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Actress Kangana Ranaut and National award-winning lyricist Prasoon Joshi, who penned the songs for the upcoming film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi said that people should express their love for country openly and should not make patriotism their ‘convenience’.
During the launch of the song Vijayi Bhava of the film Manikarnika on Wednesday, Joshi asked people to express their love for the motherland quite loud and clear.
While Kangana Ranaut, the leading actress and one of the directors of the film, said that words like ‘chest-thumping’, ‘nationalism’, ‘jingoism’ are used in a negative manner, and people should celebrate patriotism loud and open; the media asked question on how forced nationalism can be encouraged in a democratic country, since everyone has the right to express patriotism in their own way.
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Prasoon replied, “Don’t make patriotism your convenience, as far as you are cognizant about it, as far as you are honest about it, don’t make it convenient. If you are hiding behind your convenience, then I surely have a problem.”
“Yes, people can express their love for the country in their own way, but people should express their love for the country, it should not just be internalized,” he added.