"Mitran Nu Shaunk Hathyaran Da doesn't promote violence," says writer and actor Kumar Ajay

Mitran Nu Shaunk Hathyaran Da doesn’t promote violence: The writer and actor of the movie opened up on various facets of the movie.

Kumar Ajay is among the rare actors in the Punjabi film industry who successfully made the transformation into a script writer. Having made his acting debut in Gaurav Trehan’s ‘Panjaban’ (2010), Ajay has worked in nearly dozen movies till now.

Ajay’s first writing assignment was writing dialogues for Sagar S. Sharma’s ‘Burrraahh‘ (2012). It was only earlier this year that his first movie as a solo script writer in ‘Ishqaa’ had released. Having worked as a writer and actor in Sagar S. Sharma’s ‘Jugni Yaaran Di’ in July, Ajay will now be seen in the same capacity in ‘Mitran Nu Shaunk Hathyaran Da‘.

In an interview with Punjabi Mania, Ajay guaranteed that the movie will put on display something contrasting and will force people to rethink about their hobbies. Being asked about writing and playing the character of Baman in the movie, Ajay revealed how the team considered other actors for the role but it ended up in his hands.

“As a writer and actor, you know what you can play and what you can’t play. I knew from the starting that my personality is not like Dev, Binda or Jandu in the movie. My body language and face are completely different from those characters.

“However, there was this character in the movie which started to resonate with me. Just as I was writing the script, I had this thought of playing this character myself. Not that we didn’t consider other people for it but then our director [Sagar S. Sharma] was also of the opinion that I can do it in a better way. Since I have worked in many movies as an actor, there were no apprehensions regarding the decision,” Ajay was quoted as saying.

Kumar Ajay unperturbed about competition

Mitran Nu Shaunk Hathyaran Da is slated to release on November 8. With one more Punjabi movie releasing on the same day, Ajay was unperturbed about competition. In situations where other people complain about locking the date first or indulge in blame games, Ajay considered the box-office clash to be good for the industry.

“The more the films, the better it is for the Punjabi industry. A lot of people earn their living from movies. Having said that, better rules can help all movies to flourish at the box-office. For example, in Maharashtra, cinema halls tend to give the first priority to Marathi movies.

“In Punjab, people accept all of Hindi, English and Punjabi movies which is a good thing. I don’t mind even if 100 Punjabi movies are made in a year. If good Punjabi movies get proper time and space in the cinema halls, they are more likely to do well. I really hope our government or the film industry creates a system for the betterment of the producers,” Ajay said.

Mitran Nu Shaunk Hathyaran Da doesn’t promote violence

The genre of Mitran Nu Shaunk Hathyaran Da has it in it to make people deny the reality around them. Not surprisingly, there have been enough talks in the media regarding the movie promoting violence and gangster culture in the state. The comments on the trailer confirm the same.

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While Ajay urged the audiences to watch the movie once before coming to a conclusion, he also shared a couple of references to elaborate that the movie won’t disfigure the society. “Our movie doesn’t promote violence by any means. People who think that way should come to the cinema halls on November 8 and watch the movie once before passing a judgement.

“See, we are all fond of watching South Indian movies. Aren’t we? If you have 10 movie channels at home, seven of them run South Indian movies. Violence in their movies is much bigger than our movie. I repeat it is being watched by our children inside our homes. If the Punjabi industry has to compete with them, we will have to make movies of different genres which includes action as well.

“People watch movies for entertainment. Most of us have watched ‘War’. The amount of violence in it is arguably second to none [for a Hindi movie]. But it doesn’t mean that the whole country came out fighting with each other after watching the movie. People watched the movie and enjoyed it. That’s it. The scale of action in our movie is nowhere near to that in War. How are we promoting violence then?” Ajay concluded.