Monty Panesar calls for boycotting ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’

Former England spinner Monty Panesar has strongly condemned the Bollywood movie ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, starring Aamir Khan, for its portrayal of the lead character, who is a Sikh. Panesar called the movie “disrespectful” and “disgraceful” to the Indian Armed Forces, Indian Army and Sikhs.

The movie is a remake of the 1994 Hollywood movie ‘Forrest Gump’, which depicts the life of a man with a low IQ, making it all the way into the US Army and into the American history books. Panesar explained that the Hollywood movie is explicable because the US Army was recruiting low-IQ men to meet requirements for the Vietnam War. However, he did not agree with the plot of the Bollywood movie due to its inaccurate portrayal of a Sikh.

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Agree with the sentiment but since hardly anyone is watching this movie, what to boycott?

Originally posted by: PranPriye

Agree with the sentiment but since hardly anyone is watching this movie, what to boycott?

So Hindi wala bhi elitist type of classist movie nikla?

Originally posted by: dumpehathauda

So Hindi wala bhi elitist type of classist movie nikla?

😆#LSC will find its tribe.

What is the disgrace part? Recruiting the low IQ person into the Army or portraying a Sikh to be someone with low IQ?

Originally posted by: Mahisa_22

The former.

Former or latter or both , a good enough reason for his own children/friends/family to boycott him because he is the disgrace.🤮

Who is this clown anyway? Behti Ganga mein haath dhone aagya lagta hai 🤣

Originally posted by: PranPriye

😆#LSC will find its tribe.

LSC is our movie, none of your movie.

Viewers are not interested in Amir’s pathetic acting lol.

Originally posted by: catchmeifucan

What is the disgrace part? Recruiting the low IQ person into the Army or portraying a Sikh to be someone with low IQ?

I think both. Cause recruitment process for Indian forces is very very different from that of the US.

Originally posted by: MercurialMedusa

I think both. Cause recruitment process for Indian forces is very very different from that of the US.

He was shown to go through the entire recruitment process and getting selected in the end. He doesn’t have any diagnosis and goes through school and college like any other kid. Why do you think the Indian Army should discriminate against him?

Both? Meaning a Sikh cannot be low IQ?