Films Vs People of India: Movies that courted controversy for different reasons
Poster of Indian film 'The Kashmir Files'
Anupam Kher starrer drama 'The Kashmir files' gained attention ever since the trailer of the movie launched. The movie which has become a hot topic faced a major backlash worldwide and even got banned in the some countries around the world.
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's directorial movie is based on the tragic account of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus in the 1990s and the genocide that took place.
Water
Deepa Mehta's critically acclaimed drama movie 'Water', which was the third movie of her talked Elements trilogy. The first was 'Fire' (1996) and the second was 'Earth' (1998).
'Water' showed the difficult life of widows in rural India. The movie's plot, which may sound comman now, irked protest in the year 2005.
Protesting against the controversial points discussed in the movie about widow's marriage, misogyny among others.
The posters were burned and several protests were held in different places in India, against the film.
The film, which stars Seema Biswas & John Abraham, was premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, and was honoured with the Opening Night Gala.
Vishwaroopam
Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' is indeed among one of the most controversial movies of India. The movie's name and plot irked multiple controversies.
From the Tamil Nadu theatre owners' protests to name and major backlash from Muslim & Christian communities over the plot.
Padmavat
Apart from the movie, Ranveer Singh's mind-boggling acting and Deepika Padukone's ace, the Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus 'Padmaavat' is one such movie that everyone will remember for decades for different reasons.
Here we will talk about the protests. The movie led to the months of protests across India which was led by religious group Karni Sena. The religious group first did protest against the movie over tampering with historical facts.
Samrat Prithviraj
Akshay Kumar's much-awaited period drama 'Samrat Prithviraj' was released in theatres in May this year. And, now the film is premiering on Amazon Prime. So, those who missed the film in theatres, can catch the film now.
Fire
'Fire' is one of the first Indian movies that explore the LGBTQ topic and was the first Indian movie to show lesbian relationships. Directed by Deepa Mehta, the 1996 movie starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das, faced major backlash over the plot.
Movie's posters were burned and theatres were attacked where the movie was screening.
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