Another said, "A murderer should be punished.But will his thoughts as an artist become worthless then?"
Picasso was savage in nature and he used to treat girls like blankets,that's why should we turn away from his paintings? If you think Jibanananda Das was a misogynist after having 'Malyaban', yet will you dare to give him a negative marking for his composition? Look,make it clear.If a genius does molestation, there is no need to protest harshly because he has a lot to gain from the world rather than common,isn't it right?In order to nurture such talents, it is necessary to crush some common people under the altar.It helps to flourish artistic roses on human bones.Am I wrong?
Once during the shooting, a cat caressed Charlie Chaplin's hand, so Chaplin effortlessly killed the cat, stuffed him and brought him to continue the shooting.Does that mean we're going to critisize him in this aspect keeping his acting,dialogue or direction aside? If your answer is 'No', so where is the problem with that person who doesn't have artistic genious but gets a prize by his personality?
Actually in all cases, the camp is divided into two. The first camp says, "One man has the same persona in every time.So If you hate him on Monday,you can't respect him on Tuesday."The other camp says," A person is actually an ammulgamation of lot of personas. With the right attitude, One has to decide which one he has to accept."
Now if you judge Bill Clinton separately in terms of politics, again swallow Sunil Gangopadhyay's novel as a fan of literature, but become upset when it comes to his personal life,then ask yourself,are you in right position to judge?
If a cricketer beats his wife at home and with same force beats the opponent's ball in the field, will you stop taking him to the national team? Lenny Riefenstahl was a great director of the German film.Her Nazi propaganda movies reached the climax of the propaganda film and even how she portrayed the Olympics,that opened a new horizons in sports photography.But she was banned to make films after second world war because she was a supporter of Nazism. According to many, it was a good punishment but many may not think so. Then what is the way?
Some time ago, a Kolkata-based playwright dropped an actor from a left-wing drama because he had joined a fascist group.Some Bengalis said then,"It was a good decision" Again, one big director of Kolkata wrote objecting the fact that political thinking and acting talent should be looked at separately.Well, if a supporter of a fascist group can skillfully speak out against fascism, then why shouldn't we look at his work?Afterall,Art exists on the basis of collectivity, if there is no mutual respect in it, then why this type of work is really needed now?
Suppose you are a playwright. You say in your dialogues, "I am a Muslim, is that my crime?"But in the same time you are saying in mind, "let the Muslims be perished", is it possible to tolerate it with a open mind?Should there be any moral turmoil or not?
In our case, however, we have mastered ourselves in the art of forgiving.It is better to say, even self-kick, self-slander donot make Bengalie a little thinker.The Bengalies who think that it is shameful to have many women besides his wife, they also goes for Ravi Shankar's Sitar without any hesitation.Even when we know Rabindranath gave dowry to his daughter's marriage,though we donot protest against his hypocrisy when he wrote 'Dena Paona', a story against dowry system.
Are we working as mature life customers to enjoy the harvest of talent with open mind?Are we indulging too much power to ridicule the artist in the name of relentless literary pursuits keeping another one thirsty? If the person and the artist are different, will it really solve our problem? Lets think about it.
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