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'First, religion has become an opium to the people in the east coast of the
peninsula, now Bollywood movies are also becoming opium for them.'
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Just look at what Ex-Utusan boss had to say about religion!
Inilah contoh individu yang telah banyak menyumbang dalam mencorakkan
pemikiran rakyat melalui media, golongan yang ada phobia terhadap agama...
Bukankah Utusan juga memainkan peranan dalam mempromosi unsur-unsur barat
termasuk Bollywood?
Two fears behind Bollywood film row
Concern over Malays watching too much TV
Anger over some Malays marrying Bangladeshis
By Wan Hamidi Hamid
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IN KUALA LUMPUR
FEAR of Malays becoming couch potatoes and Malay women marrying Bangladeshi
workers has led to the recent Mufti (head of state's religious elders)
Councils to call for the banning of Bollywood movies.
The Information Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary, Datuk Zainuddin Maidin,
said that although Hindi movies did not corrupt the minds of the Malays as
alleged by some quarters, such films had made some of them lazy.
He told The Straits Times: 'In Kelantan and Terengganu especially, men are
glued to the TV set at the coffeeshops for at least three hours, that's the
normal length of a feature Hindi movie.
'First, religion has become an opium to the people in the east coast of the
peninsula, now Bollywood movies are also becoming opium for them.'
He said although he did not agree with the view that Hindi movies should be
banned, he supported the Perak Mufti Datuk Harussani Zakaria's view that
actions should be taken to overcome the problem.
The Bollywood controversy made headlines ever since Datuk Harussani came out
strongly last week about the need to reduce the number of Hindi movies shown
on TV for corrupting the morals of the Malays, including alleged cases of
incest.
The trigger for the controversy was when all the TV stations screened Hindi
movies and entertainment programmes non-stop on Hari Raya late last year,
prompting criticism among religious scholars and conservative Malays.
'The Hari Raya incident was too much for the Malays. We have to be careful
with the sensitivity of the people,' said Datuk Zainuddin.
The ministry had issued a directive to all TV stations, including
government-owned RTM, to reduce the screening of Hindi movies and other
related programmes such as song-and-dance features.
But the question is also about how much is too much, and how the number of
Hindi movies and related programmes could be reduced.
Last week, six Hindi movies were shown on three main channels - RTM2 and
private stations TV3 and NTV7. TV3 screened four movies and the other two
channels one each.
All the stations showed a combination of four Bollywood entertainment
features and four made-in-India drama serials, including two in Tamil.
Datuk Zainuddin proposed that each station show only one Hindi movie a day
during the weekend only.
He added: 'This is meant to wake up the Malays from their long slumber. I
still believe Bollywood movies do not lead the moral decay, but they
certainly put the Malays to sleep for too long.'
But sources close to the religious authorities believe the issue is also
related to the fact that some Malays are angry about Malay women marrying
Shah Rukh Khan (Bollywood superstar) lookalikes from Bangladesh.
Said an insider: 'When a Malay woman is attracted to a Bangladeshi who looks
like Shah Rukh or Salman Khan, she would incur the wrath of her parents and
the community.
'The problem starts when the marriage fails or when the Bangladeshi worker,
once his contract is finished, goes back to his country. The wife and
children would be left in a lurch as the society has already ostracised
her.'
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad would usually engage such an
issue by dismissing the views of 'conservative religious people'.
But this time, when the Malaysian Premier, in a cautious statement recently,
promised that the government would study the matter, the situation reflected
the seriousness of the issue.
Even local film producers, such as Mr Yusof Haslam, are cautious about
rejecting claims about the bad influence of Hindi movies.
While saying Hindi movies have positive values such as supporting the
institution of marriage, Mr Yusof also lambasted erotic-dancing sequences in
such films.
Local actor Rosyam Noor even agreed with the muftis' idea, not so much for
the alleged negative values but rather the effect Hindi movies had on local
Malay movies.
He claimed the authorities had been too lenient in allowing too many movies
from India to penetrate the local market, thus affecting the local-film
production.
Malay movies are also on the decline, except for those of director and
producer Yusof, who keeps on churning out box-office hits like the newly
released Gerak Khas The Movie, an action thriller.
Last year, only a few movies were released, such as the armed
forces-sponsored Lt Adnan, and Syukur 21, which starred religious-based pop
acapella group Raihan.
HINDI MOVIES: The big craze
APART from a dose of at least six Hindi movies a week on all the three TV
stations in Malaysia, there are virtually hundreds of Bollywood video and
VCD stores providing sale and rental services.
There are about three Malay magazines devoted totally to Bollywood while all
local entertainment magazines and entertainment sections of all Malay
dailies provide stories and gossip on Hindi film stars.
Since the resurgence of Bollywood movies from 1995, Malaysia has become a
market for Hindi films while some of the Indian movie producers have pledged
to make movies in Malaysia.
Last year, six Bollywood producers called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr
Mahathir Mohamad to discuss plans for filming part of their movies in
Malaysia.
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has made a number of visits to the
country to promote his movies.
While Hindi movies are still criticised for espousing sex and violence, some
Indian film critics noted that the resurgence of the Bollywood movie was due
to 'clean soap opera image'.
One critic said Hindi movies tended to focus more on 'youthful romance,
tradition, marriage ceremonies and family entertainment, riding on hummable
lyrics and catchy tunes'. --Wan Hamidi Hamid
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