Pakistan is upset with Akshay Kumar's recent release 'Sooryavanshi'. Be it President Arif Alvi or actress Mehwish Hayat, everyone is worried about the same thing that this blockbuster will increase Islamophobia. Released on November 5, the movie has earned Rs 100 crore in India and continues its stellar journey at the box office. People in Pakistan have a problem that why the villain has been named Muslim in the film. The director of the film Rohit Shetty has already given a clarification on this issue.
Pakistan's Sadar-e-Riyasat i.e. President Arif Alvi said on social media – This kind of Islamophobic content will destroy India only. I hope the sensible people of India will stop such things. British actor of Pakistan origin Riz Ahmed, who has been nominated for Oscar, also raised the issue and used objectionable emoji along with social media comments.
Producer-director Rohit Shetty's film Sooryavanshi was released on 5 November. It performed brilliantly at the box office. Apart from Akshay Kumar, the film also stars Katrina Kaif, Ajay Devgan and Ranveer Singh. The person playing the role of Villain in the film has been named Muslim. Some people object to the name of the villain being Muslim.
This question was asked to Rohit Shetty recently. On this he had said – If the villain of my film was a Hindu character, would the questions still be raised? If a terrorist from Pakistan comes to our country, what would we name him, what would be his religion? The story of the film is also the same that our police officers catch the terrorists from Pakistan.
Pakistani actress Mehwish Hayat, who is often in controversies, also jumped into this controversy. He also took to social media and told that he too has a problem with the content and Muslim character of this film. According to Hayat, the effect of Islamophobia is not only on cinema but on the whole world. Mehwish wrote – Sooryavanshi is the latest Bollywood release, which is promoting Islamophobia. This trend started in Hollywood. If we cannot show the character of Muslims positive, then at least we can do justice to their characters.
A report in Pakistan's 'Sama TV' said that the trend of projecting Muslims as villains in Bollywood started with the film 'Uri – The Surgical Strike'. This film, which came in 2019, proved to be a blockbuster. After this, the negative image of Pakistan started showing more.
