The News Minute| October 3, 2014| 02.58 pm IST
Vishal Bharadwaj’s movie Haider is out. According to reviews, the movie is doing extremely well, however a campaign demanding boycott of the film has slowly picked up pace since Thursday on Twitter.
Trending under the hashtag #boycotthaider, a section of Indians took to twitter showing their concern against the alleged anti-Indian and anti-Army portrayal in the movie Haider, starring Shahid Kapoor released in cinema theatres on Tuesday.
However, while opinions were made that boycotting the movie was a better alternative to banning the movie, others urged people to watch the movie before commenting on the depiction of Kashmiris and the Indian army in the movie.
Sharp as it is, #Haider fails to tell the full Kashmir tale. Now there ought to be an equally powerful film on how the Pandits were betrayed
— HindolSengupta (@HindolSengupta) October 2, 2014The film that one would think Indian Censor Board may have an issue or two w/ has been released in India,& Pakistan may ban it. Huh! #Haider
— Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) October 2, 2014#BoycottHaider Hiding HinduGenocide , Destructive nature of #KashmiriMuslims against Hindus, temple wrecking n #StonePelting mindset !
— Tripti Shrivastava (@Tripti_Uvaach) October 3, 2014BJP can insult Army martyrs by doing a scam on Kargil coffins, but a movie shd not portray Indian Army in negative light. #BoycottHaider
— Suryanarayan Ganesh (@gsurya) October 3, 2014Yes! I will #BoycottHaider bcoz Pride of My Nation & Indian Army is abv this petty piece of Art/Entertainment!!#NaMo pic.twitter.com/ga1ziA4PYV
— Dr.Satvik Patel (@DrSatvikPatel) October 2, 2014Guys who r trending #BoycottHaider ,let's use this to spread awareness of the destruction of d Sun Temple by Muslims of Kashmir .
— Sanjat Ξ ♏ (@odradesh) October 3, 2014There were opposing views as well
lol at #MyideaofSwacchBharat and #MyCleanIndia, this -- #Boycotthaider -- is the garbage that should be swept out
— Hartosh Singh Bal (@HartoshSinghBal) October 2, 2014If India survived travesties like Maachis and Jodha Akbar, to name only two films, why this brouhaha over Haider? Don't like, don't watch!
— Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) October 2, 2014On the other hand, #Haidertruecinema also started trending, with people lauding the movie and the movie makers for the 'true depiction' of Kashmir as shown in the movie.