Kamal Hassan's Viswaroopam controversy has brought his double standards on matters of religion and his "honesty" to the fore.
Ever since the protests by Muslim groups against his latest film began ( that was followed by a ban of the film by the TN Government ),
Kamal is in all pains to explain to his "Muslim brothers" about his "honesty in making films" and how he has "always" taken care "not to hurt any community" .
Any one who has grown up watching Kamal's films would know about his "atheist" side which he never fails to show off through the characters he play.
But for Kamal, atheism is all about bashing Hinduism and Hindu faith. For, he knows that his millions of Hindu fans would not take it seriously, no matter how many times he makes fun or throws filth at Hindu Gods, Swamis, rituals, customs etc.
If a single film and the Muslim protests against it has brought Kamal down to his knees pleading for mercy, it is high time for the Star to introspect how he has hurt the sentiments of tolerant Hindus all along in his career.
Well..will he introspect ? If not Kamal, at least the Hindus who admire Kamal Hassan should introspect.
Well..., if they try to give the normal excuse "Hinduism is tolerant" , then the question to them is - Was / is Kamal ready ever to credit Hinduism for its tolerance ? or he would stoop to explain his "honesty" to his "brothers" ; only when confronted with a might that those Muslim protesters have ?
In short, Mr. Kamal, are you also one of those "seculars" ; who say "The might is right" ?
I conclude by giving some examples below which every Hindu fan of Kamal should introspect about..
Anbe Shivam –
The villain is a Shiva Bhakthar ( played by his muslim friend Nasser ).
He repeats the well known slogan “Thennaadudaiya shivane potri…”
whenever he commits villainy and crime. The saviors of Kamal from the
road accident are all Christian missionaries, sisters. You should note
how the Camera goes to focus on a Jesus statue when Kamal is helped by
the hospital sisters to walk.
Pammal K Sammandham -
Comedy scene where Kamal acts as “Lord Shiva”.
Available here :
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=2T9vmTUOoTs
Man Madhan Ambu –
Kamal is on a mission to spy Trisha for Madhavan.
Kamal says Maddy that he saw Trisha with some other guy. When asked
about the appearance of the other guy, prompt comes the reply “The man’s
dress is saffron in color”. When Madhavan gets anxious about why Trisha
does this, Kamal adds something like “…may be the religion is the
problem ?”
Dasavataram -
The scene where Kamal comments "Will not crimes happen inside a mutt ? " and then asks ” Alagiya Singar....is that Madonna ?” when a Vaishnavaite asks if Kamal knows about their Jeeyar ( religious head of Vaishnavaites ) named Alagiya Singar.
Watch here :
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=ithSV-F7Z9c
Vasool raja MBBS :
In “Vasool raja m.b.b.s”, there is a scene where a
lifeless patient is shown sitting as a demo piece for a medical class.
When the professor says that the man has not spoken for years & is
only a vegetable, kamal questions him & says “Even Lord Ranganathar
in srirangam is sleeping all these years, what is wrong in the man
sitting like this”?
Singaravelan :
In “Singaravelan”, he presents some flowers to khushboo on her
birthday. She smells one of the flowers & says that it stinks. For
this, kamal says that this flower is dear to Vinayakar, he has such a
big nose, even he does not say anything, why are you complaining?
Sigappu Rojakkal :
In “Sigappu rojakkal”, when Sridevi & kamal go to buy God idols,
Sridevi looks at an idol & asks for thr price. When the shop keeper
says “20 Rs.madame”, kamal asks ” So cheap? There is no costly saami
available?”.
