory manner.
Shortly after the trailer released, Siddharth took to Twitter to express his displeasure and call out the “hate speech” in the movie.
He posted: “Nawazuddin has repeated ‘Uthao lungi bajao pungi’ (lift the lungi and *’#$ him) in the film #Thackeray. Clearly hate speech against South Indians… In a film glorifying the person who said it! Are you planning to make money out of this propaganda? Stop selling hate! Scary stuff!”
Nawazuddin has repeated ‘Uthao lungi bajao pungi’ (lift the lungi and *’#$ him) in the film #Thackeray. Clearly hate speech against South Indians… In a film glorifying the person who said it! Are you planning to make money out of this propaganda? Stop selling hate! Scary stuff!
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 26, 2018
Poetic justice is when a Muslim actor from UP gets to play the part of the revered Marathi bigot in a propaganda film.
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 26, 2018
Quoting the link of the trailer, Siddharth also accused the film of selling “so much hate with such romance and heroism.”
The conveniently un-subtitled #Marathi trailer of #Thackeray. So much hate sold with such romance and heroism (Music, tiger roars, applause, jingoism). No solidarity shown to millions of South Indians and immigrants who make #Mumbai great. #HappyElections! https://t.co/F13jMcIRle
— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 27, 2018
Here’s the response for his series of tweets :
Glad you speak up..🙏
— Prashant (@shant567) December 26, 2018
It’s actually the truth, the speech is true. it happened, let the mature audience see it. Nobody can malign south, it stands in all its glory. There is enough hatred already on the street, those see this as an opportunity to spread hate will fail eventually.
— We.The.People (@MPG09090) December 26, 2018
Balasaheb did say such statements and staged protests against SouthIndians. Then why shouldn’t they show? Should they play safe like Hirani did in Sanju?
It’s a film at the end of the day. Just enjoy in theatres✌️— Chandler Bing (@SarcasmChamp) December 26, 2018
Hats off to u atlast someone raised the voice
— Sooraj Mahato (@sooriiiiiiii) December 26, 2018
Without south India … India will be ________ ? 😂😂😂I hope you know that!
— Karthick (@Karthic23851365) December 26, 2018
@Actor_Siddharth its a biopic and nothing wrong in showing the real him. He was known to be controversial.. Let the world witness the real Mr. #Thackeray
— Rajesh Paul🐬 (@raj5251) December 27, 2018
Are you voicing against cinema world or politicians? Did you have any view on Sanju earlier? Looks you are unclear on what bothers you.
— DP 2.0 as Silver Strom (@tweetdpn) December 27, 2018
Absolutely Agreed With You,, Nowadays #HateSpeech Is The Best Way To Earn Money & Vote In India
— Akash EB (@UrstrulyAkash17) December 27, 2018
epdi bro ivlo dhairiyama ella visayathayum pesureenga? great!
— s.r.praveenkumar (@praveenrajan28) December 27, 2018
finally someone spoke about it..more people need to speak about it
— Saheb Abdullah (@sahebabdullah) December 26, 2018
A couple of yrs back, @Nawazuddin_S had to give up a role in RamLeela as the local delhi @ShivSena gundas objected to the fact that he was a muslim and cudnt be seen on the stage depicting a hindu character out of Ramayan .. that’s icing on the irony cake ..
— makeurownlegend (@aseemtamboli) December 26, 2018
Politician Sanjay Raut, who has written the story of Thackeray, based on the life of Bal Thackeray, says that nobody can ban the film and that the CBFC, which has raised objections on the movie, will understand the vision of the Shiv Sena founder.
