Every Man Is A ‘Potential Rapist’, Says Nandita Das “If the reality is shameful, Learn to accept it.”

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The BBC documentary India’s Daughter, directed and produced by Leslee Udwin, created quite a furore in the country. It has become so viral. After the government banned the film, which tells the story of the infamous December 16 rape, it went viral on YouTube. Unfortunately for those who haven’t managed to watch it yet, the documentary has now been blocked by YouTube in India stating a court order which it received. Long Live Cinema spoke to actor-filmmaker Nandita Das about the documentary and the ban and here’s what she had to say. We’re not quite sure how and where it started floating from, but #NanditaDasQuotes is trending on Twitter from earlier this morning. Upon further research, turns out Nandita Das, perhaps, had said in one her interviews that ‘every man is a potential rapist.’ Now, this has come as a shock to us considering Nandita Das is a feminist and a women’s rights activist for quite a while. Her campaign ‘Dark is Beautiful’, that fights against India’s unfair obsession with lighter skin, is also one of the most impressive and sensible campaigns we’ve seen of late. Which is why this illogical statement from such a pragmatic and level-headed person is seriously disheartening. And although we couldn’t really find the basis and origin of this statement, Twitteratis, it seems, was in no mood to spare her. Check out some of the most hilarious tweets that followed thereafter.

Every Man Is A 'Potential Rapist', Says Nandita Das

 

 

 

 

 

“Bringing back the documentary into the picture, the Nirbhaya case is one of the most important causes that united us in recent times. So many of us–men, women and children–took to the streets to demand a life of dignity for all women and for us to be able to live without fear anywhere in the country. Banning a documentary that is about this sensitive issue and forces us to see our misogynistic side is not even acknowledging the problem.

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I am not fully aware of the legal implications of screening the film now and need to understand from the prominent lawyers and activists, but fundamentally they, too, don’t support a ban. A ban is never the solution, but just an excuse to hide behind the violent, vulgar realities of our every day lives.” “Other thing I don’t understand is this argument about India’s Daughter being a propaganda film to shame India in front of the world. I have also been accused of doing this. When we began shooting for Water, some right-wing groups had the same problem. They said we were trying to paint an ugly picture of India to the world.

Now, if the reality is shameful, how does shying away from facing it help? How does pushing it under the carpet and acting like nothing is wrong help? Is protecting an image more important than trying to alter the ugly reality? By banning the documentary, does the reality that there is violence against women in our society change? One woman is raped here every 20 minutes. It is a fact, and we better do something about it. It is high time we stopped worrying about images in the world, as they will change when the reality becomes better. Such films should make us introspect and find solutions do a deep-rooted problem. “

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