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Bheed highlights a pandemic MORE dangerous than COVID-19

March 25, 2023 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

Anubhav Sinha’s Bheed, which mainly stars Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Pankaj Kapur and Ashutosh Rana, looks back at the period when the COVID-19 pandemic commenced in India and how the lockdown imposed to curb the same turned out to be a nightmare for the migrant workers.

Bheed recreates the horror faced by the people belonging to the lower strata of the society, while a large number of population was complaining despite being safely inside their homes.

But along with this core issue, the film also features another pandemic that has erupted in India in recent years – the pandemic of communalism.

A religious congregation called Tablighi Jamaat took place in early March 2020 and this turned out to be a super-spreader event as it gave rise to 4000 confirmed cases. The event was attended by 9000 people belonging to the Islamic religion. There is no doubt that this event increased the number of COVID-19 cases in India.

But unfortunately, a section of the media media and the general population latched onto this opportunity to paint the entire Muslim community responsible for spreading Coronavirus in India, just because 9000 of them attended an event. This has become a fad in recent years.  

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Some of my relatives also jumped at the opportunity to spread memes and posts blaming all Muslims for being super-spreaders. This didn’t come as a surprise though. However, I was taken aback when a couple of close friends and a lady who happens to be the wife of a highly respected actor also openly blamed Muslims for the fast spread of COVID-19 in India. Needless to say, this was enough for my respect to diminish for them.

Interestingly, the tables turned in around May 2021. When the country was reeling under the second COVID-19 wave with thousands of new cases being reported daily, a huge number of pilgrims actively took part in the Kumbh Mela for several days without giving a damn to COVID-19 norms. The videos showed scary visuals of thousands of people stuck together without masks and a care in the world.

This is not all. The election rallies for the Bengal election saw some of the country’s famous leaders take rallies with thousands of people without masks or even a hint of distancing. On top of that, one leader even expressed his happiness at seeing such a huge crowd.. at a time when COVID-19 cases were reaching the rooftop.

When 9000 people gathered for a religious event, their entire community was blamed for the spread of Coronavirus. But nobody, including my near ones, said a word when people from another community gathered in even bigger numbers for the Kumbh Mela and election rallies at a time when the cases were many times more than when the Tablighi Jamaat members did.

COVID-19 is now under control after the invention of vaccines by a number of selfless souls. However, there is no vaccine in the world to curb the pandemic much dangerous than Coronavirus.

But I am glad to see a film like Bheed attempting to portray this harsh reality. The film achieves this the most in the scene were one character refuses to have food provided by a group of Muslims.  

Filed Under: Bollywood Tagged With: Anubhav Sinha, Bheed, Bhumi Pednekar, Coronavirus, COVID 19, Lockdown, Migrant workers, Pandemic, Pankaj Kapur, Rajkummar Rao, Story

When 2 instances of bowler picking 4 wickets in 4 balls happened in a single English season

March 12, 2023 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

Hattricks don’t happen often on a cricket field. But taking 4 wickets in 4 balls is even rare. Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga is the only bowler ever to pick up 4 in 4 not once but twice. There aren’t too many instances of bowlers achieving this feat. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Cricket Tagged With: 4 wickets in 4 balls, County Cricket England, Double Hattrick, Hampshire, Hattrick, India Vs Hampshire, Kevan James, Leicestershire, Shaun Pollock, Warwickshire

When it was Kambli v/s Kaluwitharana in this FINAL at Shivaji Park

February 10, 2023 by Keyur Seta 2 Comments

Mumbai is one of the prominent cities to have produced a number of Indian team cricketers over the decades. And if one has to name the place in the city where maximum number of Indian stars were groomed, it has to be Shivaji Park. The great Vijay … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Cricket, Forgotten Moments Tagged With: Cricket, Mumbai Cricket, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Shivaji Park, Shivaji Park Gymkhana, Single Wicket Tournament, Vijay Manjrekar, Vinod Kambli

Pathaan puts a FULL STOP to the Boycott Gang on Republic Day eve

January 26, 2023 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

Shah Rukh Khan-starrer action entertainer Pathaan opened to a mammoth Rs 57 crore at the box office on its opening day. It broke the record for the highest opening for a Hindi film and that too on a non-holiday. The movie is expected to do the same … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bollywood, National Tagged With: Box Office, Boycott Gang, Boycott Pathaan, Controversy, Opening, Pathaan, Shah Rukh Khan, SRK

Pathaan Review (without spoilers)

January 25, 2023 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

Pathaan is easily one of the most keenly awaited films to have come from India in the last few years. Apart from the makers promising some high-octane massy entertainment, it also marks the return of Shah Rukh Khan as a main lead after over four long … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bollywood Tagged With: Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Pathaan review, Rating, Shah Rukh Khan, Spoilers, Story

Vaalvi (Marathi movie) review – Swapnil Joshi, Subodh Bhave-starrer is a finely crafted dark comic thriller

January 14, 2023 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

Filmmaker Paresh Mokashi’s first three films Harishchandrachi Factory (2010), Elizabeth Ekadashi (2014) and Chi Va Chi Sau Ka (2017) were different from each other, but they were all light in nature. With Vaalvi, he has taken a giant leap into the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Marathi movies Tagged With: Anita Date, Marathi movie, Paresh Mokashi, Shivani Surve, Spoilers, Story, Subodh Bhave, Swapnil Joshi, Vaalvi movie review

Ved (Marathi movie) review – Riteish Deshmukh’s film is a family masala entertainer

December 31, 2022 by Keyur Seta 3 Comments

Riteish Deshmukh’s directorial debut Ved is the official Marathi adaptation of the Telugu film Majili (2019), which starred Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu. The movie starts off in a town in Maharashtra and it revolves around Satya … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Marathi movies Tagged With: Ashok Saraf, Genelia Deshmukh, Jiya Shankar, Marathi movie, Riteish Deshmukh, Ved movie review

Why Ganguly had to open the bowling in this test match?

December 17, 2022 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

Sourav Ganguly is one of the celebrated names of Indian cricket. Apart from being a fine batter, he, as a captain, also taught the team to win test matches abroad. But along with that, he was also a handy medium pace bowler. He has had quite a few … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Cricket, Forgotten Moments Tagged With: Australia, Bowling, India, Kolkata test match, Sourav Ganguly, Wickets

The Good News (short film) review: Hard-hitting yet gentle reality of Kashmir

November 30, 2022 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

The last decade or so has finally seen some realistic portrayal of Kashmir in Hindi cinema. Among those feature films is Danish Renzu’s Half Widow (2017). We can now safely add his latest short film The Good News in the list for its hard-hitting yet … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Short Films Tagged With: Danish Renzu, Disney Hotstar, Kashmir, OTT, Short films review, The Good News, The Good News review

Selective outrage on Richa Chadha‘s tweet reeks hypocrisy

November 26, 2022 by Keyur Seta Leave a Comment

First things first. I don’t support Richa Chadha’s ‘Galwan’ tweet. I feel if she had to criticize the government for its working, for which we all have a right, she could have done that without using a comment from a senior Indian Army … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Bollywood, Socio/Political Tagged With: Richa Chadha controversy, Richa Chadha Galwan tweet, Richa Chadha news, Richa Chadha tweet

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