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‘Bawaal’ controversy: Israel embassy ‘disturbed’ by Holocaust reference in movie
The film “Bawaal”, featuring Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor, was launched on Prime Video on July 21 and has since faced criticism for its dialogue content, specifically a line linking marital conflict with “Auschwitz”.
The Israel embassy aired its concern on Friday via a tweet, stating that they were “troubled” by the movie’s diminishment of the Holocaust’s gravity.
The embassy’s tweet read, “We find it distressing that ‘Bawaal’ minimizes the enormity of the Holocaust. Although we believe the misuse of certain terms in the movie was not intended to harm, we encourage everyone who might be unfamiliar with the Holocaust’s atrocities to learn more about it.”
The tweet sparked varied reactions on social media. Some users advocated for a ban on the film, while others questioned why the embassy did not respond to other contentious issues.
One user commented, “Indians empathize with the Jewish people’s suffering; the filmmakers’ decision seems ill-advised.”
Another user questioned the embassy’s selective reactions, “What measures did you take against your filmmaker who labeled the Hindu genocide in Kashmir as propaganda? Why weren’t you upset then?”
A third user commented, “This film, starring second-rate actors and children of nepotism who gained notoriety for all the wrong reasons, should be overlooked. However, if there is indeed any belittlement of the Holocaust, it needs to be addressed and corrected.”
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