Amitabh's 'Nishabd' draws protests

Amitabh Bachchan's 'Nishabd' draws protest in Jalandhar
Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 (EST)
On Friday, people here staged a protest against the forthcoming Ram Gopal Verma's next film titled Nishabd, where a sexagenarian Amitabh will be seen getting infatuated towards an 18-year-old girl, portrayed by debutante Zia Khan.

Amitabh Bachchan and Zia Khan in Nishabd

Jalandhar, Feb.23: Romancing with a girl of one's granddaughter's age may have fascinated Russian author Vladimir Nabokov's creative urge to pen down a famous novel, but in Jalandhar the soon to be released Amitabh Bachchan starrer movie made on the same lines has evoked a public outrage.

On Friday, people here staged a protest against the forthcoming Ram Gopal Verma's next film titled Nishabd, where a sexagenarian Amitabh will be seen getting infatuated towards an 18-year-old girl, portrayed by debutante Zia Khan.

People participating in the protest, organized by the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)'s Jalandhar unit alleged that the movie was against Indian culture.

The protesters shouted slogans against Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan for taking up such a role and also defaced many posters of the film.

Amitabh Bachchan in Nishabd

"We are protesting against Amitabh Bachchan's film Nishabd. He has grand children and he is romancing with a young girl in the film that is beyond his dignity and against our social values. The message that the film will convey is contradictory to our society. Hence, we are protesting against the screening of the film and we will continue our protest till the film is banned," said Parminder Singh, general secretary Lok Jan Shakti Party, Punjab unit.

The self-proclaimed protectors of Indian ethos demanded a nation-wide ban on the screening of the film, failing which they issued a warning that their protest may aggravate.

Nishabd

, considered to be based on Nabokov's 'Lolita,' is scheduled for a March 3 release and reportedly, exhibits a high voltage sensual drama between Amitabh and Zia Khan. (ANI)

wow!!!!!!!!!tuff time for BIG B

yea very bad time for Big B ...i hve predicted that public wont accept it ..thnks for sharing

lol well i wont be watchin it....more so of the perverted views that Ram Gopal Varma has...he's completely foul [read his 2 interviews on indiafm], so what else can i expect in his flick where an old man falls in love with a teenager?

givin this one the flick

well they want to be like hollywood. In hollywood younger girl date older guy that why they make movies like that
what next Ram Gopal Verma gonna make probably HOLLYWOOD movie like BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN [
LOL] 😆 😆

Now they will extend the release date further when some ppl like me are dying to watch it 😭 😭
😡 😡 😡 some ppl are just crazy...just bcoz Amitabh is a social figure...they dun allow him to experiment and excel in the field... 😭
Big B go ahead...u rock and so do ur films....

PS: Before the release u cant predict the audience verdict please. If it is a good film, ppl who understand good cinema will like it and if not, the other way round

Tough time for Big B???😆 Long gone dears...whatever be...his films are really off beat this year...and he is sure to get pats on his shoulder for his guts and skills ofc...and he has already got unparalleled acclaim for Eklavya...n to add to that the Rolls Royce...Tough time huh??? Vaah..Tough time ho toh aisi😆

Originally posted by: wezyus

yea very bad time for Big B ...i hve predicted that public wont accept it ..thnks for sharing

i also feel the same that ppl won't accept bigb in this way😕

what did people expect it was bound to cause controversy a 60 yr old an an 18 yr old girl, seriously risky film for an female tryin to break into bollywood good luck to zia khan

Originally posted by: SSHEELA

come on it just a movie! do you think stories like this never happen in life?? This is a crazy world any thing can happen.

Yeah..some ppl are really crazy...They want stupid repititive typical bollywood stories which bore u to death rather than different cinema...and ppl get hyper over a movie😡😡

Just imagine how ppl has objected for Karan Johar' s movie KANK which have really focussing some couple relationships in today's life ....just wonder, how they wud digest Nishaab... thnks