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Rohit Shetty responds to criticism of Muslim villains in Sooryavanshi

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: November 16, 2021 10:42 IST

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Film director Rohit Shetty recently come up with his new action movie 'Sooryavanshi' the movie is doing great at the box office even though in the corona period people are going to theaters to watch Akshay Kumar's blockbuster.
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But recently the in an interview with a leading publication, the director Rohit Shetty was asked about the 'good Muslim, bad Muslim' narrative in his latest film.
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The director responded with, “If I ask you one question - Jaykant Shikre (the antagonist in Singham, essayed by Prakash Raj) was a Hindu, then came in this universe (Rohit Shetty’s cop universe which includes Singham, Singham Returns, and Simmba), a Hindu Godman who was the villain. In Simmba, Durva Yashwant Ranade (played by Sonu Sood) was a Maharashtrian. In these three films, negative forces were Hindu. Why wasn’t that a problem?”
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Talking about the plot of the film he further added, 'If there is a terrorist who is from Pakistan, what caste will he be? We are not talking about caste. There is a thought with which a film is made. We never thought that way. Why is it being discussed? If we have a sleeper cell then what caste will a sleeper cell be? Why is a bad and good person being linked to caste, when we as makers never thought about it? If it was wrong, everyone would have talked about it.
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Speaking about Sooryavanshi, the Akshay Kumar-Katrina Kaif starrer is having a happy run and has revived the theatres' business with its huge box office figures. So far, it has collected Rs 151.23 crore in 10 days.
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