Manoj Muntashir, a Hindi film lyricist, is caught up in the controversies for sharing a promo of his video where he labelled Mughals as ‘Glorified Dacoits’. Right after the video went viral on Thursday, several colleagues in the industry, the self-proclaimed historians and liberals began slamming the lyricist alleging that Manoj is “seeding hatred” in the video.
आप किसके वंशज हैं ?
Choose Your Legacy And Your Heros!
Relwasing today at 5 PM on YouTube/Manoj Muntashir pic.twitter.com/Xi9Mq1GGSf— Manoj Muntashir Shukla (@manojmuntashir) August 24, 2021
Muntashir, on August 24, had uploaded the controversial video titled “Whose heir are you? Choose Your Legacy And Your Heroes!” on Twitter. In a one-minute video, Muntashir can be seen claiming that India had been brainwashed over the centuries and roads were named after “glorified dacoits” like Akbar, Humayun and Jehangir. He also asked people to choose their heroes and villains wisely.
Taking a dig at liberals, Muntshir said, “For the last several centuries, we have left the land of our history unclaimed. We were brainwashed to such an extent that suddenly in our pre-primary textbook, instead of G for Ganesh, we are taught G for Gadaha (Donkey) and we did not even get a crinkle on our forehead.”
“The roads leading to our house were named after some glorified dacoits like Akbar, Humayun and Jahangir and we kept on clapping, watching the opportunist leaders cutting the ribbons,” he added.
Muntashir further said that “In Chittorgarh, one who killed thirty thousand civilians in the name of jihad was ideal king. The one who held Meena Bazar in front of the Agra Fort was Jilleilahi. JilleIlahi means the shadow of God, which God is this whose shadow is so black? Pick your heroes and villains by rising above caste which has been the tradition of this great country. Who was Ravana? A Brahmin. He was in the direct bloodline of Lord Brahma, but have you seen a Brahmin worshipping Ravana?”
Interestingly, the video came out after a month Manoj met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. After the meeting, he said that he will soon share his learnings on YouTube.
Ever since Muntashir posted the video on Twitter, liberals started coming down heavily on him and slammed him for seeding hatred.
S Irfan Habib, a historian of science and modern political history, took to Twitter to criticize the lyricist and tweeted, “Sad to see a poet and writer spitting venom using dubious and imaginary arguments as history.”
Sad to see a poet and writer spitting venom using dubious and imaginary arguments as history. https://t.co/lpeM4JHJw5
— S lrfan Habib एस इरफान हबीब عرفان حبئب (@irfhabib) August 26, 2021
RJ Fahad, who gave communal colour to the lynching of Sadhus last year, also tweeted, “I regret that I took interview of this hate monger and a bigot for @Rekhta. Itna zeher kahan se laatehain ye log?
I regret that I took interview of this hate monger and a bigot for @Rekhta
Itna zeher kahan se laate hain ye log ? https://t.co/1xtrjE7s19
— Ghuspaithiya Fahad (@rjfahad) August 25, 2021
While the liberals were busy mocking Muntashir for suggesting the nation to choose their hero wisely, a section of Twitter came out in support of the latter and argued that the writer was merely trying to remind people about the “forgotten actual history” of the country.
Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri tweeted, “Manoj Muntashir has always been expressing his perspective fearlessly in his poetry and public discourse. If you are ignorant doesn’t mean he has changed suddenly. Stupid liberals, please sit down.”
Oh, boy… @manojmuntashir Manoj Muntashir has always been expressing his perspective fearlessly in his poetry and public discourse. If you are ignorant doesn’t mean he has changed suddenly.
Stupid liberals, please sit down.— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) August 26, 2021
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Manoj Muntashir, is an Indian lyricist, poet and screenwriter. From scriptwriting for Kaun Banega Crorepati to dialogues of Baahubali 2, his contribution to the entertainment industry is impeccable. He has also written lyrics for multiple blockbuster songs. Manoj tweeted his disappointment when he was not awarded as a lyricist for the song ‘Teri Mitti’ from the 2019 film Kesari despite the nomination in Filmfare Awards 2020.
