New User? Register Now
.anishaa.
IF-Dazzler
Joined: 13 August 2010
Posts: 3917
Idk. Personally, I feel like cinema is a medium by which positive or negative messages can be conveyed to the mass public, and this type of depiction of our culture/religion may foster a sense of disrespect/indifference in their minds, either consciously or subconsciously. 
Thanks bhaiyya! 
The following 13 member(s) liked the above post:
SahasranamaM, jklp, ritika06, Vishakha_Sakhi, *Khushii*, ShivangBuch, varaali, Radhikerani, Strawbella, Mrs.MuffinSobti, .Vrish., Varnita., JanakiRaghunath,
JanakiRaghunath
IF-Stunnerz
Joined: 20 August 2008
Posts: 36181
You asked this question "Do you think it's okay to slightly satirize/poke fun at religion in mainstream cinema? Even if no harm/malice is intended?" My answer is NO, because religion is a route taken to achieve self-actualization for many people and when one pokes fun at it, it's an indirect way of looking down on religious people as if their beliefs are regressive and belonging to the "stone age". Many modern people nowadays think belonging to a religion as regressive, and that they are "spiritual" but not religious. I can respect even atheistic people as long as they do not mock religion but do not believe in it for their own personal reasons, but I cannot and will not respect someone who is apparently "modern" and thinks that requires them to criticize religion and God. When one becomes educated, they should behave in a manner that shows them to be educated but often, so many educated people behave in an uneducated, disrespectable manner that in no way places them on a higher pedestal than uneducated folk. Learning and believing in science does not mean we shun God in our lives, as so many people wrongly think. Another remark is "Ram banished his pregnant wife to the forests, so if we take Ram Rajya as an ideal the woman in our nation will become destitute" or "Ram himself asked Sita to give an agni pariksha so why is it wrong for a husband nowadays to doubt his wife when she's out of his sight?".
It also teaches the youth that the elderly are the religious folk and the youth should be "modern" in thinking or else they will not be accepted by society.The following 2 member(s) liked the above post:
Vishakha_Sakhi, .anishaa.,
.anishaa.
IF-Dazzler
Joined: 13 August 2010
Posts: 3917
lola610
Viewbie
BollyCurry Buzzer
Joined: 03 November 2008
Posts: 7056
The following 2 member(s) liked the above post:
Vishakha_Sakhi, .anishaa.,
.anishaa.
IF-Dazzler
Joined: 13 August 2010
Posts: 3917
.anishaa.
IF-Dazzler
Joined: 13 August 2010
Posts: 3917
Mrs.MuffinSobti
IF-Veteran Member
Joined: 11 September 2008
Posts: 10701
The following 1 member(s) liked the above post:
.anishaa.,
JanakiRaghunath
IF-Stunnerz
Joined: 20 August 2008
Posts: 36181
The following 1 member(s) liked the above post:
.anishaa.,Popular Search Terms: is religion a mockery in india
| Topics | Topic Starter | Replies | Views | Last Post | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What if Krishna became the charioteer of Rama? Note Pg4 | esrujan | 43 | 1381 | 07 May 2011 at 4:53pm By lola610 |
|
| MythoMasti BannerContest - VotingRound 1 ~> Note Pg.5 | lola610 | 38 | 1234 | 01 May 2011 at 12:08pm By lola610 |
|
| Paranormal with Religion? | desigrl05 | 2 | 304 | 15 November 2010 at 7:35am By Mrs.MuffinSobti |
Be the part of India's biggest discussion portal.
It’s easy to Join and it’s free.
Register now while it’s free!
Already a member? Close this window and log in.
