Angry with selective activism in Bollywood: Madhur Bhandarkar 

National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar is “sad” that the film fraternity did not express solidarity with him while his forthcoming movie “Indu Sarkar” was mired in controversy.

U/A certificate to Indu Sarkar

• The film, based on the Emergency era, has been cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Revising Committee
• with U/A certificate, two cuts and one disclaimer, and Bhandarkar is relieved at that.
• But the fact that he did not see anybody standing up by his side from the entertainment industry
• even though he supported “Udta Punjab” and “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” when these films got mired
• in controversies during their release has upset him.

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• “It feels really sad that I as a filmmaker always stood with the film fraternity –
• whether it was regarding ‘Udta Punjab’ or ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ or any other film…
• But they must have had their own problems.
• That’s why you get angry when you see such selective activism,” Bhandarkar said at a press conference here on Tuesday.
• “Today what has happened to me, might happen with somebody else tomorrow.
• So, if you will support people as per your convenience, that won’t work.
• Really this has saddened me as I wanted the film fraternity to come on a stage or tweet about this film,
• but that didn’t happen,” Bhandarkar lamented.
• “The kind of atmosphere that was created in Nagpur and Pune — that’s really sad,” he added about the protests in both cities.
• Earlier, veteran actor Anupam Kher, who is in “Indu Sarkar” too, had said that a “united voice of the industry”
• much like what was raised before the release of “Udta Punjab” — needed to be heard once again.