more-inKochi: Film director Kamal on Saturday said neutrality as a political position was a lie, and that artists were duty-bound to take sides with those safeguarding human values. “There is nothing called a neutral position. The BJP and the Sangh Parivar had upheld his Muslim identity in a disparaging manner, and a leader even asked him to go to Pakistan. “Stock-shot Varghese chettan, editor of films like Balan and Jeevitha Nauka, also had a similar fate, leading a life of penury. Ditto with pioneering editors of other language film industries as well.

Source: The Hindu January 28, 2017 16:30 UTC