Film director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri has been garnering a lot of headlines due to his movie โThe Kashmir Filesโ. Amid the praises being heaped at him and his movie, he has also been accused by one section of peddling the government narrative around the Kashmiri Pandit exodus in late 80s, the topic on which his fil is based. However, Mr Agnihotri has now found himself in trouble over one of his remarks in an interview. According to Vivek Agnihotri, the word โBhopaliโ means homosexual. The Kashmir Files director has said this in an interview given to the right-wing OpIndia website.
โI am from Bhopal, not Bhopaliโ
He said in his interview, โI grew up in Bhopal, but not Bhopali, because they have a different style, I will never explain to you alone. If you want, you can ask a Bhopali anytime. Tell someone this is Bhopali, it simply means that it is homosexual. Meaning Nawabi hobby.
Hereโs the video of Mr Agnihotriโs comment:
(Video Credit: OpIndia/IAmBuddha)
โFile FIRโ
Mr Agnihotriโs remark from the interview has now created a row with people demanding an apology from him.
Congress leader and former minister in MP government Jaivardhan Singh targeted Agnihotri and asked if the stateโs home minister will get an FIR registered against the filmmaker.
โCheap popularity and greed for money have corrupted his mind. This comment on the capital of our state is very objectionable. He should apologize immediately and if not, will our Home Minister get an FIR registered against them?โ Mr Singh asked on Twitter in Hindi, quote tweeting a chunk from Mr Agnihotriโs interview.
เคธเคธเฅเคคเฅ เคฒเฅเคเคชเฅเคฐเคฟเคฏเคคเคพ เคเคฐ เคชเฅเคธเฅเค เคเฅ เคฒเคพเคฒเค เคจเฅ เคเคจเคเคพ เคธเคฟเคฐ เคเฅเคฎเคพ เคฆเคฟเคฏเคพ เคนเฅเฅค เคนเคฎเคพเคฐเฅ เคชเฅเคฐเคฆเฅเคถ เคเฅ เคฐเคพเคเคงเคพเคจเฅ เคชเคฐ เคฏเคน เคเคฟเคชเฅเคชเคฃเฅ เคฌเฅเคนเคฆ เคเคชเคคเฅเคคเคฟเคเคจเค เคนเฅเฅค เคเคจเคเฅ เคคเฅเคฐเคเคค เคฎเคพเคซเคผเฅ เคฎเคพเคเคเคจเฅ เคเคพเคนเคฟเค เคเคฐ เค เคเคฐ เคจเคนเฅเค เคคเฅ เคเฅเคฏเคพ เคนเคฎเคพเคฐเฅ เคเฅเคน เคฎเคเคคเฅเคฐเฅ เคเฅ เคเคจ เคชเคฐ FIR เคฆเคฐเฅเค เคเคฐเคตเคพเคฏเฅเคเคเฅ? https://t.co/B9lmmEhS4Z
โ Jaivardhan Singh (@JVSinghINC) March 25, 2022
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