Fanaa

Multiplex owners in Gujarat have decided not to release Fanaa on account of Aamir’s antics during the NBA drama.
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I don’t know if boycotting the film of an actor whose views differ from ours is a healthy way of going about it. But then, was Gandhi’s way of boycotting British goods a healthy way? All Britishers weren’t bad.
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The point there was to enable a sense of pride in ourselves that we could also build quality goods and thus show the British that they were not really superior and therefore did not have a moral right to administer our affairs. Similarly, by boycotting Aamir, these protestors are trying to show that he is famous because of the people and therefore he should think before making statements that might hurt the very people.
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Good or bad, if I were a multiplex owner in any part of India or the world, I would also have not bought the distribution of this film. Simultaneously, I would enhance the cinema experience in my theatres so much that people are addicted to it (the theatre) and so that both the viewers and the stars realise that their film’s experience depends on the theatre as much as their acting.
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Now let’s come to the politics part - Congress protested more loudly and violently than BJP against Aamir’s statement. It is probably the fear of these parties that has persuaded the multiplex owners in their decision. Yet, now the congress is blaming the ‘Gujarat government’ for ‘forcing’ multiplex owners not to release Aamir’s film. Typical below-the-belt tactic of the congress party.