Take Pak citizenship: Congress leader tells critic of Dhurandhar on propaganda claim
Congress spokesperson Shama Mohammad had a heated argument with an ex-user who called Dhurandhar Part 1 a propaganda film. The confrontation sparked widespread debate over whether the film targeted Pakistanis rather than Muslims or conveyed a political message.
After a user criticized Ranveer Singh for praising him, Congress spokesperson Shama Mohammed reacted sharply on Dhurandhar Part 1 and called the film “propaganda”. After the user slammed him for his praise, he asked the user to leave India, while also dismissing claims that Aditya Dhar’s film shows Muslims in a “bad light”.
The heated exchange began on Thursday when Mohammed said he had recently watched the first part of the film and praised its “excellent” direction, following which the user alleged that it showed Muslims in a “bad light”.
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Responding to the criticism, Mohammad said that the film “showed Pakistanis in a bad light, not Muslims”. He then rejected the allegation that the film was propaganda and rebuked the user for, in his words, confusing Muslims with Pakistanis.
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Mohammed responded, “It doesn’t show Muslims in a bad light but Pakistanis in a bad light! Shame on you for confusing the two.” “People like you give a bad name to Muslims in India,” he said.
As the conversation progressed, Mohammed further wrote, “You are welcome to leave India and take Pakistani citizenship.”
After this the user replied, “Who are you to tell me to go to Pakistan. My great father fought for this country and all my great grandfathers were sons of this soil and not like you who have Mughal genes in their DNA.”
Another X user questioned Mohammed for praising what he called a “propaganda” film. The spokesperson in his response acknowledged the number of terrorist attacks carried out by Pakistan and ISI in India and claimed that this needs to be stopped.
stalwart It has faced accusations from some critics and commentators that it is a “propaganda” film. Among those to use the term publicly is YouTuber Dhruv Rathee, who argued that its narrative blends fiction with politically charged themes and blurs the line between fact and storytelling.
Additionally, the film has also received support from several voices in the industry, who have stated that it is a work of fiction and should be viewed in the realm of creative expression rather than a political message.
Directed by Aditya Dhar, Dhurandhar Part 1 and 2 is an espionage action thriller based on Ranveer Singh’s Hamza Ali Mazari, an undercover intelligence agent who infiltrates the Pakistani underworld to dismantle a terror network.
The films starred Ranveer Singh, Akshay Khanna, Arjun Rampal, Sara Arjun, Sanjay Dutt, Rakesh Bedi and many others in lead roles. collectively, stalwart The films have crossed the Rs 3,000 crore mark globally, while the second part is still running in theatres.