Why Its Wrong To Cast PC as MK - Page 5

Originally posted by: charminggenie

oh yeah they had the whole Aussie lot in Spartacus series as Romans? Where would the "Act" in actor go then .

Apples and oranges. Those Australian actors and Romans are the same "race" - Caucasians, thus have similar facial features. PC and Mary Kom have completely different racial backgrounds. Accent comparison is not the same as race comparison.



OT: I have no issue with PC acting as Mary Kom. There are no north eastern actresses in mainstream hindi film industry, let alone well known ones. Besides, PC brings star power to the table, thus ensuring widespread recognition for the biopic. It's a very sound business decision while at the same time it ensures that the film receives maximum recognition and hopefully appreciation of the subject.

I find that racial authenticity is important in casting roles, especially when casting real people. You cannot have a white man play Malcom X or a black man portray John F Kennedy. I myself have had a major issue with PC being cast as Mary Kom. As it is we have a problem with North Eastern people being treated as outsiders and not racially fitting in. The Mary Kom biopic was a great opportunity to portray someone from that region as faithfully and patriotically Indian. So definitely, this is a missed opportunity. I wish they would have put in an effort into finding a North Eastern star to play the role. That being said I do commend the effort PC and others are putting in the movie and will watch it.

Now for the flip side. How important should race be when you cast a role? The remake of the Shirley Temple classic Annie has gotten flak from some people for making Annie black. The fictional Annie is clearly defined as a white red head with freckles. Can you change her to be a black girl? Most liberals are supporting black Annie calling her critics racist. But then again these same people defending black Annie were the ones who criticized white Goku. They said Goku is an Asian character and the makers should not have reimagined him to be white.

There is a double standard when it comes to race issues. If characters are adopted to fit a minority group, it is considered creative and innovative; but if characters are adopted to fit a majority group, it is seen as insensitive and racist. This double standard itself can be defended stating that there is a huge power gap between majority and minority and such stances help close the gap. Unless we live in a world that is truly color blind - double standards appear necessary to balance other double standards. Quite a paradox.

Bottom line is race issues are sensitive. We will struggle to find the right answers until our world equal.

Until then please commit to making only multiracial babies so we can start making the world equal. 😆

Originally posted by: LailaKahn

How could her face interest the masses when she only got 8% votes in MT's poll?

If getting 100 crore movie was the only goal, why they didn't go for Katrina or Deepika? hmm

Btw,I did read an interview where they mentioned trying prosthetics on PC,it didnt look realistic at all,so SLB decided to ditch the idea.

Well, I agree with some points.
Indian Government has been neglecting North East from the beginning let alone Bollywood which is really really sad.
Coming back to the topic, I feel this movie can be an inspirational and can motivate many Indian girls to achieve their dreams. And PC being popular, it will get a wider reach.

Originally posted by: charminggenie

Kareena ka interviews khatam hogaye hai kya?? 😆

Critics or who ever is writing this article needs to leave PC alone.

LOL @ TM's New User Id and DP 😆

I do agree with parts of it. But the fact is, this is an Indian film and in India these films will not run without a 'name'. PC has name recognition. The good thing about Mary Kom the movie is it brought recognition to Mary Kom the person and also the kind of film that Mary Kom is will make more people receptive towards independent type cinema.