Karan Johar on stalking in Indian cinema: We as filmmakers need to be very responsible
| Dec 4, 2017, 18:18 IST
Filmmaker Karan Johar has proved time and again that he is absolutely spectacular at his job. Recently, the filmmaker slammed stalking and item numbers, including the ones that have appeared in his films. While none of his directorial ventures have item songs, they all have their fair share of stalking the heroine.
Talking about the topic in an interview, the filmmaker stated, “The moment you put a woman in the centre and a thousand men looking at her lustingly, it’s setting the wrong example. As a filmmaker I have made those mistakes and I will never do it again.”
Talking about stalking in Indian cinema, Karan said, “When you show a man chasing a woman, it seems like it all so passionate in love but it could amount to stalking. When you show a man being abusive to a woman you think he is being angry but no, he is being wrong. Things you show on celluloid sometimes set a template. So we as filmmakers need to be very responsible. Sometimes you don’t realise the things you write or project but you don’t know that they will actually impact society.”
Talking about the topic in an interview, the filmmaker stated, “The moment you put a woman in the centre and a thousand men looking at her lustingly, it’s setting the wrong example. As a filmmaker I have made those mistakes and I will never do it again.”
Talking about stalking in Indian cinema, Karan said, “When you show a man chasing a woman, it seems like it all so passionate in love but it could amount to stalking. When you show a man being abusive to a woman you think he is being angry but no, he is being wrong. Things you show on celluloid sometimes set a template. So we as filmmakers need to be very responsible. Sometimes you don’t realise the things you write or project but you don’t know that they will actually impact society.”