"সিক্স প্যাক অ্যাবসের কাছে বক্স অফিসে পরাজিত হয়েছিল বাবা"

নেপোটিজ়ম নিয়ে সম্প্রতি মন্তব্য করলেন ইরফান খানের ছেলে বাবিল ।

মুম্বই : বলিউডে নেপোটিজ়ম নিয়ে বিতর্কটা নতুন কিছু নয় । এই নিয়ে ইতিমধ্যেই মুখ খুলেছেন অনেকেই । আর এবার এই নিয়ে মন্তব্য করতে দেখা গেল ইরফান খানের ছেলে বাবিলকে । বলিউডকে বিশ্ব চলচ্চিত্রের উঁচু স্থানে নিয়ে যাওয়ার জন্য অনেক চেষ্টা করেছিলেন ইরফান । কিন্তু, সিক্স প্যাক অ্যাবসের কাছে বক্স অফিসে পরাজিত হন তিনি । এভাবেই বলিউডের প্রথম সারির একাধিক তারকার সমালোচনা করেন বাবিল ।

সম্প্রতি ইরফানের সঙ্গে তোলা ছোটোবেলার একটি ছবি শেয়ার করেন বাবিল । এছাড়া ইরফানের একটা ছবিও শেয়ার করতে দেখা যায় তাঁকে । তার ক্যাপশনে লেখেন, "সিনেমার একজন ছাত্র হিসেবে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ একটা বিষয় আমাকে শিখিয়েছিল বাবা । ফিল্ম স্কুলে যাওয়ার আগে তিনি আমাকে হুঁশিয়ারি দিয়েছিলেন যে, বিশ্ব চলচ্চিত্রে বলিউডকে খুব বেশি গুরুত্ব দেওয়া হয় না । তাই আমাকে ভারতীয় সিনেমা সম্পর্কে অনেক কিছু জানতে হবে । যা শুধুমাত্র বলিউডের মধ্যেই সীমাবদ্ধ নয় ।"

বাবার এই সতর্কবাণী কীভাবে সত্য হয়েছিল সেই কথাও পোস্টে উল্লেখ করেন বাবিল । লেখেন, "দুর্ভাগ্যক্রমে, এটি ঘটেছিল । 60 ও 90-এর দশকের ভারতীয় সিনেমা সম্পর্কে কেউই অবগত ছিলেন না । বিশ্ব চলচ্চিত্র পড়ানোর সময় কেবলমাত্র একটা অংশ পড়ানো হয়েছিল যেখানে ভারতীয় চলচ্চিত্রের মধ্যে 'বলিউড অ্যান্ড বেয়ন্ড' বলে অধ্যায় ছিল ।"

তিনি আরও লেখেন, "তবে কেন জানেন এইরকমটা হয়ে থাকে ? আসলে এটা হয় শুধুমাত্র আমাদের মতো ভারতীয় দর্শকদের জন্য । অভিনয়ের শিল্পকে বোঝানোর জন্য আমার বাবা গোটা জীবনটাই কাটিয়ে দিল । কিন্তু, তার সব প্রয়াসই বক্স অফিসে পরাজিত হয় সিক্স প্যাক অ্যাবসের কাছে । ফোটোশপ করা আইটেম গান, যৌনতা ও পুরোনো প্রচলিত উপস্থাপনার কাছে বাবার এই প্রয়াস পরাজিত হয় । আসলে দর্শক হিসেবে আমরা এগুলো দেখতে পছন্দ করি ।"

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  You know one of the most important things my father taught me as a student of cinema? Before I went to film school, he warned me that I’ll have to prove my self as Bollywood is seldom respected in world cinema and at these moments I must inform about the indian cinema that’s beyond our controlled Bollywood. Unfortunately, it did happen. Bollywood was not respected, no awareness of 60’s - 90’s Indian cinema or credibility of opinion. There was literally one single lecture in the world cinema segment about indian cinema called ‘Bollywood and Beyond’, that too gone through in a class full of chuckles. it was tough to even get a sensible conversation about the real Indian cinema of Satyajit Ray and K.Asif going. You know why that is? Because we, as the Indian audience, refused to evolve. My father gave his life trying to elevate the art of acting in the adverse conditions of noughties Bollywood and alas, for almost all of his journey, was defeated in the box office by hunks with six pack abs delivering theatrical one-liners and defying the laws of physics and reality, photoshopped item songs, just blatant sexism and same-old conventional representations of patriarchy (and you must understand, to be defeated at the box office means that majority of the investment in Bollywood would be going to the winners, engulfing us in a vicious circle). Because we as an audience wanted that, we enjoyed it, all we sought was entertainment and safety of thought, so afraid to have our delicate illusion of reality shattered, so unaccepting of any shift in perception. All effort to explore the potential of cinema and its implications on humanity and existentialism was at best kept by the sidelines. Now there is a change, a new fragrance in the wind. A new youth, searching for a new meaning. We must stand our ground, not let this thirst for a deeper meaning be repressed again. A strange feeling beset when Kalki was trolled for looking like a boy when she cut her hair short, that is pure abolishment of potential. (Although I resent that Sushant’s demise has now become a fluster of political debates, but if a positive change is manifesting, in the way of the Taoist, we embrace it.)

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  You know one of the most important things my father taught me as a student of cinema? Before I went to film school, he warned me that I’ll have to prove my self as Bollywood is seldom respected in world cinema and at these moments I must inform about the indian cinema that’s beyond our controlled Bollywood. Unfortunately, it did happen. Bollywood was not respected, no awareness of 60’s - 90’s Indian cinema or credibility of opinion. There was literally one single lecture in the world cinema segment about indian cinema called ‘Bollywood and Beyond’, that too gone through in a class full of chuckles. it was tough to even get a sensible conversation about the real Indian cinema of Satyajit Ray and K.Asif going. You know why that is? Because we, as the Indian audience, refused to evolve. My father gave his life trying to elevate the art of acting in the adverse conditions of noughties Bollywood and alas, for almost all of his journey, was defeated in the box office by hunks with six pack abs delivering theatrical one-liners and defying the laws of physics and reality, photoshopped item songs, just blatant sexism and same-old conventional representations of patriarchy (and you must understand, to be defeated at the box office means that majority of the investment in Bollywood would be going to the winners, engulfing us in a vicious circle). Because we as an audience wanted that, we enjoyed it, all we sought was entertainment and safety of thought, so afraid to have our delicate illusion of reality shattered, so unaccepting of any shift in perception. All effort to explore the potential of cinema and its implications on humanity and existentialism was at best kept by the sidelines. Now there is a change, a new fragrance in the wind. A new youth, searching for a new meaning. We must stand our ground, not let this thirst for a deeper meaning be repressed again. A strange feeling beset when Kalki was trolled for looking like a boy when she cut her hair short, that is pure abolishment of potential. (Although I resent that Sushant’s demise has now become a fluster of political debates, but if a positive change is manifesting, in the way of the Taoist, we embrace it.)

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  You know one of the most important things my father taught me as a student of cinema? Before I went to film school, he warned me that I’ll have to prove my self as Bollywood is seldom respected in world cinema and at these moments I must inform about the indian cinema that’s beyond our controlled Bollywood. Unfortunately, it did happen. Bollywood was not respected, no awareness of 60’s - 90’s Indian cinema or credibility of opinion. There was literally one single lecture in the world cinema segment about indian cinema called ‘Bollywood and Beyond’, that too gone through in a class full of chuckles. it was tough to even get a sensible conversation about the real Indian cinema of Satyajit Ray and K.Asif going. You know why that is? Because we, as the Indian audience, refused to evolve. My father gave his life trying to elevate the art of acting in the adverse conditions of noughties Bollywood and alas, for almost all of his journey, was defeated in the box office by hunks with six pack abs delivering theatrical one-liners and defying the laws of physics and reality, photoshopped item songs, just blatant sexism and same-old conventional representations of patriarchy (and you must understand, to be defeated at the box office means that majority of the investment in Bollywood would be going to the winners, engulfing us in a vicious circle). Because we as an audience wanted that, we enjoyed it, all we sought was entertainment and safety of thought, so afraid to have our delicate illusion of reality shattered, so unaccepting of any shift in perception. All effort to explore the potential of cinema and its implications on humanity and existentialism was at best kept by the sidelines. Now there is a change, a new fragrance in the wind. A new youth, searching for a new meaning. We must stand our ground, not let this thirst for a deeper meaning be repressed again. A strange feeling beset when Kalki was trolled for looking like a boy when she cut her hair short, that is pure abolishment of potential. (Although I resent that Sushant’s demise has now become a fluster of political debates, but if a positive change is manifesting, in the way of the Taoist, we embrace it.)

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যদি এখন অনেক পরিবর্তন হচ্ছে বলেও মনে করেন বাবিল । তিনি লেখেন, "kfছু পরিবর্তন হচ্ছে । নতুন প্রজন্ম নতুন মানে খুঁজে চলেছে । আমাদের নিজেদের জাগায় ঠিক থাকা দরকার । কালকি কেঁকলা যখন ছোটো করে চুল কাটলেন তখন তাঁকে ছেলেদের মতো দেখতে লাগছে বলে ট্রোল করা হয়েছিল । তখন খুবই খারাপ লেগেছিল ।"