Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
Producer Ashoke Pandit slammed veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah over his “Dimagi Naxal” remark and his support for Jamia Millia Islamia students. The students have been holding demonstrations and a hunger strike demanding the restoration of their elected students’ union, which has remained banned by the university administration since 2006.
While speaking to news agency ANI, Ashoke Pandit criticised Naseeruddin Shah, calling him a “compulsive abuser” whose public outbursts stem from deep-seated frustration.
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“I am not shocked, nor am I surprised, by Naseeruddin Shah’s abusive language because, for the last few months, in a year in fact, he’s been constantly misbehaving, has become a compulsive abuser. The kind of language which he uses, the way he distorts his face, he exposes his frustration. There are reasons behind it, I can understand, and I pity him,” said Ashoke Pandit.
He added, “When I see him, totally distorted, totally frustrated on camera, and he’s trying to vent out his frustration. The more he vents out his frustration, he’s getting exposed day by day, every day.”
Pandit linked Shah’s statements to ideological friction and commercial shifts in the film industry. He alleged that the veteran is unable to process the success of films featuring contrasting political narratives.
“Probably one of the reasons why he’s feeling insecure is that the films which are doing well in the country is not suiting him. Films like The Kashmir Files, The Kerala Story and Dhurandhar. These narratives do not suit them. They’re suffering from an inferiority complex. Hence, this is the kind of behaviour with which he’s trying to come out,” Pandit said.
“So I think, in the end, I would like to tell him that he should consult a psychiatrist because it’s affecting his mental health. A normal person will not behave like this,” he added.
Earlier, Shah backed the protesting Jamia students, declaring, “I am an intellectual Naxal.” He questioned the government over student oppression, naming JNU, SRFTI and Jamia.
The 76-year-old had previously supported Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) students staging an indefinite sit-in over campus violence. He accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of targeting them for demanding administrative accountability.
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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
