<p class="title">National Award winning filmmaker Srijit Mukherji has said that a fear of violence now exists in the minds of filmmakers and writers post the release of "certain" flicks and books.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In case I take up certain work my plea will be don't burn us, don't behead us. If you troll us fine, may be there can be a peaceful demonstration infront of our house, this much," Srijit said in the wake of protests and agitations over screening of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmaavat' in many parts of the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">" .... Getting offended has sort of become a national pastime," Srijit, who was present at the sets of 'Padmaavat', said at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet here yesterday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Srijit shared the podium with Arnab Roy, the US-based writer of the thriller 'The Mahabharata Murders'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I loved the way Arnab developed the story. After reading it I had expressed my concern to him about possible violence after its release," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Srijit, the director of 'Jaatishwar' and 'Chotushkone' said film adaptations of literary works are sometimes better than the orginal. "I can name some like 'Meghe Dhaka Tara' and 'Saptapadi' and I think in such cases the film fraternity has redeemed itself."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film maker should stick to the essence of the story he is dealing with.</p>.<p class="bodytext">People tend to get divided when a film is adapted from a book with one group questioning why some contents of the book were changed and the other asking why nothing was changed in the film, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have faced this from the fans of writer Sunil Gangopadhyay whose 'Kakababu' series I had taken up ('Yeti Obhijaan' and 'Mishawr Rawhoshyo') for adaptation in two films," Srijit said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"My third 'Kakababu' series film - 'Kakababur Protyabarton' will have a mixed approach. There will be loyal adaptations in some parts and some cinematic changes for the sake of scripting," he said.</p>
<p class="title">National Award winning filmmaker Srijit Mukherji has said that a fear of violence now exists in the minds of filmmakers and writers post the release of "certain" flicks and books.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"In case I take up certain work my plea will be don't burn us, don't behead us. If you troll us fine, may be there can be a peaceful demonstration infront of our house, this much," Srijit said in the wake of protests and agitations over screening of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmaavat' in many parts of the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">" .... Getting offended has sort of become a national pastime," Srijit, who was present at the sets of 'Padmaavat', said at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet here yesterday evening.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Srijit shared the podium with Arnab Roy, the US-based writer of the thriller 'The Mahabharata Murders'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I loved the way Arnab developed the story. After reading it I had expressed my concern to him about possible violence after its release," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Srijit, the director of 'Jaatishwar' and 'Chotushkone' said film adaptations of literary works are sometimes better than the orginal. "I can name some like 'Meghe Dhaka Tara' and 'Saptapadi' and I think in such cases the film fraternity has redeemed itself."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film maker should stick to the essence of the story he is dealing with.</p>.<p class="bodytext">People tend to get divided when a film is adapted from a book with one group questioning why some contents of the book were changed and the other asking why nothing was changed in the film, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have faced this from the fans of writer Sunil Gangopadhyay whose 'Kakababu' series I had taken up ('Yeti Obhijaan' and 'Mishawr Rawhoshyo') for adaptation in two films," Srijit said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"My third 'Kakababu' series film - 'Kakababur Protyabarton' will have a mixed approach. There will be loyal adaptations in some parts and some cinematic changes for the sake of scripting," he said.</p>