Almost the entire film industry has denounced the Manipur vandalism incident involving two women. Two tribal women were seen in a video being paraded naked and molested by a group of men. Director of The Kashmir Files Vivek Agnihotri wrote a poem in which he expressed “sorry” for having let him down, while actor Soni Razdan urged the government to first “focus on Manipur.”
The Manipur video “has shaken everyone’s soul,” wrote Sonu Sood on Twitter. Instead of women, humanity was paraded (broken heart emoji).
Poem Written by Vivek Agnihotri
Vivek Agnihotri’s heartbreaking poem about the Manipur incident. “Manipur: Moplas, Direct Action Day, Noakhali, Bangladesh, Punjab, Kashmir, Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Bastar, and now Manipur,” he wrote in a tweet. Every time our defenseless mothers and sisters are subjected to cruel, inhumane deeds. Every time, I cry because I’m an Indian, a man, and a human. I feel bad. I feel awful for being so helpless.
His poem read: “O Manipur, I tried… I tried… but I failed.
Now all I can do is tell their sad stories through my work. But by then it is too late.
We are all victims of selective and hyper-competitive electoral politics.
We are victims of hyper-religion.
We are victims of dangerous media.
We Indians are suffering.
There is no #RightToLife in Azad India. And we can’t do anything about it.
This is not the freedom I want.
This is not the kind of democracy I want.
If it forces us to shed each other’s blood then it is of no importance.
We are a failed society.
I’m sorry, my sisters.
I’m sorry, my moms.
I’m sorry, Mother India.”
Bollywood Celebs Want Justice for the Victims
Soni Razdan urged the government to act right away, writing on Twitter, “Before anyone does anything, first focus on Manipur. This is a sincere appeal from Manipur’s oppressed citizens, including women, to @PMOIndia, @rashtrapatibhvn, and the Indian government.
Kiara Advani also posted on Twitter, saying, “The video of violence against women in Manipur is horrifying and has shaken me to my very core. I hope the women receive justice as soon as possible. The worst punishment should be meted out to those accountable. “They ought to be punished.”
“Deeply disturbed by the scenes of atrocities against women in Manipur,” Riteish Deshmukh said. I’m raging with rage… For such a crime, no man should be imprisoned. An assault on a woman’s dignity is an assault on humanity as a whole.
Vir Das questioned why no action was taken when the incident actually occurred and why it only received attention after the video went viral. “There is no doubt that the system immediately alerts our leaders when catastrophic events happen. Twitter learns about the videos when they become popular months later. If leaders only reacted, it would be on Twitter rather than to terrible events. They are more concerned with online outrage than actual people, he tweeted.
Words cannot adequately express the horror I felt reading the news about the women in Manipur, the singer Sona Mohapatra wrote on Twitter. my heart and muffles my voice.”
In response to Akshay Kumar’s statement regarding the violence in Manipur, the self-described film critic wrote, “If @akshaykumar can speak out against injustice why can’t other actors? You should not identify yourself as a representative of the people if you are unable to speak out against injustice. “Shocked, disappointed to see video of violence against women in Manipur,” Akshay had tweeted on Thursday morning. I wish the offenders would receive such severe punishment that no one would ever consider committing such a heinous act again.