{"id":249436,"date":"2020-02-14T10:59:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T05:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=249436"},"modified":"2020-02-14T10:59:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T05:59:23","slug":"javed-akhtar-admits-modi-is-a-fascist-even-mahesh-bhatt-agrees-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/javed-akhtar-admits-modi-is-a-fascist-even-mahesh-bhatt-agrees-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Javed Akhtar Admits Modi is a Fascist, Even Mahesh Bhatt Agrees [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian screen-writer and poet Javed Akhtar is calling out Bhartiya Janata Party&#8217;s (BJP) moves and called Narendra Modi a &#8216;fascist&#8217;. Turns out the <strong><em>Sholay<\/em><\/strong> writer has become the most recent celebrity to bash the BJP.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Al-Jazeera, the Bollywood songwriter was asked whether he believes Narendra Modi is a fascist. Javed Akhtar answered in the affirmative.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOf course, he is. I mean, fascists don\u2019t have horns on their heads.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/losing-it-completely-ex-indian-army-general-sinha-calls-for-rape-in-kashmir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Losing It Completely: Ex-Indian Army General Sinha Calls for Rape in Kashmir<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <strong><em>Mr. India<\/em><\/strong> writer pointed out how fascists aren&#8217;t like what we envision on screen, they&#8217;re just regular people with a superiority complex. Javed Akhtar also pointed out fascists&#8217; tendency to avoid taking responsibility for their actions and blaming others for problems.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFascist is thinking. And this thinking \u201cwe are better than others, and whatever problems we have, it is because of these people. The moment you hate people in wholesale you\u2019re a fascist.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FAJUpFront%2Fvideos%2F2539891309556580%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=476\" width=\"476\" height=\"606\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt further backed the narrative by speaking about anti-Muslim bigotry and Islamophobia in India right now.<\/p>\n<p>He even asserted that the anti-Muslim narrative is &#8216;manufactured&#8217; purposely.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWell, I think Islamophobia, the winds of Islamophobia blew through the world after 9\/11 and I think the phobia here is manufactured because I don\u2019t think that the average Indian is so frightened of a Muslim.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mahesh Bhatt called politicians and news media for collectively building that narrative to seize control and remain in control.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI mean, that kind of a fear has been crafted, been structured day in and day out, media person go out there, the pliable channels, are working around the clock to create &#8216;<em>the other<\/em>&#8216;. They need &#8216;<em>the other<\/em>&#8216; to stay in power.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/shahrukh-khans-university-gets-attacked-by-police-and-hes-still-silent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shahrukh Khan&#8217;s University Gets Attacked By Police and He&#8217;s Still Silent<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>He had no qualms calling BJP for this manufacturing this &#8216;other&#8217; as a scapegoat, threat, or whatever they need &#8216;the other&#8217; to be.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Hate the Muslim is the lifeline of the BJP. Let\u2019s not mince our words.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously the <strong><em>Gangster<\/em><\/strong> filmmaker announced that he would not submit documents to &#8216;prove his origins in India&#8217; as the National Registry of Citizens (NRC) under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA 2019) demands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian screen-writer and poet Javed Akhtar is calling out Bhartiya Janata Party&#8217;s (BJP) moves and called Narendra Modi a &#8216;fascist&#8217;. Turns out the Sholay writer has become the most recent celebrity to bash the BJP. In an interview with Al-Jazeera, the Bollywood songwriter was asked whether he believes Narendra Modi is a fascist. 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