The ire over ’Zenda’ has barely died down, and we have yet another Marathi flick ready to raise collective hackles. Mahesh Manjrekar’s ’Shikshanacha Aaicha Gho’ (to hell with education).
A number of educational institutions and unions have been up in arms against the satirical flick and are readying to protest vociferously with a series of protests before and after the film’s release. Their common grouse is the film’s title, which they believe is likely to have a very negative effect on the minds of students.
The film is a satire on the education system in Maharashtra, which according to Manjrekar has gone all haywire and neither the government nor those who are in charge of education and the media are taking seriously. He says he felt film was the best way to spread the message he wants to. The censors have passed the film and have naturally scene nothing wrong with it. The various associations who are objecting to the title will meet the member of the censor board today, but Manjrekar asserts that he will not change the title under any pressure or influence.
Manjrekar’s take is that there are many elements who have turned insanely jealous after the stupendous success of his last movie ’Mee Shivajirao Boltoi’ and this is merely a tactic to upset his applecart. Furthermore, he insists that there is nothing wrong with the present title of his movie and that he will not give it up, no matter what.
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