Neeraj Kabi played the character of Mahatma Gandhi in the TV show Samvidhaan more than a decade ago, but the actor believes the Gandhian way of life holds extreme relevance, especially today. Such a human will never become irrelevant,” he tells us on Gandhi Jayanti today. “His relevance will remain for generations to come.
Because sensibility levels are going down across the world, mention that to Kabi and he says, “Just as you have smoking and drinking, violence in cinema has become like a drug that people go to enjoy. The actor attributes his relevance to his six qualities: ahimsa, satyagrah, sacrifice, leadership, humanity and equality. “He treated them as weapons, not as a gentle way of meditation. The only way to mark the success of a country is not GDP, it’s about where you have taken your citizens to reach their higher versions. And our levels are going down, and we are becoming insensitive. Violence has become the drug, and we are supplying that drug through cinema. We need to understand this quickly before it becomes a shame for us.”
Just as you need weapons for war and train a soldier with those weapons, the training has to be there for these too,” Kabi insists, adding, “If you want to get the highest version of every human being on this planet, then you need to follow these six Gandhian rules. the Hindi film industry today is increasingly showing violence on screen and it is also emerging a success with the audience While Gandhi preached non-violence.
