Stub out smoking ban, says Bollywood
10 October 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Bollywood is more amused than angry at a proposed ban on smoking in films with Irrfan Khan dismissing the issue, Madhur Bhandarkar asking "how can smoking be controlled" and Rahul Bose calling the move "infantile".
"Maqbool" star Irrfan said: "Smoking should be curbed at all costs. But whether smoking is shown in our films has never been a serious issue for me. It's like trying to nurture the leaves of a tree without caring about the roots." Bhandarkar said: "How can there be such a drastically uniform code about smoking? Even if an adult certificate is implemented properly, what about DVDs, satellite television, cable channels? There're so many avenues for our films…how can smoking be controlled in all of them?" …
"English, August" actor Rahul added: "I think the idea of a blanket ban on smoking is infantile and ludicrous. Children watch adults smoking all day long, whereas they see someone smoking in a film for just five minutes. There's one city in the world where smoking is almost non-existent and that's Los Angeles. In fact, a smoker is almost a pariah in LA! And almost every film from Hollywood has characters smoking. How do we explain that? ….read more
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