Branding the ban on music in pubs past 10 in the night as the Talibanisation of Hyderabad, film director Ram Gopal Varma wondered why can’t young people have a “little fun” after a day’s hard work.
“I didn’t realise that Hyderabad is being ruled in Taliban style which is what I felt when I saw a pub looking like a graveyard thanks to the No Music After 10 pm order (sic),” tweeted the fim director, who is ready controversy.
Police started implementing rules on playing music at pubs in the night after the Telangana High Court on September 13 directed police to file a report on the action taken against management of pubs that were playing music beyond the permitted time .
RGV however, believes that the implementation of no-music after 10 pm rule is as barbaric as the Taliban’s decisions to stop young people from having fun.
“I can understand sound pollution enforcement on a case to case basis but to give a blanket order for all places… (sic),” Varma said on his Twitter handle.
“Please understand that by the time one comes back home from work, gets freshened up, dresses up and drives back to reach a pub, it will be nearly 10 pm and then no music?,” he asked.
While your intentions are respected, I think it’s insulting to the youth for the government to have a “Talibanish” outlook towards what they think is right and wrong in terms of the youth just having a good time,” the film director said tagging minister K.T. Rama Rao.
