{"id":14179,"date":"2017-12-18T11:43:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T11:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=14179"},"modified":"2017-12-18T11:43:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T11:43:16","slug":"prasoon-joshi-there-is-a-difference-between-expression-and-aggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/prasoon-joshi-there-is-a-difference-between-expression-and-aggression\/","title":{"rendered":"Prasoon Joshi: There is a difference between expression and aggression"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"itemHeader\">CBFC chairman Prasoon Joshi today said artistes need to be more sensitive when voicing their opinion and that \u201cexpression\u201d should not be confused with \u201caggression\u201d.<\/div>\n<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<p>The 46-year-old writer-lyricist said he is not averse to artistes turning into political activists, provided they have requisite knowledge about the issues they raise. When asked Joshi said, \u201cOf course you are free to express yourself but there is difference between expression and aggression. You can express yourself in a free world. It is important whatever is done in any field \u2013 whether it is art, education, social (sciences)\u2026 I think whoever comments about political things, which have a larger implication, should first know the subject.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust giving sensational bytes and controversial statements is a disservice to politics.\u201d The censor board chief was participating in an interactive session during the \u201cIndia Ideas Conclave 2017\u201d, an initiative of the India Foundation. Joshi said the entertainment industry is facing newer challenges with digital media gaining momentum day by day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Earlier) people used to wait for one film that was up for a release. But now they are smacking it (the movies) the whole day\u2026 They watch it on YouTube or television.\u201d The writer said the \u201ctowering presence\u201d of film stars has decreased today. \u201cIt used to be in a theatre where the filmstar was projected on a screen with a larger-than-life image\u2026 Now you are looking down upon on a small screen (of mobile) to watch the same person you used to look up to.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBFC chairman Prasoon Joshi today said artistes need to be more sensitive when voicing their opinion and that \u201cexpression\u201d should not be confused with \u201caggression\u201d. The 46-year-old writer-lyricist said he is not averse to artistes turning into political activists, provided they have requisite knowledge about the issues they raise. When asked Joshi said, \u201cOf course [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14181,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14179\/revisions\/14181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}