Melbourne: Bollywood movie Crook:It'sGood to be Bad which revolves around racist attacks onIndians in Melbourne, has been slammed by both Indian studentsand local officials for the "unfair and incorrect" portrayalof the Australian city.
Gautam Gupta, spokesman for the Indian StudentsAssociation (FISA), dubbed the Emraan Hashmi starrer"immature", saying that the misrepresentation could inflamehostility towards the Indian community.
"It is the wrong representation of Melbourne,obviously the film-makers have not done proper research.I think things here have been improving, and the government istaking action and the film could hurt all that," said Gupta.
"Melbourne is not the Bronx. Like any movie, whetherit is Hollywood or Bollywood, they take an issue and show theextreme side of it," he added.
Officials also objected to suggestions that people inMelbourne, capital of Victoria state, were racist.
"We are not racist here in Victoria. In fact it isabsolutely completely the contrary. We are one of the mostdiverse societies in the world." state Police Minister JamesMerlino told the Herald-Sun newspaper.
A slew of attacks on Indian students prompted protestsin Melbourne and Sydney last year and the row straineddiplomatic relations between the two countries.A recent report claimed that enrolment of Indians inAustralian universities may decline by 80 per cent in 2011,because of the bad press generated after the attacks onIndians.
Gautam Gupta, spokesman for the Indian StudentsAssociation (FISA), dubbed the Emraan Hashmi starrer"immature", saying that the misrepresentation could inflamehostility towards the Indian community.
"It is the wrong representation of Melbourne,obviously the film-makers have not done proper research.I think things here have been improving, and the government istaking action and the film could hurt all that," said Gupta.
Officials also objected to suggestions that people inMelbourne, capital of Victoria state, were racist.
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A slew of attacks on Indian students prompted protestsin Melbourne and Sydney last year and the row straineddiplomatic relations between the two countries.A recent report claimed that enrolment of Indians inAustralian universities may decline by 80 per cent in 2011,because of the bad press generated after the attacks onIndians.
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