I feel like no matter what - even if the words were different, even if the sentence structure was different, even if the messages came across more clear, there would still be people who would find faults in a type of video like this. No matter what...I can almost guarantee that. And yes I do believe all of this goes back to that one word -interpretation.
I am a true believer of no sex before marriage. I am also a believer that marriage is a life long commitment, so only take that step if you are ready to be committed for the rest of your life. I come from a culture where there are no divorces (very few if any). I come from a culture where you hardly see cheating after marriage or anything along those lines. And I would obviously want my husband to always be loyal and faithful forever as he would expect from me too. So yeah maybe the video did not portray this in the proper way. But I still believe that no matter how it was portrayed, there still would be individuals who would find faults in the video. No one's perfect, after all. What you actually mean can't always get out in that manner. What you think of to be positive, someone else will think of to be negative. That's just how it is.
As far as kids...that is a mutual decision to make. I don't like the whole abortion idea, the killing of an innocent child. That's just so wrong in my opinion. If you know you don't want kids, well then take precautions. Simple as that. The woman has the right to make a decision of an abortion, but the father has an equal say. But then again it is the woman's body.
And those talking about change - honestly, I don't think its going to ever happen. It is how it is. You can have half the actresses of Bollywood come out and talk about a sensitive issue like this, it won't make a change.
Neither is online discussion going to change anything nor such videos. Bitter fact.
Why can celebrities not support causes? Sure some are hypocrites, but that doesn't make each and every single one of them hypocrites. Before being a celebrity, they are human too - which is something most everyone tends to forget.
People are also forgetting that the amount of criticism this video has received is equivalent to the amount of appreciation it has received. I've seen it all over the social media whether it be on Twitter, Facebook, or another platform. That speaks volumes. I feel like people on IF (not all, but a few) are starting all the criticism AFTER reading all the opinions of the critics. Before those views came out, they didn't say anything. (If your opinion was against the video from the beginning, then I'm not referring to you).
What Deepika thought to be right when she agreed to do this video doesn't necessarily mean that everyone would think of it to be right. And she's smart enough to know that. She did what she believed was right...does that make it right? No, absolutely not. Some phrases weren't phrased well - agree. The video could have been made better - agree. But the intention was a positive one, not a negative one. When everyone behind this video made this video, I'm sure they knew that there will always be two sides. Some will agree, others won't agree. She's a human - she's not perfect. Her initiative was good. She wasn't the director of the movie, was she? Or the one who came up with those lines, right? Or was she? Whoever wrote those lines should be criticized because not all the lines were presented in the manner they should have been. Before all the criticism stirred up, all I saw on websites was positive reviews. The number of 'likes' vs 'dislikes' on YOUTUBE itself say a lot. I am not a fangirl of Deepika at all. Yes, I like her and adore her as an actress and person - but I'm not a fangirl. That's not me - whoever wants to think otherwise may gladly do so. But I think she took a good stance with this video. There were just a few flaws in the video and the words and hence it may not have gotten the exact message out the way it wanted to. I thought it was a powerful video. But a) the words should have been chosen more wisely and b) I doubt it will do any good or bring any change. But still it was a good initiative. That is all.
Thank you for those presenting your views in a civil manner, without bashing my views. You are hardly ever able to talk in a civil manner these days. So I appreciate it. :-)
