Pathan, a much-anticipated Bollywood film, has recently become the subject of much discussion and controversy. Shah Rukh Khan plays the lead in the Siddharth Anand-helmed movie. Despite being one of the most eagerly awaited movies of the year, Pathan has also generated a lot of debate and negative feedback. This blog will examine the Pathan controversy in more detail and discuss what it reveals about the current status of Bollywood.
What is Pathan about?
A RAW agent named Pathan is the subject of the action-thriller movie Pathan (played by Shah Rukh Khan). The movie has intense action sequences and edge-of-your-seat thrills and is set in the world of espionage. With a reported budget of over 200 crores, Pathan is one of the
biggest and most costly Bollywood movies of all time.
After Ek Tha Tiger, Tiger Zinda Hai, and War, Siddharth Anand's Pathaan is the fourth film in the YRF Spy Universe. Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone portray the major protagonists while John Abraham plays the primary antagonist in the movie. Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan, who are reportedly reprising their roles from the War and Tiger franchises, will also make brief cameo appearances in the movie.
The Controversy surrounding Pathan
Despite being one of the most eagerly awaited movies of the year, Pathan has also generated a lot of debate and negative feedback. The movie has drawn criticism for a variety of things, including how it portrays women, how it glorifies violence, and how it portrays the RAW (Research
and Analysis Wing) agency.
The way that women are portrayed in Pathan has drawn some of the most serious criticism. Many critics have charged that the movie objectsifies women and reinforces harmful stereotypes. The movie has also drawn criticism for how it depicts violence, with some detractors charging that it
normalises and glamorises violence against women.
The way that Pathan portrays the RAW agency has been a significant source of criticism. It has been said that the movie ignores the nuanced reality of the Indian intelligence community and presents a flat, false image of the organisation. The movie has been criticised for promoting
unfavourable stereotypes and a false perception of the RAW agency.
Why the Controversy mattered to many people?
There are several reasons why the dispute around Pathan is significant. First of all, it draws attention to the current discussion regarding Bollywood's influence on public opinion and attitudes concerning significant social and political issues. Numerous critics contend that Bollywood movies have a significant impact on Indian culture and have the potential to reinforce bad attitudes and stereotypes.
The issue surrounding Pathan has also brought attention to the longstanding discussion about the portrayal of women in Indian cinema. Despite the rise in female-led Bollywood movies in recent years, stereotyped and objectifying depictions of women continue to be common. This is a problem that has generated a lot of discussion and controversy in recent years, and it needs to be solved if Bollywood is to develop and expand.
The controversy surrounding Pathan also brings to light the longstanding discussion regarding how intelligence organisations are portrayed in Indian cinema. One of India's most significant and influential intelligence agencies is the RAW, thus it's critical that movies that feature the organisation portray it in a respectful and nuanced way. Pathan runs the risk of alienating and upsetting the Indian intelligence community as well as of maintaining unfavourable views and beliefs about the intelligence community by upholding negative stereotypes and a skewed perception of the RAW agency.
What’s the Besharam Rang controversy from the movie Pathaan about?
While Deepika and Shah Rukh appear extremely stunning in the song, which has a catchy rhythm with Shilpa Rao's lovely voice that wonderfully complements Vishal and Shekhar's soundtrack, the choreography of the song and Deepika's attire, notably a saffron-colored bikini, are drawing mockery. It seems that some people's religious feelings are being offended by the decision to wear a saffron-colored bikini. People are offended by the song's title, which loosely translates to "shameless colour," since it has been associated with the saffron outfit Deepika is wearing in the music video.
There have been suggestions to have the song removed from the Pathaan movie due to the uproar. Even a written complaint for the same has been submitted by an advocate to the Information & Broadcasting Ministry.
Pathaan’s Current Box Office Performance
The movie made Rs 26.50 crore nett in India on its sixth day (Hindi: Rs 25.50 crore, Tamil and Telugu: Rs 1 crore), bringing the domestic gross to Rs 32 crore, according to YRF. The studio reported that on day six, the overseas gross was Rs 16 crore. "Pathaan" has made Rs 224.6 crore in abroad regions since its January 25 release, with a net collection of Rs 307.25 crore in India (Hindi - Rs 296.50 crore, dubbed - Rs 10.75 crore).
