Sunday, January 10, 2010
Are we different from Meera (Irtiza Rubab)?
Before answering this question we need to describe her.
She is a Pakistani Film actress who was commercially successful in Pakistani movies /T.V commercials and later on she appeared in few of the Indian movies by mainstream distribution houses. That was when Pakistani Classes started noticing her and that was when Pakistani media started highlighting her poor English and immature media statements. Recently Pakistani media broke two scandals about her secret marriage and her failed attempt to host a program in English.
If we list down the reasons of her ridicule than here are the main ones
1: She speaks incorrect English
2: She did Kissing scenes in an Indian movie
3: She married secretly and denied it
4: She makes media statement which most of the Pakistani people find hard to swallow
Let’s see if she is an exception!
1: For her incorrect English
When I ask people that would they laugh in the same fashion if Julia Roberts speaks incorrect Urdu than the usual reply is Oh! She (Julia Roberts) is different! She is such a beautiful great actress and than I ask if looks and performance are the criteria than why are we stuck with Meera’s English and than they say “If she can’t speak it than she shouldn't try it!” but the fact remains the same that we find it stylish to speak incorrect Urdu but display our national inferiority complex when we judge people by their command over a foreign language rather than their expertise in certain areas.
2: Criticism over her Skin exposure and kissing scenes in Indian movies becomes the funniest!
When done by the people who are regular viewers of English movies and have absolutely no idea of what is going on in Pakistani movies! What she does on screen has no justification but if she is bad because of her extreme display than why are Indian and English movies allowed in Pakistan? And what about all the T.V shows on cable with viewer’s classification of 16&18 SNLV ratings but practically absolutely no viewer’s restriction?
3: She kept her marriage secret
the way most members of our society hide their corruption (which prevails from a motor mechanic to Head of the state. Major portion of our society is corrupt .More corrupt are the ones who have more authority and the less corrupt ones are desperate to expand their share!
4: She acts naive at media
than are the Politicians different in this regard? Any one can refer to YouTube to compare conversation between Firdous Ashiq Awan and Kashmala Tariq or Fauzia Wahab’s replies to Javed Chaudhry and more which have been collected through various channels and shows.
I am not a Fan of Meera and I have never admired what she does at or off the screen but I do appreciate the way some of our actresses try to face the world because if I had born in the neighborhood where most of them have born and raised the way they have been raised, I really don’t think I could ever face the world after knowing what it thinks about me!
What is your opinion? Are we (Pakistani society collectively) different from Meera?
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I completely agree to u but I dont think dat there are many people who really like Meera!!
ReplyDeleteShe does not have much fans!!
Waqsh!!
i think u must consider that she is muslim and cannot be compared to julia or any other indian actress
ReplyDeletenadeem ibraheem
I agree there is no point in ridiculing Mira. There is no point in ridiculing our whole film industry, its directors, producers etc. They are just representatives of our sick and pathetic society, consisting of illiterate and semiliterate individuals.
ReplyDeleteIf we have to ridicule, we should ridicule those who caused this decadence. Unfortunately we have created a society, which is completely anti-progress, anti-intelligence, anti-human, anti-reformation, anti-rectifying, anti-intellectual etc. It is is a combination of sub-human feudal culture of Punjab and Sindh and anti-human tribal values of Balochistan and NWFP. The whole society has two classes: the victimisers and the victimised. We are a society with inverted value system.
The greatest problem of ours is that we have no readiness for learning and growth.
i agree with the 2nd comment
ReplyDeleteI am not a fan of Meera, neither have i ever seen her in any of the movies. But comparatively, to the indian actors and actresses, muslim and non muslim, i think we deserve to be a little more patient with her. She is surrounded with people who will not spare any ridicule of her, and if she had been of any other religion then we might even have admired her for what she was doing...who knows even follow her. Considering hr background...let's give the lady some credit for standing on her two feet...and facing a society of vultures!! We are as a sodiety biased, and immoral...
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this article. Sir, you have put Meera’s character is a purely fresh light. The analogies made are remarkable. Never ever did I imagine that a thing sooo complicated (why does she do that?) had such a simple background (because that’s exactly who most, if not all of us, are). I agree with you 100% however I do feel that as most people learn from their mistakes…she should too. Our society is cruel… people outcast you in the name of religion and customs… so at times we just have to be careful.
ReplyDeleteCheers to all those who have some serious guts! :)
Hira Mobeen
I would just like to say, that a Pakistani should strive all their life to promote Pakistan in a positive manner.
ReplyDeleteEven though Pakistan is full of corrupt people, we should not tar everyone with the same brush. There are some highly commendable Pakistanis, in past and present society. Take for example Mr Edhi (Edhi Ambulance Service) and his wife. We should praise such people, who continue to live such a simple life to this day. In comparison most of present day society covet mansions and landcruisers. Lets not concern ourselves with what some people with poor judgement do in their lives. With reference to religion; God created us, we will return to him, and he will be the one to judge us.
In summary, lets not be too quick to judge others, and lets portray Pakistan in a good light, and speak more of the good citizens of Pakistan.
Insha'Allah Pakistan sees the end of these dark days as soon as possible.
Allah hu Akbar! Im Proud to be a Pakistani!
p.s. Mr Muhammad Uzair Bhair made a few good points in his comment. And a big thumbs up to the original blogger who has also made some good points/comparisons. Keep up the good work my fellow compatriot!
Umar (Pakistani based in the UK)