Shabana Azmi says 'Hindus and Muslims can't tolerate me and Javed Akhtar'

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi recently said that she and her husband Javed Akhtar get hatred from every section, Hindu and Muslim. She said that many times fatwas have been issued against her and sometimes she is also called a terrorist. In an interview with Zoom, Shabana Azmi said, "Javed and I both have this credit on our heads that we cannot tolerate the intolerant sections of the community. Both Hindu fundamentalists and Muslim fundamentalists. Then we think our secular ideology is proved." Shabana Azmi further said, "Sometimes the clerics are giving us fatwas, sometimes someone is calling us terrorists. I think we have to rise above the Hindu-Muslim narrative. And I think the only way this can be done is that when we are pushed into the Hindu-Muslim conflict, we don't get caught up in it. This fight should not be between Hindus and Muslims, but between liberals and radical thinkers. Liberal Hindus and liberal Muslims should be together and intolerant Hindus and Muslims should be together. This is how the poison of religion will come out of us." 'Sunny Deol became a Muslim, flopped 'Bantwara 1947', says director Shabana Azmi recently made a statement that her film 'Bantwara 1947', starring Sunny Deol, flopped because people could not see Sunny Deol in the role of a Muslim person. The film's director Rajkumar Santoshi opposed it. In an interview with Variety India, he said, "I don't understand any meaning of it. Amitabh Bachchan played the role of a Muslim hero in 'Coolie' (1983). Many of Manmohan Desai's films had Muslim heroes." We are sensible, good and educated people. How can they say that there is a big mistake in the film?" Rajkumar Santoshi said, "I want to embrace the good things of every religion. I am going to a temple. My son's name is Ram. I am not against any religion. But I want to embrace the good things of every religion." Talking to Zoom, Shabana Azmi said, "First of all, I am very surprised to see the total box office earnings of the film because there are people around me who come and say that they liked the film." Many of them believe that it is very important to talk about humanity in today's environment. On the other hand, people did not go to the theatre and those who went to see the film, came out with a confused reaction. The problem is that people cannot accept Sunny Deol as a Muslim." Shabana Azmi asked: Has Sunny played the role of a Pakistani? Shabana Azmi said that even those who have seen 'Bantwara 1947' may not have fully understood the film. She said, "I am surprised at the way people are reacting. Even people who watch the film think that Sunny Deol has played the role of a Pakistani. It is not like that. "If people of both religions are not happy with the film, it means that it is something that is pure and beautiful," she said. Shabana Azmi's two films released simultaneously Shabana Azmi's two films 'Bantwara 1947' and 'Awaarapan 2' were released simultaneously on August 14. The film 'Bantwara 1947' was a flop, while 'Awaarapan 2' has collected more than 200 collections. Shabana Azmi has played a negative role in 'Awaarapan 2'.