Now its Babri Masjid politics for Pahlaj Nihalani

21 Sep 2017

Freedom from his sanskaari censorial duties seems to have set off a new wave of creative freedom for Pahlaj Nihalani.After playing presenter to the erotic Julie 2 ,PahlajNihalaniwill now produce a film on the demolition of the BabriMasjid, a political crisis that hit India in 1992 and resulted in widespread riots all across the country. The film entitled Kabir KaAyodhya will feature newcomers. Explaining his decision to go fiercely political with his cinemaNihalanisays, I am being told that there is a fear that my film would not be in keeping with theBharatiyaJantaPartys ideology. But I want people to stop worrying. Please wait to see what line of politics KabirKaAyodhya will adopt. I can assure you it would behard-hitting. I am not afraid of the truth, no matter how bitter. Nihalanisays he will deliberately cast newcomers in his film. If I want I can ask Sunny Deol , Akshay Kumar andGovindato star in KabirKaAyodhya.They will never say no to me. But I dont want established stars. Our industry desperately needs new talent. A handful of stars are controlling the budgets of films. We need to break that stronghold before its too late. The producer says he has always believed in new talent. Ive introducedGovinda, Chunky Pandey,Neelamand so many others,DivyaBharati was a newcomer when I signed her for Shola AurShabnam andKanganaRanaut was first signed by me although that film never got made. I believe in fresh talent. Its the future of the entertainment business. Isnt he afraid of censor trouble over a film that recreates theBabriMasjidcrisis? Not at all. I know the guidelines and I wont make any film that disregards those guidelines. The facts about theBabridemolition are in the public domain. No point in ignoring the obvious.