Mental Illness Cannot Be Used for Comic Relief: Kamal on Bigg Boss

Kamal Haasan slams Bigg Boss Tamil for insensitivity shown towards the differently abled.

Kamal Haasan on Bigg Boss. 

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Bigg Boss Tamil saw contestant Oviya attempting to commit suicide in order to quit the show. If that wasn’t enough, the reality show hit an all-time low when it asked contestants to “dress up and behave like mentally challenged persons in the recent episodes”.

According to a report in The Indian Express, the host of the show Kamal Haasan threatened to quit the show if they ever set such a task for its contestants again.

No suprisingly, the audience did not take the insensitive task well.

Kamal Haasan voiced his disapproval in no uncertain terms, “The task that made fun of mentally challenged people was not in a good taste. And I’m actually angry about it. We all have social responsibilities”.

You may ask me, why have you not acted a mentally disturbed person in your films? That type of character in my films will not be used for comic relief. He will be the protagonist. I request them (Bigg Boss team) not to repeat such activities on the show hereafter. If it happens again, this show is not important to me.

Kamal Haasan

(Source: The Indian Express)

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