Actor Om Puri Condemns Pakistan Artist Ban, Ends Up Insulting Uri Martyrs
Om Puri recently stated his opinion about the ban of Pakistani artists in India and while doing so he ended up insulting Uri Martyrs.
Much has been said about the Pakistani artistes' ban. Clearly, Bollywood is divided in their opinions. On one hand, we have Salman Khan who believes in supporting the talent and on the other, we have singer Abhijeet who is questioning everyone who is not in support of the ban.
While we as laymen are coming to terms with the entire situation, another opinion of a veteran Bollywood actor has surfaced, and to say that it¡¯s kind of surprising would be an understatement.
In a recent live TV channel debate, actor Om Puri, while trying to defend art ended up insulting Indian martyrs. Yes, he actually did.
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No points for guessing, but his statements haven¡¯t gone down too well with a lot of people.
During the show, talking about Indian soldiers, he said, ¡°Who had asked the soldiers to join the army? Who told them to pick the weapons?¡±
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He further suggested preparing 15-20 human suicide bombers in India and sending them to Pakistan for the blasts.
But he didn¡¯t stop at that. He went on to say, ¡°Do you want India-Pakistan enmity to turn like Israel and Palestine, and fight for ages? India is home to crores of Muslims, there is no point in proving them for war. Several Indians have their relatives staying across the border and vice-versa, how can they fight a war with their cross-border families¡±.
Right after the show was aired, the internet couldn¡¯t help but criticise him for his regressive and harsh opinions about the national concern of security and the people who are serving our country.
He made a valid point about keeping art and politics separate and that banning artists won¡¯t change the situation. He further added that Pakistani actors are not brought illegally to India but have a legit work visa, and therefore the film industry shouldn¡¯t suffer. While we can totally understand his point of view, his statements about the country¡¯s soldiers have left many appalled.
Soon, #OmPuri started trending on Twitter and many people slammed the actor.
Check out some of the tweets right here:
Dear #OmPuri ji. Mai aapki bahut izzat karta hoon. Lekin kal tv per desh ke sainik ke baare mein aapki baat sunkar bahut DUKH hua. #VerySad
¡ª Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) October 4, 2016
U dont hv decency of hw to talk abt our soldiers who sacrifice evrythng fr u,dey represnt our nation, dey r our real heroes,u r nt! #OmPuri
¡ª Uddhav D Dabhade (@d_uddhav) October 4, 2016
What a shame Ompuri! Heard him on tv yesterday and I couldn't believe my ears What a disgrace! just lost all respect as an actor. #OmPuri
¡ª Malini Awasthi (@maliniawasthi) October 4, 2016
Shame on you #OmPuri Just for cheap publicity & paki artist you are making fun of our martyr soldiers.
¡ª RK #IndianArmy (@rk_dot_indian) October 4, 2016
Ppl like u should kick out 4rm India https://t.co/BFEK13l35I
@BeingSalmanKhan was at least courteous & can be disagreed upon. But #OmPuri is disgusting!! Shame on him!!
¡ª v.asish kumar (@vasishkumar) October 4, 2016
Dear #ompuri ji, send suiside bombers to Pak? really??? and then do what? become another Pak??? You just contradicted your own statements...
¡ª Mrigank Shekhar (@MrigShekh) October 4, 2016
Shame on you Mr. Puri... You lost everything today.... #OmPuri
¡ª Raman Bansal (@Raman121289) October 4, 2016
Seems Bollywood is the new govt for media and bhakts bcoz on every single issue they want answer from them @ShirishKunder #OmPuri
¡ª santosh malik 13b (@MalikSantosh) October 4, 2016
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