Since past few days I was following the trailer of the upcoming movie "Love Guru" starring Mike Myers (Austin Power fame), and I cant help myself but am too eager to see how it will be received by Indian audience..more so the groups like Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal....and various other religious institutions of the country. This film seems has all the potential to create a stir in Indian Media as well as demands for bans and protests from many Hindu institutions worldwide.
Watching without any bias...and on the lines of Austin Powers and Shrek, it appears to be a 100% fun and comedy movie with many known names in its cast (Jessica Alba, Ben Kingsley, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Simpson and many other stand up comedians)..but the humor comes at the heavy price of making fun of one of the oldest civilization and religion of the world...and it will be so difficult to digest for many.
Last night Mike Meyers appeared in American Idol final (well , and seeing him doing a stint from this yet to be released movie...which Myers himself mentioned as a "SHAMELESS act of Movie promotion" during one of the highest viewed television event of the year), this film is slated to be a Popular Hit this summer in USA for sure...but right now I am waiting what happens on June 20th when this movie is going to be released worldwide and raise the age old but too familiar question of " What is the proper LINE between Entertainment (or to be precise.. Freedom of Expression) versus Religious Sentiments".
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