Our front page story, 84 lakh litres of water to shoot Tsunami scene, published yesterday stirred readers to post their comments on our website against water wastage to film flood scenes by producers like Karan Johar, Mukesh Bhatt and Priyadarshan in their movies. This is what some of the readers said.
Our front page story, 84 lakh litres of water to shoot Tsunami scene, published yesterday stirred readers to post their comments on our website against water wastage to film flood scenes by producers like Karan Johar, Mukesh Bhatt and Priyadarshan in their movies. This is what some of the readers said.
kkepri@in.com: "These so-called entertainment providers don't think twice before wasting precious water, and neither do they consider the after-effects.
They are only after fame and money and not concerned about global problems.
Why can't they use technology to create the scenes virtually? But they claim to be perfectionists and want the scene to look as real as possible.
On the other hand, they attend charities and awareness campaigns to save water. Their charity is fake; just like the movies."
He wrote: "When people are dying due to water shortage, why do Karan Johar and Mukesh Bhatt want to make such movies and let water go down the drain? Is the government sleeping? Where's their charity now?"
Another reader said, "These Bollywood biggies don such a positive personality on television.
I hope the producers had a buy-back facility with the water tanker providers to re-use it for watering land, if not the studio premises."
Save water
MiD DAY readers also emphasise on water conservation. Karu Pandey wrote: "Water, electricity and food should be preserved.
River water should be diverted to drought areas so that it can provide enough water for drinking, irrigation and generating electricity. We should build more dams."
BMC officials, however, say they cannot take action against the film crew.
Dinesh Gondalia, chief hydraulic engineer, said, "No action can be taken as the water used for the film shoot is not municipality water and they must have arranged it from wells."
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