Originally Posted by
irir123
I will have to agree with you - that is why I quoted his words about "...sounding naive..."
I dont endorse his views entirely either.. in fact, Freedom at Midnight - on which Hey Ram was based - contains a narration in which a Punjabi refugee family approaches Gandhi (with Godse hovering in the background with severe migraine, undecided about his plan of action) - and vent their pain at having lost a daughter to gang rape to a Muslim mob - and Gandhi asks them to bear the pain, until such mobs undergo a change of heart!! The refugee family curses him and leave the place - Godse witnesses this and decides to do what he did eventually...
None of the above is make-believe - it is all recorded by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins - and am sure Kamal knows it too - Kamal Haasan - only because he has become a celebrity - is forced to be politically correct - and much like the politically correct leaders of the West, he is choosing the same path - better safe than be sorry!