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FANS OR ANTI-SOCIAL ELEMENTS?

There was a news item which said that one female actor filed a complaint against Jr NTR Fans Association when she praised Mahesh Babu as her favourite. The fans allegedly even threatened to rape her and threw curses over her. There is absolutely no hope for the country if this is the kind of fan adulation, we have, for created images on screen. Most of the actors are clearly ‘heroes’ only on the big screen and a massive projection of writers, producers, technicians, and directors in the business of making money. Very few do something which would qualify them to become heroes. Political entries based on screen images is a part of this strategy which attests to the foolishness at a collective level of the society. Fans are only the individual blocks; when society elects these film-stars based on their onscreen persona, it is constructing a wall of collective ignorance. This is not to exonerate the quality of majority politicians of course. Rape is such a terrible thing and it is so ugly to use the word so frivolously by the so-called fans. The fans do not have sense. However, minimum social responsibility as civic citizens should make our ‘heroes’ publicly apologise for causing hurt and ask their fans to refrain from making such comments. Cynics may call it a publicity stunt on the part of the female actor, but no sensible person would ever make a public issue of rape unless the hurt is real and intense. The media has a responsibility too. With all the power invested in them, they can easily request the larger-than-life heroes to control their fans. Only these gods can help in driving sense into some people perhaps. A strong punishment to the concerned person is also a minimum requirement for our society. We cannot control thoughts, but all the law enforcing agencies should strongly address usage in a derogatory speech or in action.

5TH JUNE 2020

ME TOO MOVEMENT