Taapsee Pannu Clarifies Mulk Presents Patriotism & Nationalism, Doesn’t Criticise Any Community

A story of a Muslim family trying to reclaim what was denied to them – honour – Anubhav Sinha’s Mulk starring Taapsee Pannu and Rishi Kapoor is facing the wrath from a particular section of the audiences who have perceived the film to be pro-Muslim. From calling it a movie funded by terrorists and political parties to getting trolled brutally on the internet, Mulk has faced a barrage of abusive tweets already.

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The director says that just because the movie addresses some “uncomfortable home-truths”, trolls are having a field day. Pink fame Taapsee Pannu has also commented on the entire scenario. She says that the movie presents “true patriotism and nationalism” and in no way it is criticising any community.

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“True patriotism and nationalism have been presented in this film, and if anyone has a problem with it, then their idea is probably diluted and they are not open-minded (enough) to see the point from the other side as well. Whoever has a problem with it… the problem lies within their minds.

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“I feel it’s better we have an open mindset to see what exactly we are trying to say. In Mulk, we have not criticised any community, and neither have we said any community is good or bad. We have just shown the true picture and left it to the audience to make the choice,” she adds.

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Mulk also stars Prateik Babbar, Rajat Kapoor, Ashutosh Rana and Neena Gupta in prominent roles. Is Mulk contributing to change people’s minds? Taapsee says the intention hasn't been that.

“There has been a lot of prejudice around beliefs about communities and religion, (and also) caste, for that matter. In this film, we deal with those prejudices and how they are wrong and how this conditioning has been done to our minds over all these years and to the benefit of certain people.

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“Over the years, we have been conditioned that certain communities need to be looked upon in a certain typical way. So I think we need to question the logic behind it. ‘Mulk’ is going to question that logic — and where did it start and why did it start and the need to change it immediately.”

She says the team of Mulk is just hoping that the movie will help kickstart discussions on the issue.

“We are hoping that, after this film, people will discuss this issue amongst themselves, talk about these questions, ask each other these questions and eventually try to find a solution. It’s only you and me who can make a difference — and no third person can help us out.”

Mulk is all set to hit the screens on Aug 3.