Among the raging "Padmavati" hullabaloo as well
as the row over exclusion of two movies from a section of the 48th IFFI,
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, through a mixture of symbolism and
subtlety, spoke of cinema as a balm of love for dissent and a catalyst for
unity, at the inauguration of the movie jamboree here on Monday.
Shah Rukh spoke in the presence of Union Ministry for
Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani at the inaugural ceremony of the 48th
International Film Festival of India, which kicked off near Panaji.
"There is a word in Sanskrit 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam'.
It means bringing the world together like a family. I believe no matter what
your language is, no matter what country your story comes from, and no matter
what your ideology is, story-telling and listening should be a familial
experience which binds us together. It makes relationships stronger, even in
the face of dissent and discussion as it usually happens in a family, instead
of tearing us apart," SRK said.
"I truly believe that films are made with the
collaboration of hundreds of people coming together, working relentlessly for
an idea they believe in and they love and they want share it with the world.
This idea becomes the film which we all watch, and sometimes we feel very happy
watching it," said the actor, underlining the importance of love in the
process of filmmaking.
"Sometimes, we dance along with the film. At other
times, we get angry, disturbed or agitated. That exactly is the magic of
storytelling, a magic which has the power to touch all our senses and in doing
so, actually binding us together. The essence of storytelling is incomplete, if
there is no story listener. And I believe that storytellers and story listeners
are, or at least should be, like a family," he told.
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