Art should not have boundaries, says Karan Johar.

Filmmaker Karan Johar, who was present at
the panel discussion at World Economic
Forum Annual Meeting on Tuesday, said that
art should not have boundaries and one
cannot enforce culture to the people.
The filmmaker shared the stage along with
renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Alice Bah Kuhnke,
Minister for Culture and Democracy of
Sweden and Arlie Russell Hochschild,
Professor of Sociology at the University of
California.
The panel was discussing "Can we avoid the
spread of so-called 'culture wars'?"
Talking on the matter Karan said, "You
cannot enforce culture or imbibe it. There
are immense economic and social problems,
but sometimes the main papers and
politicians don't talk about them because
they are focused on a film. It's empowering
to the film industry, but it's ridiculous."
Recounting a time he was accused of being
'non-Indian' for casting a Pakistani actor in
one of his films, Karan said, "Art should not
have boundaries but then culture and
patriotism is thrown at the artists."
The panel discussed the virtues of
tolerance.
While Alice Bah Kunke said that in politics,
one needs to be very, very tolerant, Karan
said "there is a risk that tolerating
intolerance in others can be misconstrued
as validation."
The annual meeting was graced by some of
the iconic Indian personalities, including
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, business
tycoon Mukesh Ambani, Bollywood
superstar Shah Rukh Khan who received the
Crystal Award that celebrates the
achievements of leading artists.
The four-day long annual meeting, taking
place at the Davos-Klosters, Switzerland will
end on January 26.
CREDITS: I.A.N.S.

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