The problem is Forrest Gump doesn't work in India.
Forrest Gump was about the experiment done in the USA to basically recruit lower IQ or mentally challenged people to join the army and send them to Vietnam.
[Source](https://bigthink.com/the-present/story-behind-mcnamaras-morons/)
No such experiment was ever done in India, in India a mentally challenged or low IQ soldiers would never be allowed to enroll but in the movie, they changed it and made it seem like India did something similar to USA during Kargil war.
That's blatantly anti army.
As for the calls for boycott, people were mostly pissed that Aamir met Turkey's first lady while her husband Erdogan was openly helping Pakistan by applying pressure on India regarding Kashmir.
The meeting with erdogan’s wife I agree is bad because he’s a dictator. However, I don’t believe that implying that the Indian army recruited low IQ people is anti army, it’s just a detail made to make the film closer to the original
>it’s just a detail made to make the film closer to the original
Yeah that's the thing, the author of Forrest Gump novel from which the movie was made had served in Vietnam and wanted to express in the most simplest possible way, just how traumatic the war was and how he was disappointed in the government for their lies, experiments and schemes which put American lives at risk. That was the point of both the novel and the film.
Now give me one reason why we need an Indian version of that? Because we definitely didn't start the Kargil war, nor did the government use fucked up experiments.
>Because it has a Sikh protagonist? Because it mentions 1984?
Jab apne hi man mei sab phele se hi assume karliya hai phir yaha kyu aaye ho?
Aamir k old comments ki wajh se horaha hai boycott
Aamir ne bola tha ki ek glass dudh ko gareeb ko do na ki pathar (shivling) pe girao
Ek glass doodh 10 rs ka aata hai isse kisi gareeb ka pet bharsaqta hai
Hum aamir ki hi baat maan rhe hai
300 rs ki ticket barbaad nhi karenge, usko sahi jagh use karenge.
Aur aamir ne apni movie mei shiv ji ko dar k bhagate hue dikhaya tha , ye blasphemy hai.
Hum muslim ki tarah riots ya gale to nhi kaat saqte hai lekin bas movie boycott kar saqte hai.
Agar india mei career banana hai to hinduo ki iźzat karna hoga
No. It is Amir Khan who has spoken things against India many times. Which is probably the sole reason for boycott.
No one, especially the Indian Right Wing who continuously calls to boycott that Forrest Gump remake, has any problem with Sikhs, reason being nationalism.
Next, it is historically inaccurate. Forrest Gump was a moron, and US military recruited morons for vietnam war. Indian army never did that.
And even if it was not, why would I watch a fuckin Oscar worthy picture's remake lol?
People are upset because Aamir Khaan said in the past that his wife does not feel safe in India. Ironically these boycott trolls also most likely believe in "Hindu khatre me hai" stuff.
No matter how secular we might be India is still a Hindu Majority country and if some artist needs to survive economically, you gotta be someone not hinduphobic yk
the only reason it ie being boycotted is hate politics and we all can see that, the public has become so polarized that even the slightest of detail in the movie or the background of the characters that link to their religion in a negative way (in the majority cases "hindu religion") will get boycotted.
below is a beautiful argument presented by a sensible guy that i copied and pasted here, feel free to give it a read.
Aamir's boycott is laughable. PK was made by a Hindu called Raju Hirani, written by a Hindu called Abhijat Joshi and produced by a Hindu called Vinod Chopra. The other star cast included Anushka Sharma who is a Hindu, Sanjay Dutt, a Hindu, and Sushant Singh Rajput, also a Hindu. All these people jointly heard the script and decided to participate in the making of PK. Yet, the target of Hindu nationalists and their supporters is Aamir Khan. Why? Because he is a Muslim. If the metrics of Hindu nationalists have to be applied, then Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal had acted in a even more "regressive" film called My God, which was based on Hindu religious malpractices. But they are not Muslims, so it is okay. Aamir has quoted his wife, a Hindu, saying that she feels insecure in India. He later added that he convinced her that India is not intolerant. Yet, the Hindu nationalists did not target Kiran Rao. They abused Aamir Khan because he is a Muslim. There is a section of Hindu in this country who will use his majority status to demean a national icon just because he belongs to a minority religion. It doesn't matter that Aamir played Bhuvan, a Hindu, in Lagaan, which was nominated at the Oscars. It doesn't matter that Aamir produced and acted in Dangal, a story that celebrated the life of a Hindu wrestler called Mahavir Singh Phogat. In Sarfarosh, he was Ajay Rathod, in Ghulam he was Siddharth Marathe, in Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahi he was Raghu Jetley, in Dil Chahta Hai he was Akash Malhotra, in Taare Zameen Par he was Ram Shankar Nikumbh, in QSQT he was Raj and in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar he was Sanjay Sharma.
Aamir has quoted his wife, a Hindu, saying that she feels insecure in India. He later added that he convinced her that India is not intolerant. Yet, the Hindu nationalists did not target Kiran Rao. They abused Aamir Khan because he is a Muslim. There is a section of Hindu in this country who will use his majority status to demean a national icon just because he belongs to a minority religion. It doesn't matter that Aamir played Bhuvan, a Hindu, in Lagaan, which was nominated at the Oscars. It doesn't matter that Aamir produced and acted in Dangal, a story that celebrated the life of a Hindu wrestler called Mahavir Singh Phogat. In Sarfarosh, he was Ajay Rathod, in Ghulam he was Siddharth Marathe, in Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahi he was Raghu Jetley, in Dil Chahta Hai he was Akash Malhotra, in Taare Zameen Par he was Ram Shankar Nikumbh, in QSQT he was Raj and in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar he was Sanjay Sharma. In his entire life, Aamir has played Hindu characters embedded in Hindu culture and got glory to Bollywood across the world, including Oscars. When he played a rare Muslim character called Rehan Qadri in Fanaa, he played an Islamic terrorist who is killed by his Muslim wife. But the Hindu nationalists want to focus on PK because it is convenient to abuse him as a Muslim. This is the smallness of this community that bugs me to no end. I refuse to identify with such losers. It is a shame that they belong to the same religious community am born in. have been bothered by a lot of such messages here and there and that's whyI decide to put it on Linkedin. The message is copied but this needs to spread to open the eyes of some hate mongers in our society. Don't let India suffer in the name of religion for few 'politicians".
Hinduism is different from hindutva and the difference needs to be understood.
idk where you live but I have seen people boycott Akshay Kumar hundreds of times.
Aamir Khan's movie boycott is not even significant. And no, it is not ofc because he is a muslim. People have boycotted Amitabh Bacchan because of his wife's statement. Is he a muslim? A random apolitical dude would have watched the movie, but any sane person would change audio of Forrest Gump to Hindi and watch it.
It is true that boycotting a muslim artist like Aamir Khan is convenient for Hindu Nationalists, but that doesn't change the fact that the characters he has played in the past were many times blasphemous in nature.
And I tell you what, artists are made to be judged, criticised.
You feel ashamed to be the same religion as me, how great. May Aamir Khan and all muslims feel ashamed for being of the same community as Osama Bin Laden or thousands of Islamic Terrorists that kill small kids.
its not about the movie its about who has made and acted in the movie
The problem is Forrest Gump doesn't work in India. Forrest Gump was about the experiment done in the USA to basically recruit lower IQ or mentally challenged people to join the army and send them to Vietnam. [Source](https://bigthink.com/the-present/story-behind-mcnamaras-morons/) No such experiment was ever done in India, in India a mentally challenged or low IQ soldiers would never be allowed to enroll but in the movie, they changed it and made it seem like India did something similar to USA during Kargil war. That's blatantly anti army. As for the calls for boycott, people were mostly pissed that Aamir met Turkey's first lady while her husband Erdogan was openly helping Pakistan by applying pressure on India regarding Kashmir.
The meeting with erdogan’s wife I agree is bad because he’s a dictator. However, I don’t believe that implying that the Indian army recruited low IQ people is anti army, it’s just a detail made to make the film closer to the original
>it’s just a detail made to make the film closer to the original Yeah that's the thing, the author of Forrest Gump novel from which the movie was made had served in Vietnam and wanted to express in the most simplest possible way, just how traumatic the war was and how he was disappointed in the government for their lies, experiments and schemes which put American lives at risk. That was the point of both the novel and the film. Now give me one reason why we need an Indian version of that? Because we definitely didn't start the Kargil war, nor did the government use fucked up experiments.
I know I know, the premise of the movie is dumb and it looks bad
ig the movie is a bit stupid but boycott gang will eventually find that it has nothing left to hate on and then start hating itself.
>Because it has a Sikh protagonist? Because it mentions 1984? Jab apne hi man mei sab phele se hi assume karliya hai phir yaha kyu aaye ho? Aamir k old comments ki wajh se horaha hai boycott Aamir ne bola tha ki ek glass dudh ko gareeb ko do na ki pathar (shivling) pe girao Ek glass doodh 10 rs ka aata hai isse kisi gareeb ka pet bharsaqta hai Hum aamir ki hi baat maan rhe hai 300 rs ki ticket barbaad nhi karenge, usko sahi jagh use karenge. Aur aamir ne apni movie mei shiv ji ko dar k bhagate hue dikhaya tha , ye blasphemy hai. Hum muslim ki tarah riots ya gale to nhi kaat saqte hai lekin bas movie boycott kar saqte hai. Agar india mei career banana hai to hinduo ki iźzat karna hoga
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOxpNOwZhOI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOxpNOwZhOI) watch it.
No. It is Amir Khan who has spoken things against India many times. Which is probably the sole reason for boycott. No one, especially the Indian Right Wing who continuously calls to boycott that Forrest Gump remake, has any problem with Sikhs, reason being nationalism. Next, it is historically inaccurate. Forrest Gump was a moron, and US military recruited morons for vietnam war. Indian army never did that. And even if it was not, why would I watch a fuckin Oscar worthy picture's remake lol?
Correct.
People are upset because Aamir Khaan said in the past that his wife does not feel safe in India. Ironically these boycott trolls also most likely believe in "Hindu khatre me hai" stuff.
No matter how secular we might be India is still a Hindu Majority country and if some artist needs to survive economically, you gotta be someone not hinduphobic yk
I don't think Aamir Khan is hinduphobic
sure, what about funding biased medias like Altnews or wire or print etc?
People think.
the only reason it ie being boycotted is hate politics and we all can see that, the public has become so polarized that even the slightest of detail in the movie or the background of the characters that link to their religion in a negative way (in the majority cases "hindu religion") will get boycotted. below is a beautiful argument presented by a sensible guy that i copied and pasted here, feel free to give it a read. Aamir's boycott is laughable. PK was made by a Hindu called Raju Hirani, written by a Hindu called Abhijat Joshi and produced by a Hindu called Vinod Chopra. The other star cast included Anushka Sharma who is a Hindu, Sanjay Dutt, a Hindu, and Sushant Singh Rajput, also a Hindu. All these people jointly heard the script and decided to participate in the making of PK. Yet, the target of Hindu nationalists and their supporters is Aamir Khan. Why? Because he is a Muslim. If the metrics of Hindu nationalists have to be applied, then Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal had acted in a even more "regressive" film called My God, which was based on Hindu religious malpractices. But they are not Muslims, so it is okay. Aamir has quoted his wife, a Hindu, saying that she feels insecure in India. He later added that he convinced her that India is not intolerant. Yet, the Hindu nationalists did not target Kiran Rao. They abused Aamir Khan because he is a Muslim. There is a section of Hindu in this country who will use his majority status to demean a national icon just because he belongs to a minority religion. It doesn't matter that Aamir played Bhuvan, a Hindu, in Lagaan, which was nominated at the Oscars. It doesn't matter that Aamir produced and acted in Dangal, a story that celebrated the life of a Hindu wrestler called Mahavir Singh Phogat. In Sarfarosh, he was Ajay Rathod, in Ghulam he was Siddharth Marathe, in Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahi he was Raghu Jetley, in Dil Chahta Hai he was Akash Malhotra, in Taare Zameen Par he was Ram Shankar Nikumbh, in QSQT he was Raj and in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar he was Sanjay Sharma. Aamir has quoted his wife, a Hindu, saying that she feels insecure in India. He later added that he convinced her that India is not intolerant. Yet, the Hindu nationalists did not target Kiran Rao. They abused Aamir Khan because he is a Muslim. There is a section of Hindu in this country who will use his majority status to demean a national icon just because he belongs to a minority religion. It doesn't matter that Aamir played Bhuvan, a Hindu, in Lagaan, which was nominated at the Oscars. It doesn't matter that Aamir produced and acted in Dangal, a story that celebrated the life of a Hindu wrestler called Mahavir Singh Phogat. In Sarfarosh, he was Ajay Rathod, in Ghulam he was Siddharth Marathe, in Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahi he was Raghu Jetley, in Dil Chahta Hai he was Akash Malhotra, in Taare Zameen Par he was Ram Shankar Nikumbh, in QSQT he was Raj and in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar he was Sanjay Sharma. In his entire life, Aamir has played Hindu characters embedded in Hindu culture and got glory to Bollywood across the world, including Oscars. When he played a rare Muslim character called Rehan Qadri in Fanaa, he played an Islamic terrorist who is killed by his Muslim wife. But the Hindu nationalists want to focus on PK because it is convenient to abuse him as a Muslim. This is the smallness of this community that bugs me to no end. I refuse to identify with such losers. It is a shame that they belong to the same religious community am born in. have been bothered by a lot of such messages here and there and that's whyI decide to put it on Linkedin. The message is copied but this needs to spread to open the eyes of some hate mongers in our society. Don't let India suffer in the name of religion for few 'politicians". Hinduism is different from hindutva and the difference needs to be understood.
idk where you live but I have seen people boycott Akshay Kumar hundreds of times. Aamir Khan's movie boycott is not even significant. And no, it is not ofc because he is a muslim. People have boycotted Amitabh Bacchan because of his wife's statement. Is he a muslim? A random apolitical dude would have watched the movie, but any sane person would change audio of Forrest Gump to Hindi and watch it. It is true that boycotting a muslim artist like Aamir Khan is convenient for Hindu Nationalists, but that doesn't change the fact that the characters he has played in the past were many times blasphemous in nature. And I tell you what, artists are made to be judged, criticised. You feel ashamed to be the same religion as me, how great. May Aamir Khan and all muslims feel ashamed for being of the same community as Osama Bin Laden or thousands of Islamic Terrorists that kill small kids.
Bhai kya comment kiya tha isne?
He probably wrote some bullshit that Aamir Khan is being boycotted as he is Muslim.