Actress Manju Patros corrected the words of actor and comedian Binu Adimali, who spoke in defense of body shaming in movies and television programs as a joke, on the same stage.
Manju says many people are hurt by bodyshaming and cruel jokes, I can never laugh at such jokes. Manju’s words were speaking as part of the promotion of a film.
Binu Adimali started talking by saying, ‘If the old timers tell a joke, it is to make you happy.
We do every program with a lot of sadness inside. Every joke is done to make the audience happy.
It does not mean body shaming or harming someone personally. There was no body shaming in earlier films.
Jokes are told back and forth. See it as just jokes to make the movie successful. This is an application. Everything is done with great difficulty’. Binu Adimali said.
Later, Manju clarified that she disagreed with what Binu had said. They responded that there is a section that listens to these kinds of jokes, and if they are provoked by such jokes, it is polite not to tell them.
‘I am not at all interested in making this a discussion, I am not saying this to be a discussion. When Binu Chetan said it while sitting in this audience, I am only speaking because it would be a prick on my conscience if I didn’t say it.
Binu Chetan said it’s a joke that many artistes are struggling to make a living but yes I am one who is struggling. Ever since I can remember I have been teased a lot about my color and complexion.
When people around me told a lot of funny jokes, I didn’t get to enjoy it at all that day. These jokes were instilling in me from childhood that I was lacking something.
It’s not just me who gets injected like this, Binu Chetan will also see it. If I have listened to these jokes, there is a community like me here. It hurts me no matter how many people tell me it’s okay.
At a joke about a man with a loose tooth who can’t frame his picture because the glass will break, the listener will probably laugh, but I don’t know if he’s actually laughing. While telling such comedy, fellow beings should also be considered.
There will be at least ten people who will be hurt by such jokes. My son is black. Still my fear is that he will have to face everything like I did. I am concerned that he is going to such a dangerous society.
I want to say that the next generation should stop making jokes about color and body. It is polite to show them not to make such jokes. I am also a martyr of this type of jokes. That is why it is said. I can never laugh at such jokes’. Manju said.
Manju’s words are getting applause on social media. Social media says that Binu Adimali is sorry that things are still unclear.