"Hinduphobic Anurag Basu" trends on Twitter

Netizens lashed out on Twitter against Anurag Basu for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.

Mumbai: Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Basu's latest film Ludo was released on Netflix on November 12.

Eversince the release of the movie, the dark-comedy-crime has received many positive reviews from critics and viewers alike. While there were people who praised the anthology, a section of the society was certainly unhappy with a few aspects of the film.

Several netizens took to Twitter and expressed their anger against filmmaker Anurag Basu for allegedly hurting 'religious sentiments'.

'Hinduphobic Anurag Basu' began to trend on Twitter and accused him of demeaning a Ramleela scene starring Rajkumar Rao.

The scene features Rajkumar Rao as Lanka king Ravana's sister 'Suparnakha' and her encounter with Lord Rama.

Netizens shared the particular scene online and targeted the director as 'Hinduphobuc Anurag Basu'. Here are some reactions

@basuanurag You are insulting the #hindu epic #Ramleela in your #LudoOnNetflix webseries#Ram is a true icon of #Bharat & worshipped by millions of people around d world. Dont insult such icon for sake of money & fame. O Hindus lets unite against #Hinduphobic_AnuragBasu @SG_HJS pic.twitter.com/YxdycCwDlZ
— Prashant Patil (@pp_pune) November 27, 2020

#Hinduphobic_AnuragBasu

With due respect, @juniorbachchan and @basuanurag Look this denigration of our Hindu Gods cannot be tolerated any more.@MIB_India @PrakashJavdekar ji, please take action.

We demand the culprits be booked at any cost. pic.twitter.com/SUC94enjrF
— HJS Mumbai (@HJSMumbai) November 27, 2020

The two and a half hour film 'Ludo' has the same objective. Straightforward ridicule of Hinduism. Symbolically, the entire film attempts to hurt Hindu culture.#Hinduphobic_AnuragBasu @Np_Hjs pic.twitter.com/q4CECRmzVI
— Satish Kunchpor (@kunchpor) November 27, 2020

Ludo directed by #Hinduphobic_AnuragBasu chooses to depict our gods in such a demeaning manner.

We have just seen how a cartoon led to #Parisbehading and worldwide protests

Would Anurag Basu ever show such scenes of other religions and dream of being untouched ? pic.twitter.com/k1imuql0DA
— Guruprasad Gowda (@Gp_hjs) November 27, 2020

Intentional depiction of Hindu Deities in comic scenes though unrelated to theme of #LudoOnNetflix

After Aamir Khan's anti-idolatry PK, just to hurt Hindu sentiments #Hinduphobic_AnuragBasu has added such scenes in #Ludo

Time to unite and boycott such movies!@GemsOfBollywood pic.twitter.com/0euI3ObQQa
— Kannada Sanatan Prabhat (@Sanatan_Prabhat) November 27, 2020

The dark comedy anthology features Abhishek Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Rajkummar Rao, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Rohit Saraf, Pearle Maaney, Pankaj Tripathi, Asha Negi, Shalini Vats and Inayat Verma.

Earlier, Basu said in an interview that the idea was to create an absurd, whimsical world and characters. He wanted to create something that combined four-five genres together.

The movie borrows the four colours of the game Ludo, each shade dominating a different segment.

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