The tolerance of our Indian liberals’ is not hidden from anyone. They’re so intolerant that they knock at every door possible to impose restrictions on Hindu festivals. As such, when ‘Section 375’ hit the theatres, the liberal critics showered their love on this movie and proved once again why they have been trolled for their ‘tolerant’ reviews endlessly on social media.
But why is ‘Section 375’ being hated by the liberals? This is so because the Indian liberals abhor anything against their ideals, forget a movie altogether. For those unaware, Section 375 in the Indian Penal Code explains the legal provisions against the sexual exploitation of women. The movie ‘Section 375’ is based on the misuse of these very provisions. The way this movie has explored the approach of judiciary, media and pseudo-feminists to the sensitive issue of fake rape cases, it comes as no surprise if the liberals frown on the mere mention of the same.
Known for her biased reviews, Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in has given ‘Section 375’ only 2 out of 5 stars. The title of her review, ‘Let’s hear the rape accused as well’, and the sarcasm behind the title is revealed when the reader proceeds with the angle, wherein she doesn’t only mocks those who try to point out the misuse of ‘Section 375’, but also try to prove them wrong.
Now if we’re talking about biased reviews, and we don’t mention Tanul Thakur of ‘The Wire’, how is that possible? Notorious for his extremely morose and biased reviews, Tanul Thakur mentions ‘Section 375’ as the film that ‘wants to maintain the status quo’. Though he was more nuanced in his tone this time, Tanul’s views were no different from that of Nandini. Even Raja Sen, known very well for his communist approach to film criticism, refused to review this movie, just like he did with ‘The Tashkent Files’.
But the one who felt the most offended by ‘Section 375’ was the news portal Huffington Post. Piyasree Dasgupta, who mostly reviews movies for this news portal, seemed aghast by this movie’s approach, which reflects in the title of the movie – “In which world do the makers of this movie live?” Like ‘Kabir Singh’, Huffington Post accused this movie wrongly of glorifying sexual crimes against women, and in this very context, Ankur Pathak, film editor of the Huffington Post, posted a very offensive tweet, which was later removed following massive backlash –
My dear Ankur, we are thankful to this man @ManishMGupta for his brilliant writing! At least someone had d courage to swim against the tide.
Do you have any idea how women cry #Rape &Men r jailed on mere allegations
Women using as a weapon the very law which was made 2protect her https://t.co/CgqMT0twh7— Barkha Trehan 🇮🇳 / बरखा त्रेहन (@barkhatrehan16) September 13, 2019
However, the bashing of liberal ‘critics’ is not completely bad. They’re repeating the same mistake that made movies like ‘Parmanu’, ‘Uri – the Surgical Strike’, ‘The Tashkent Files’, ‘Batla House’ etc. household names.
It is said that ‘The Forbidden Fruit Seems the Sweetest’, and going by the audience’ current mood, it looks that they intentionally follow this quote verbatim. If they don’t improve, the liberal critics will soon become laughing stock for the entire nation.
