Mumbai, February 22 – Filmmaker Vipul Amrutlal Shah, the creator of films like "The Kerala Story" and "The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond," has shared his perspective on whether the themes of his movies have affected his relationships in Bollywood, a film industry known for interfaith marriages.
Responding to this, the director stated that the people in Bollywood are aware of the message they are trying to convey through their upcoming film, "The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond".
During an exclusive conversation with IANS, Vipul revealed that they are not against any particular religion and their movies only intend to highlight specific cases where girls are forced into marriages with malicious intentions.
The director was asked, "Sir, you belong to the film industry, where interfaith marriages are very common. Since this industry has existed, your famous actors have done interfaith marriages. In the film industry, does it affect your friendships and relationships?"
Replying to this, Vipul told IANS, "Look, the first thing is that our film or I, are not against any religion or any community. We are only against criminals. So, the marriages that happen in our industry, or the marriages that happen in the rest of society, we have no comment on that. We are only talking about those cases where a girl is trapped for the wrong purpose. Girls' lives are being played with."
"Now, in the case of this movie, the documents that we got, there is a rate card of the girls. If a Muslim boy marries a girl of any caste, how much money will he get? So, we are against this. We are exposing this crime. We have no comment on any other marriage or relationship," he went on to explain.
Vipul shared that the people in the entertainment industry are extremely sensitive and are well aware of the crime that the makers are trying to expose through "The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond".
"By exposing that crime, we have not commented on these marriages or on them. Everyone understands this. And there is no problem in our relations," he went on to share.