Bollywood stars are not politically active and they should be : Tannishtha Chatterjee
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Channel: ThePrint · 2018 · News & Politics
#ThePrint #DemocracyWall Actor Tannishtha Chatterjee has said that film stars in the country should be politically active. Speaking at ThePrint’s Democracy Wall at Somaiya College in Mumbai Monday, she said that actors tend to keep mum so as to not alienate a social group. Chatterjee said that in India, jokes and humour tend to “punch down” instead of “punch up”. It’s acceptable to make sexist jokes or make fun of people with disabilities, she said, but when it comes to making fun of or commenting on powerful institutions like religion and political ideology, there’s always censorship. “It should be the reverse,” Chatterjee said. “Because power is needed to be checked through questioning.” SUBSCRIBE to ThePrint : http://bit.ly/SubscribeToThePrint LIKE ThePrint on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia/ Follow ThePrint on Twitter : https://twitter.com/theprintindia Follow ThePrint on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/theprintindia/
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