This is a city that has lived through political riots, terrorist attacks and bombs exploding on trains. And yet, a movie about a man and a woman overcoming the scars of terrorism cannot be released, because a party that was shamed by another party wants to regain their leverage by causing mayhem.
I would like to see this film, because I adore Shah Rukh Khan, a true superstar and a witty man who has slogged his way to the top. He has not taken lives to get where he is today, or been born to a powerful papa. And he deserves every bit of stardom that comes his way. He is the one who the world will never forget. The goons are as expendable and irksome as the polluted waters of Mumbai.
Perhaps an upstanding citizen and tax payer is of no importance to those who survive on their taxable incomes. Perhaps a commercial movie cannot be released without sharing it with the 'might is right' clan seeking their blessings and bowing down to vandals. Perhaps we are constantly under attack, if not by terrorists, then by politicians who think their destinies will be fulfilled by bullying, beating and raising their voices.
Perhaps we are not ready for democracy.
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