As fair and needed the woke culture is in the present time, are people no longer allowed to have an opinion? Read how a comment by Arshad, led to a wave of kickbacks.
Known for his excellence in portraying comic roles, Warsi rose to fame for his work as 'Circuit' in the comedy film, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and its sequel, Lage Raho Munna Bhai. But what happened that the actor had to disable his comment section?
Arshad acknowledged the disabled comments and said he has no idea how to do that. When further questioned about how he feels about the backlash and if the reactions have made him cautious of saying anything in public, Arshad quipped that:
"Absolutely, I have decided that I will love every film that I watch. I will love every actor for the rest of my life (laughs)."
Even though Arshad has explained himself, the conversation does not seem to be dying anytime soon. Are we at a point where every word needs to be over-explained or people can no longer get away with negligent comments?
The actor appeared on a podcast with Samdish Bhatia, in August this year. Where amid heartfelt conversations, Arshad was asked to name the last bad film that he saw. Thinking for about a minute, the actor said that Kalki 2898 AD, was a film that did not match his expectations, and while he was in awe of Amitabh Bachchan’s performance in the film, Prabhas’ performance left him disappointed. The actor said:
“Maine Kalki dekhi jo mujhko nahi acchi lagi. Amit ji was unbelievable, I can’t understand that man yaar. I cannot understand. Jitna power unmey hai, thoda sa vo mil jaye na, toh life ban jaye, he is unreal. Prabhas I am really sad but…why was he….he was like a joker. Why? I want to see a Mad Max. I want to see Mel Gibson over there. Tumne usko kya bana dia yaar. Kyu karte ho aisa mujhe nahi samajh mein aata hai.”
Arshad responded to the rapidly rising controversy, taking the red carpet at the IIFA Awards 2024, the actor shared that he was talking about the character and not the actor. Arshad called Prabhas a brilliant actor, which Prabhas has proved on multiple occasions over the years and we all know it. He concluded by saying that people like to make something out of nothing. The actor as quoted by ANI news agency said:
"Everybody has their own point of view and people like to interpret noise. I spoke about the character, not the person. He (Prabhas) is a brilliant actor and he has proved himself again and again, and we know about it. And, when we give a bad character to a good actor, it's heartbreaking for the audience."
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