Theatre actor Anupam Kher disappointed an auditorium full of people at a ‘freedom of expression debate’ held at Mumbai’s sixth international literature festival. Not only was he severely booed, but was also told straight up by several young and old audience members, that his comments made no sense and that he probably didn’t even understand the meaning of the topic.
Well, let’s back the truck up a bit.
The last session of day 1 at the Tata Literature Live Festival was the stuff that TRPs are made of. Even BBC’s top notch anchor and journalist Nik Gowing lost control of the debate that turned into a pointless argument in no time. It all started with the extremely relevant statement: Freedom Of Expression Is In Imminent Danger. For the motion were well known author and columnist Shobha De with former BJP member Sudheendra Kulkarni as her partner in crime. While Against the motion were Anupam Kher and BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli.