Mahabharat actor Nitish Bharadwaj on Bhagavad Gita reference in Oppenheimer sex scene: ‘The situation today is the same as in...’

Woah! Christopher Nolan's Cillian Murphy-starrer Oppenheimer is all set to enter the Rs 50-crore club in India. This is a great feat by any Hollywood movie in Indian cinema.

This achievement comes a day after a sex scene in the Hollywood movie Oppenheimer featuring a line from a Hindu holy scripture, Bhagavad Gita, sparked online outrage in India, with one official calling it a “scathing attack”.

Reacting to the controversy, popular television actor Nitish Bharadwaj, who is popular for his role as Lord Krishna in Mahabharata, has expressed his opinion on it.

In an interview with E-Times, Nitish Bharadwaj supported the scene in Christopher Nolan’s movie. He said, “When Oppenheimer created the atom bomb and it was used to kill most of Japan’s population, he was himself questioning whether he did his duty properly. His famous interview showed him in tears, which means that he had probably regretted his own invention. He probably saw that his invention would destroy the human race in the future, and he was probably remorseful."

On Bhagavad Gita controversy, Nitish added, "The use of this verse in the film should also be understood from Oppenheimer’s emotional state of mind. A scientist thinks of his creation 24x7x365 days, irrespective of what he is doing. His mind space is consumed fully by his creation and the physical act is just a natural mechanical act."

He further added, “I appeal to people to think of this emotional aspect of Oppenheimer’s important moments in life. Isn’t he proved correct that now we see all the explosive technologies killing our own race - for human greed of territorial and commercial superiority, without any sense of larger duty as an individual or a nation or a planet? The situation today is the same as in Kurukshetra, which is why the Brahmins and Kshatriyas consciously did not propagate the Veda of warfare - Dhanurveda. Nolan’s message is loud and clear."

For those who don’t know, the film tells the story of Oppenheimer, who is often credited as the “father of the atomic bomb” for his role in producing the first nuclear weapons.

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