This film starring the macho man of the Indian cinema Salman Khan got released all over India and surpassed Box-office collections and records! The movie is about this hero who is a cop and takes the law breakers in his own style! The movie has all stunts possible to make any youngster to emulate this hero and more to join the Police force not realising that it is only a movie that shows this cop taking on a battalion of goons and conquering them! The real life drama could be totally in contrast to what the hero does in the movie? The movie charges any person and makes him feel a tough guy and this has to be practically seen when the audience come out of the theatre! Young boys and men pull up their sleeves and do all sorts of pranks and stunts to attract attention from the female section of the crowd that emerge from the theatre! A Superintendent of Police in Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh went to see this film along with a battery of his men from the police force and after the show, as he was coming out, the crowd got little unruly and this cop got jostled by the crowd which triggered the Salman Khan- the hero in him! This cop who is in the senior ranks along with his men beat up the gate keeper of the theatre for not controlling the crowd that came out after the show was over , in such a manner that the poor guy lost his life and died unable to withstand the blows and kicks presented by the Superintendent of the Police and his hunch men in uniform. The film had such an impact on the men in uniform that they decided to enact a la-Salman Khan kind of stunt to teach the innocent gate-keeper, a lesson. Indian audience is still immature to understand the gist of what is being shown or said in the film unlike the Western audience where such films, if released will hardly attract any crowd for the simple reason of being unrealistic! Indian audience, after seeing the movie put themselves in the shoes of the hero and do things like what the senior police cop did in a state in Central India! It is time that the censor board prohibits such films from release as it has direct impact on the minds of youngsters and people who form a part of description in the film. The Censor Board will do well if they discourage such films from being shown. There should be some code of conduct in selection of subjects by the producers of the film. Subjects like Police, Military, wars, Terrorism etc.. should not be encouraged to be filmed as these are very sensitive matters that affect the image of the Subject matter and the State as a whole. The guidelines can be issued by the Home Ministry in co-ordination with the Information and Broadcasting Ministry in such a way that the Indian audience gets to see positive, quality films that will have an impact on their minds to progress and do well in life! Jai Hind !!
I haven't seen the movie, so my reaction may not be what it might have been if I had seen it. This is not the first movie where the hero takes law into his hands. Police atrocities are well known common occurrences. The misbehaving police official cannot be so naive as to receive his first lesson from the movie: they are already well versed in the art.
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