A few hits might have made him popular, and the popularity must have gone into his head when he said, the camera we are using is not a Telugu one, the equipment we are using is not from the state so what happens if we pick one song from somewhere.
Good, films are judged on what appears before the audience and not the equipment. Plagiarism is absolutely acceptable must be the intention of Puri.
Fine, the point is whether or not he agrees, the argument that 'I have lifted songs and films earlier and will do the same in future', do not stand in good stead. For the simple reason that copycats cannot sustain for long.
His other view that people like only violence, mafia, guns and grenades will have no takers. Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan faced the music for handling guns in real life.
Youth are interested in love, romance and comedy. If Ram Gopal Varma had inspired him in a telephone conversation that Mumbai needs a don as violence has scaled down in the metropolis and that resulted in the making of Businessman, let it be so.
Mumbai has its share of violence and its own form of mafia even today, whatever be the conclusion of Puri and Varma. The gunning down of senior journalist JJ Dey is a recent example to call the bluff of Puri.
Films like Journey, Seventh Sense and the Dirty Picture too are doing well and Kotha Bangaru Lokam created a new trend while Bezawada was dumped without any mercy.
Puri's analysis that youth needs violence, guns and bullets is his opinion and a person who says that he can copy anything from anywhere need not be taken seriously.
Just to put the record straight, Puri can direct films of his choice. But it is not fair on his part to justify plagiarism and try to rub his expertise, violence, as the taste of youth.
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