A 2020 poem, that includes Manoj Bajpayee because the narrator, has struck a chord on social media with its message of communal cohesion, and filmmaker Milap Zaveri, who had conceptualised it, says it’s nice to look poem’s message succeed in the folks within the present instances.
Titled “Bhagwan Aur Khuda”, the 2 minute lengthy poem addresses the ineffectiveness of war between religions as Bajpayee says, “Bhagwaan aur Khuda aapas mein baat kar rahe thhe Mandir aur Masjid ke beech chauraahe par mulaqaat kar rahe thhe, ki haath jode huye ho ya dua me uthe, koi farak nhi padta hai. (Bhagwaan and Khuda met every different at a sq. between a temple and a mosque, whether or not you fold your fingers or open your fingers for prayer, it in reality doesn’t topic).”
Zaveri had at the beginning put out the video again in Would possibly 2020 on the top of coronavirus-induced lockdown in India.
However on the time when communal incidents were reported in states like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and nationwide capital New Delhi, the poem is as soon as once more discovering resonance a number of the social media customers, who’re praising its message of peace and cohesion.
#BhagwanAurKhuda written and conceptualised via me in 2020 and carried out so brilliantly via the mythical @BajpayeeManoj whose presence, efficiency, narration nonetheless provides me goosebumps. Crucial message for our country. For all Indians and all people? @TSeries %.twitter.com/b23NuGjo6C
— Milap (@MassZaveri) April 19, 2022
In step with Zaveri, the video has resurfaced because of some “unlucky incidents” and that’s why even he shared it on his Twitter deal with.
“It’s nice to look it (poem) changing into so related (once more). There were unlucky incidents the place other people of 2 communities have clashed and that has made this video related,” the filmmaker advised PTI.
“And other people got here out to mention that individuals from neither neighborhood need disharmony or discord among every different. Hindus and Muslims have lived in peace and that’s what’s the message that the poem tries to provide,” he added.
Zaveri, perfect identified for guiding industrial entertainers like Satyameva Jayate, Marjaavaan and Satyameva Jayate 2, stated the situation throughout the coronavirus pandemic that hit India in March 2020 propelled him to pen his ideas about humanity.
“I first concept in regards to the poem in 2020 and it used to be launched in Would possibly in the similar 12 months. The pandemic had begun and there used to be uncertainty and I sought after to provide a favorable message about humanity.
“I assume as a result of fresh occasions, it struck a chord someplace more potent now and it were given the video again into realize. This can be a easy video. It doesn’t blame any person or level arms at any person and quite says why can’t we co-exist in cohesion,” Zaveri advised PTI.
The director stated throughout the medium of Bhagwaan aur Khuda, he has made an try to be in contact that all of us are one.
Zaveri credit Bajpayee for recognising and serving to him carry a brand new facet of his persona to other people.
“This has proven a brand new facet of me and the quantity of appreciation I’ve were given is so much. I’m thankful to Manoj sir for lending his voice for one thing poignant and strong. It supposed so much to me,” he added.
Ask him if he plans to write down every other poem, the filmmaker answered, “By no means say by no means (about writing every other poem) as this concept got here instantly, so if the rest comes, I can do it.”
The poem “Bhagwan Aur Khuda” occurs to be the director’s 2d poem, after John Abraham recited his first poem “Mera Bharat Mahaan”, about lauding the spirit of India — penned via Zaveri.