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Ok this is seriously getting outta hand...
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That video was the most disgusting thing I've seen come out of India. And yes, I did sit through Dosti.
To commodify the Sikh religion and its most powerful symbol into a vehicle for marketability and consumption only proves the ways in which Sikhs and Punjabis are treated as minorities in India, in the worst way possible.
To commodify the Sikh religion and its most powerful symbol into a vehicle for marketability and consumption only proves the ways in which Sikhs and Punjabis are treated as minorities in India, in the worst way possible.
rajkaran
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Sorry...but I don't think i've ever been able to enjoy any movie with Akshay Kumar in it...and it makes me uneasy how some people label him as the first bruce lee/jet li/jackie chan martial artist of Bollywood..
And that video was confusing on so many levels! lol I'd probably only watch Singh is King just to hear people's reaction to Snoop Dogg in the song. haha
And that video was confusing on so many levels! lol I'd probably only watch Singh is King just to hear people's reaction to Snoop Dogg in the song. haha
abhigames
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^^But at least the producer and Akshay Kumar have went out of their way to address as many things as possible with the SGPC...I mean they could have totally blown them off and made a crappy corny movie that doesn't reflect anything about Sikhism. There are only a few changes that the SGPC prez would like to make...and hopefully they are addressed properly. It kinda sucks that they are commercializing aspects of a religion, but in some aspects perhaps it will present punjabi and Sikh culture (at least the basics) to a wider audience...then again, I have no idea what the movie's contents will include...so there's really no way to judge I guess until you see it.
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Ashveer said:
Well, unforunately, your wrong here. The biggest enemies to Sikhs, are ourselves. We complain about how we are protrayed in bollywood. As drinking, jokers that walk around with no better purpose. Well, look at bhangra, our main cultural export from our land. It promotes drinking, naashaa, dancing, ignorance towards women etc... everything that is protrayed in bollywood. In fact, I would have to say, bollywood protrays sikhs better than, bhangra does.
It seems people give bhangra the permission slip, because it comes from Punjab.
Sikhs biggest arguments are within ourselves. Nihangs, Nirankari`s, etc... Nobody can get along with nobody. We want to point the finger at bollywood, and say LOOK AT WHAT MAINSTREAM CULTURE IS DOING TO US. Yet, what they promote is a water down version of what we release in bhangra music.
THis is not a rant against bhangra, that can continue if you want. I hope the catchy beat, and the memorable verses continue. BUt to sit there and critisize the mainstream india for how sikhs are taken advantage of... well, I wish we had a leg to stand on first, I wish we had some sort of morality coming out of punjab to sit there and say we dont deserve it.
We do ourselves more of a disservice than any bollywood movie or promotion would ever.
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And Vic, who are you kidding, laughing because a hindu guy is protraying a sikh... Your not even a sikh. This is not an insult, this is our religious way. You havent even taken amrit, cant follow the rules of the khalsa, probably dont even know how to naam jaap, or what it is... You have cut you hair, probably eat meat and drink, and call yourself a sikh. Have you even read Guru Jee in gurmukhi....
Again, not an insult, this is our religious definition of what a sikh is. NO person is born a sikh. You become a sikh through religious baptism, called amrit sanchar. When you take amrit, you vow not to cut your hair, as Guru Gobind Singh Jee said, it is as offensiveable as incest. So you sit there are critisize a hindu guy for playing a sikh character, but your critisism is funnier than your ignorance. Your not even close to a sikh. Forget real sikhs, any person with the basic knowledge of sikhi, would laugh at comment.
So on behalf of real, true gursikhs, the way guru gobind singh jee intended us to be, not the way max macuilliffe, and the white people in the west who believe religion is what you born into or loosley follow... dont speak on behalf of sikhs. If you call yourself a sikh, but cant even respect the words of our Guru, then your not a sikh. Look it up. You`ll find it in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, and if you want to learn how to naam jaap, as every sikh should do throughout the day according to the rehat maryada, check out the Dasam Granth.
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Summinder Singh
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I think that's a bit too harsh...and that if we took every film like this seriously we would be miserable.Ashveer said:
Not that it's "okay", but movies that feed off of religions including Hinduism/Islam/Christianity/Judaism etc. come out all the time, but with no intention of hatred/prejudice, I don't think this is of the worst in that batch...
duuuuude Summy, what's with you and personal insults and pointing fingers? I'm not Sikh, but it must be written SOMEWHERE to be kind and love your fellow brethren! So much hatred inside of you, I don't get where it comes from.