01-02-2010, 07:40 AM
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'Idiots, your film promotes ragging!'
Anti-ragging NGO slams 3 Idiots for glorifying it
In a scene from the film 3 Idiots, seniors in the hostel are seen forcing freshmen to strip to their ********* and perform tasks set for them.
While some enact a James Bond scene in their *********, others are asked to bend over and have their bottom inked with a rubber stamp.
Actors Sharman Joshi and R Madhavan dropped their pants exposing their chaddies in the scene.
 | | IN A CONTROVERSY: A still from 3 Idiots |
Innocent fun?
No, says CURE.
The Coalition to Uproot Ragging from Education, an NGO, is extremely upset with the scene and has written a letter on December 28 to the Raghavan Committee, entrusted to monitor the measures to prevent ragging in higher educational institutions.
The panel is headed by R K Raghavan, former CBI chief, the HRD ministry and the University Grants Commission. CURE has asked the committee and the government officials to send a letter to the censor board.
Harsh Agarwal, co-founder, CURE, said, "We should be more sensitised to the evils of ragging that often end in death.
One of the recommendations of the Raghavan Committee claims that, 'every possible strategy should be adopted to sensitise the public against the evils of ragging through the use of the media and the civil society at each of the levels described by us'. When such a recommendation is there, how can the media present ragging so lightly?"
Professor Raj Kachroo, father of Aman Kachroo, who died after he was beaten by his seniors in 2008, said, "I have not watched the movie but this is a matter of concern especially when there are deaths due to ragging.
The letters should be written to the censor board and the directors to take this issue seriously rather than spreading the wrong impression about ragging amongst students."
| Shut Up, Yells Chopra | At a press conference in Noida, 3 Idiots producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra lost his cool when he asked a reporter to shut up.
The panel consisted of director Raju Hirani, Aamir Khan, R Madhavan and Sharman Joshi, among others.
Responding to a reporter's question about why 70 per cent of the movie was similar to the book, Chopra angrily asked, "Have you read the book? Then shut up." He later had to be pacified by Khan.
Meanwhile, director Raju Hirani also maintained that there was less than five per cent of 'inspiration' from the book and the rest was all original screenplay.
"He [Bhagat] is publicity hungry." Said Aamir at the conference, "It is unfortunate that Chetan is trying to take away the credit from someone else."
Meanwhile, Bhagat reiterated that he was not publicity hungry. "I almost feel bad for them.
Kya karoon? See how they talk to reporters. That's how I was treated," he said in a Tweet.
>>Read the agreement between Chetan Bhagat and the producers on www.vinodchopra.com
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| The Other Side | Ragging has not been glorified because Aamir fights back. We expect a certain level of maturity amongst the audience.
I don't think the scene has glorified ragging. We are sensitive to the issue."
Vinayak Azad, regional officer of censor board
"In fact the scene shows how Rancho, the main protagonist, teaches the students a lesson and doesn't give in to ragging."
Spice PR, spokesperson for 3 Idiots
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