There has been surge of reports in news papers, blogs all around the world about India's new found fascination for Hitler. Some unknown director(well atleast I have never heard of him), is planning to make a movie on Hitler's last days in bunker. The title of the movie is taken from Gandhi's letter to Hitler. The movie also deals with Hitler's alleged love interest Eva Braun and their marriage.
Any movie maker who tries glorify Hitler has to be in some mental asylum. I won't jump to conclusion here and say the director would have glorified Hitler since I did not see the script nor the movie has been made. So even before the movie has been made, what I did not understand was why New York Times, Gaurdian, Gawker have reported that there is renewed interest for Hitler in India. It is true that some fringe right wing parties in India have sometimes idolized Hitler but come on every country has sociopaths. Just because there is KKK in US you cannot say that US has renewed interest on white supremacy.
India is one of the countries where Jews were not persecuted and even though India was fighting for the freedom from British, India fought the world war 2 against the Germans. Indian freedom fighters and policy makers realized that German imperialism is much more dangerous than that of the British imperialism.
PS: Anupam Kher, veteran bollywood actor who was supposed to play Hitler in the movie withdrew from the role after the controversy.
PS: I was planning to write this blog long time back, but I was busy preparing for interviews. So I think I am a week late to respond to the controversy.
update: today I read an opinion piece in Wall Street Journal by Sadanand Dhume explaining India's fetish for Hitler. Read it here http://bit.ly/aBE3HC
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