Randip Singh ji, have you ever heard of thinking of others. Instead of sitting there and worrying about yourself 24/7.
I am not worried about myself thanks.
Think about what kind of impression this type of movie would have on the youth.
No different from any other Bollywood movie. Except this shows some Sikh's, and quite frankly has something to say about how we take our warrior side to the extreme (in this case criminality).
The future Sikhs of this world. The title is named Singh is King, then it shows content where a singh is drinking and dancing with women as you would put it scantily clad women.
Guess what, Singh's do drink, and copiously.
As for scantily dressed women, I never really noticed them, but I do see them all the time in the Summer here in the UK and it really does not bother me. It does not cause me to have sexual urges. It does not cauuse me to think lesser of that woman. I accept and move on.
Is that the image that Guru ji teaches us to present or promote to anyone?
This is not a religious film and does not pretend to be, in fact it talks about how Sikh's have lost their way in many scenes.
Then, again some would say what about all the dirt on tv. Yeah its there, but they dont label the show SINGH IS KING and show this kind of content.
No thye show worse. they show Sikh's usually as meek, subservient, pathetic people, unable to do anything. Even worse they show them as victims.
These types of films are made to distort the Sikhs that do not have the knowledge like the YOUTH; the one's that are still learning about Sikhi.
It's not a religious film so how? It does not pretend to say anything about Sikhi so how?
Movies are seen by the masses and have huge influence on people. Through out the whole movie they repeat Singh is King, nothing wrong with that but then they show the Singh drinking; putting the two together.
Newsflas....Sikh's drink!
I don't think people are so ficle as to think your average designer bearded, starched pugged Singh walking down Soho Road represents religious Sikhism.
Repetition is the best way to get someone to believe in something. Repeating things over and over until to the person it becomes the facts. So before calling someones response extreme ask yourself am I the only person in this world?
Actually I replied to your very very sarcastic response, and it was very extreme.
The facts are as follows:
- It was not a religious film
- It did not pretend to be a religious film
- The main protagonists had in fact abandoned the Sikh path
- the main hero was Sikh but not a religious one
- one can still have Sikh values without being an Amritdhari and these fellows were not Amritdhari
- the main hero infact brings them back on to the Sikh path - which does not mean necessarily being Amritdhari.
I think the main confusion here is that everytime a Sikh should be portrayed on screen he should be portrayed as an Amritdhari. The reality is most Sikh's are not Amritdhari. This film just portrays that reality. It's just typical Bollywood, and should be treated as such, and not some BIG religious film, which it is not.
