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Mithun Chakraborty assaults pseudo secularists over Bengal Information



Mithun Chakraborty assaults pseudo secularists over Bengal Information. Mithun Chakraborty is enjoying an essential function in Bengal Information directed by Vivek Agnihotri. The movie which is releasing on 5 Sep 2025 is producing big controversy with the Bengal authorities stalling even the movie’s trailer launch occasion.

Within the midst of all this, Mithun Chakraborty blasted the opponents. He mentioned “Sure, it’s hard-hitting in addition to a movie that portrays reality on the display screen. All this occurred earlier than I used to be born. Six generations don’t know the story. Even I knew just one line about it —‘The Nice Kolkata Killings.’ The stopping of the trailer launch appears to have been deliberate. Why cease the discharge of one thing you haven’t even seen? What’s the hurt in understanding the info about that occurred in our nation? Nearly 40,000 Hindus had been massacred in a genocide at Noakhali. Why are there objections to folks of our nation studying about our personal historical past?:

He continued “I didn’t select to be a part of Bengal Information simply because I’m a Bengali. Initially, I didn’t know the way I may play this character as he had a really powerful life — his tongue was burned; he lived in and round rubbish bins, consuming meals scrounged from them. I needed to communicate with a stammer. Regularly, I picked up sure nuances that suited the character, and I turned very excited.”

On movies being branded as propaganda movies, he mentioned “Why it’s known as a propaganda movie? There are pseudo-secular and pseudo-intellectual folks. “Yeh log secular kaise hai jabki ek beef khata hai ur ek pork khata hai? Secularism toh woh hoga jo dono [food] khayege.”

Sharing his view on Shantanu Mukherji, grandson of Gopal Chandra Mukherji, who featured within the Nice Kolkata Killings,submitting an FIR claiming that his grandfather’s identification has been distorted, Mithun mentioned “I don’t suppose we’ve got distorted his identification. Having mentioned that, Sure, as filmmakers, we do take cinematic liberty. He has the fitting to ask questions”