Kangana Ranaut & Rajkummar Rao starrer ‘Mental Hai Kya’s title lands up in controversy

Bollywood films and controversies go hand in hand and sometimes films finds themselves in trouble over some trivial issues. And, now Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao starrer ‘Mental Hai Kya’ has now find itself in a spot of bother. Yes, you have read it right!

In a latest development regarding the said film, the Indian Psychiatric Society has written a letter to Prasoon Joshi, the Chairperson of Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC). In the letter, they have raised objections over the film’s title and the posters. The Society claims that the film is ‘discriminative, stigmatizing, degrading, and inhuman in projecting mental disorders and persons who suffer from mental disorders’.

The society has demanded that the Board ask the makers of ‘Mental Hai Kya’ to rename the film to something less objectionable. It is also asking for objectionable scenes to be removed.

The protest is now official against #MentalHaiKya with the Indian Psychiatric Society writing to Censor Board protesting the images and teasers which depict #mentalillness in poor light..@balajimotionpic please clarify pic.twitter.com/lrIku3ccTd

— Dr Milan B (@milantheshrink) April 19, 2019

This update is rather unfortunate and films’ passing should only lie with CBFC and no other body.

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Dr Mrugesh Vaishnav, president, Indian Psychiatric Society, spoke to The Hindu about their concerns. he said, “According to a study carried out by NIMHANS and the Health Department of the government of India in 2016, 1/4th of the Indian population suffers from mental illness. There are lots of myths and misconceptions in our country surrounding mental illnesses. People still go to fake healers and often feel they are possessed. In this situation, when you have such a title of a film, it is wrong. The country is coming out of the stigma and media support is important. Members of the film fraternity have themselves come out with their stories. Will you call them mental?”

Coming back to ‘Mental Hai Kya’, it is being directed by Prakash Kovelamudi and is slated to release on June 21, 2019.

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