Desi Galaxy

The terrorist attack on Mumbai has been a devastating savagery after 9/11 and assassination of late Benazir Bhutto. One could not have imagined that something so destroying can happen. It seems that it is unpredictable even for the high authorities in the government to envisage the next step of these wild dogs (terrorists). Who were involved? Whether they belonged to Pakistan or some place else? Whether they had connections in the India-Pakistan government or not? No one knows. What we know is that people in India and Pakistan have been shaken, all are petrified to even step out and so are our beloved Bollywood actors and actresses. As if everything was seized when this slaughtering started and I do not use the word seized regarding films and movies but tongues seized too. Actors and Actresses were traumatized, did not know what to say or how to react.

Amitabh Bachan who had been shooting for his film Teen Patti in Ballard estate in the southern areas of Mumbai, in the district of the CST station describes the situation as ‘Terrible’.

After a few days of silence he writes in his blog.

‘Mumbai under terrorist attack! Several locations bombed and terrorist firing all over the city. Major hotels under seize. Multiple actions on. Army called on. It is a terrible situation.’

Ajay Devgan and his wife Kajol were cancelled off with their shooting of their animation film Toonpur ka superhero because of the circumstances in the city. It was awfully depressing for them. One of their spokesmen said that several TV channels have asked their employees to stay indoors. Shootings are going slow and that most of them are not even happening.

‘The Four Khans’ of the Bollywood industry were also threatened by the little known about ‘Indian Mujahideen outfit’. They have also claimed accountability for the Ahmedabad blasts. This threatening email was received on a Sunday. It said that the Muslim actors should stop acting in films at once or face death.

A lot of famous personalities in the Bollywood industry commented on this letter. Prashant Pandey, writer of Ram Gopal’s “Contract”, an action thriller movie which is said to be uncannily similar to how the Ahmedabad blasts were plotted (A movie being so similar to the reality is indeed a strange coincidence). He said in his statements that it was very unfortunate that actors were being targeted in the name of religion. One of the most hard statements came out of Aziz Mirza, who’s ‘Kismat Konnection’ had just been released, he said that terrorists must be cold shouldered. He says, “The terrorists are stupid guys. You don’t react to them. You just negate them. They can do whatever they want. Nobody listens to mad dogs. Nobody in the industry will give a reaction. Producers, directors, writers etc. were shocked but remained silent and so does Bollywood stays united behind the four Khans.

We all feel exceedingly remorseful for the loss of our beloved actor Ashish Chaudhury’s sister and brother-in-law. Thousands became sad on reading Ashish’s letter which he wrote to break the silence. I personally do not have words, what to write here for Ashish. We can only imagine that what would those two innocent kids (of Ashish’s sister and brother-in-law) be going through. I had always learnt that life is cruel but never adapted it. Now, I realize that the truth is that people in the form of terrorists make life cruel. On one hand I feel sad for Kanishq (12) and Ananaya (7) but on the other hand I want to tell Ashish that they are lucky to be taken care of. I picture those people who have no one, absolutely no one in this world now. I give my sincere condolences and show my sadness to our beloved actor, to all those people who are survivors and to those who have lost and let them know that we are here standing united to support.