Director of comedy Tere Bin Laden indifferent to death of most-wanted Al Qaida leader<\/strong>
\n<\/a>Indian director Abhishek Sharma, who struck box-office gold with his comedy Tere Bin Laden (Without Bin Laden), says he is indifferent to the death of the Al Qaida founder.
\n“I have been following the news since it happened. I am neither happy nor am I sad. I guess his death will bring a sense of closure for United States. Hopefully, they will stop their hunt and\u00a0get out of Pakistan, Afghanistan,” said Sharma in an interview with tabloid! over the phone from Mumbai.
\nHis debut film was a sleeper hit in 2010 and starred Pakistani pop sensation Ali Zafar, who played a scheming journalist desperate for a US permit who pretends to find Bin Laden for a scoop. So is a sequel to Tere Bin Laden on Sharma’s cards?
\n“I don’t know, because it all depends on what his death means to the rest of the world, what impact will his death have on the people out there. Will he become a martyr and messiah in the public domain in the long run is the big question — or will he become a figure like Hitler or Saddam Hussein?” said Sharma, adding that his wacky comedy was a funny take on the US-led war on terrorism and not about Osama per se.
\n“Osama occupied an interesting position – he was a terrorist for half the world and messiah for the other half \u2026 will the future generations ridicule Osama or revere him?. But one thing is clear. If I make a sequel, the script has to be better than the first one,” said Sharma. The director also wrote the screenplay for the original. Though Tere Bin Laden did exceptionally well in India, it was banned in Pakistan.
\n“Now I know why the Pakistani government didn’t want it released there, after all he [Osama Bin Laden] was right there,” quipped Sharma, adding that he had no plans of attempting to re-release the film in Pakistan.
\n“We lost that possibility when piracy happened. It did so well in the black markets of Pakistan. I don’t think we want to open that door again.” Sharma is currently working on the screenplay of yet another comedy.
\n“My next project has no Laden or any kind of terrorism,” said Sharma.
\nPost 9\/11, terrorism became a staple for Bollywood filmmakers with projects such as John Abraham-starrer New York and Saif Ali Khan’s Kurbaan hitting the big screen.<\/p>\n

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